Summer special: The Birdman of Surry Hills

From piles of rubbish to leaking sewers, rats, and gas leaks.

Pierre the Birdman is on a one-man mission to save his public housing block -- but he doesn’t own a computer, only just got a mobile phone, has never had legal training, and he barely finished high school.

Despite this... he’s been winning cases against the NSW Government.

Mario Christodoulou reports.