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You can either do nothing and hope this goes away or do something. I'd say they chances of it going away if you do nothing are slim. The people on this thread who are advocating that you are in a helpless position simply don't know how the system works. The system will not leap up in your defence and it is naïve to think it will do. You need to learn how to work the system to make it do that. Agencies don't give a fuck about you, what they give a fuck about is screwing up and being held accountable for it. Nobody want it talked about in their performance review how they got some poor disabled guy a kicking. If you organise yourself and do this properly you can make them work for you.

Take five minutes and set out a clear idea of what you want to achieve. Do you want the bad neighbours out? Would you move, and if so where? Do you simply want some mediation?

At all times you want to come across as quietly *determined* to resolve this legally, and also that you are vulnerable. Some emotion is good but never get all pissy and threatening to any agency. All the time you are trying to persuade them to get on your side.

First the cops NEED to be involved. Tell them you are terrified that if they are seen talking to you, you will be the target of further crime. They will acknowledge this. You NEED them to have a record of every threat, door kicking, assault. So if it even does get really bad they can then swoop armed with a history of events. It's money in the bank for any future conflict and worth doing even if they do not come see you until days after it happened. The basis of your concern is your neighbours criminal activity directed at you. The cops are the agency that handles criminal activity. Without involving the cops all future conversations with any other agency or individual will be treated as hearsay.

Secondarily, you need a multi-agency approach.
Write or email you Housing Association and also your local MP. Telling of how their indiscrete handling of your initial complaint has now put you in a state of fear and alarm for your own personal safety. Tell them it is effecting your mental well being. How you cannot sleep at night and its having a knock on effect to your ability to have a normal life. If you have also reached out to your Doctor or any Support Worker to say that you are stressed by this and can cite this in the letter/email then all to the good. Lay it on thick and make sure you mention that you are single disabled and vulnerable. Involving your local MP sends a discrete message to the housing association. That message is "I am willing to take this further if you do not resolve this". "I will not be fobbed off".

If you have a family member or friend who can buy into your strategy *and also* contact these agencies on your behalf expressing their very deep concern about the safety of their single disabled vulnerable loved one and lay it on think that also really helps.

You are in a shitty situation but not a hopeless one. However it's not going to be easy and it will be ugly for a while. If you are going to fight back get as many agencies and individuals on side as you possibly can. Even if those agencies are like a church group or private individuals who can advocate on your behalf.

I have done this successfully. I was the target of a sustained vandalism campaign for a while. I did more of less what I set out here and after several months it worked.