@@michaelsrowland By the government's own figures, they have failed to build a single social housing development. There's a clip of Andrew Neil catching Liz Truss out on the matter. Yes, getting one over on Pork Markets isn't hard, but that's not the point. Property developers make far more money out of five bedroom houses than more affordable two bedroom starter homes. They are supposed to have a percentage of affordable homes built for each new estate or expansion, but they use political donations to essentially bribe either the local authorities or the government into overruling planning rules. Robert "honest Bob" Jenrick was taken to the high court by a Labour council over his decision to use his authority to override the council because they wanted to delay the permission until new rules came into force, requiring new infrastructure to be built. He was ordered to hand over his communication with the developer, so he dropped his defence and allowed the council to force the developer to comply with the new regulations. There has been a few new estates built around my area and no new affordable housing, no new doctors surgery or upgraded infrastructure. The water pressure is now so low that the water flow when taking a shower can drop at any moment as if someone in the house was running a cold tap.
@@davidz3879 Well then, I hope you've done your bit and had the snip. That is unless you're batting for the other team. Not judging mind. You prefer dicks to tits, it's no business of mine...
When you realise that hundreds of mps are landlords profiteering from the poor vulnerable people it makes sense that most of them live in squalor. Mps are making a fortune and stashing the money in their offshore bank accounts.
@@danielle4295 but that's capitalism, do you have any better ideas? If not go back in time to USSR because that dream is long gone. We should not encourage idleness
@@danielle4295 people need incentives to stay, work and develop their own countries. I think the disparity between rich and poor is too much now and it’s creating conditions for people to act greedy. We are seeing evolution happen at a very drastic rate now I believe. Those that get left behind, tough. we have a very old population and the young have low fertility rate. they can’t just be made us slaves for the old and rich and privileged. I’m an optimistic and think eth will be the open-border currency of the world, but I’m bias and obviously want to gain too.
When my parents bought their current house I was 6 months old, and they put me in the middle of a white sheet on the floor then hoovered up the fleas as they hopped towards me. There's obviously a big difference between that, and *renting* a vermin infested home... I had no idea we even have cockroaches in the UK! My home is below all standards for a home in the UK - small size, black mould, draughty, mice, sketchy heat and electrics - but I'm a young, fit, single adult male who's *actively chosen* to live off-grid in this manner, not a young family being unwillingly bumped from house to house!! It really is disgusting the conditions which some landlords let their houses fall into. Perhaps some sort of governmental private rented accommodation inspector is needed that can penalise landlords directly in order to pay for these essential bits of repair, maintenance, and vermin control when the landlord won't... Or maybe - call me crazy - housing owned by the government, funded and maintained directly by the government... Council houses! But of course, they sold all that for a quick buck years ago. And then when it comes to the subject of "affordable" housing (in my area, usually new houses costing £350,000 are marketed as "affordable") I'm of the opinion the inside space could be smaller and there needs to be more parking space on the premises. New build houses 3 doors down from my parents house have space for 1.5 cars on the driveway as long as you're happy with one of the cars being blocked in by the other... that's not enough for a family where everyone drives, and the once easy to drive along road is getting closer and closer to becoming impassable for buses, and that's before those new builds are even occupied. Everything we do in this country in this century is so short sighted and callous.
completely agree!!! its morally reprehensible that this govt continue to punish those not wealthy enough to afford the exorbitant cost of housing currently.
@@madrugadao000 Someone seems to have been offended enough to have hidden your comment (not me), not sure why, you make a fair point. It's kind of like how rats and Psilocybe semilanceata are everywhere humans are because we unwittingly introduced them to once new places. I wasn't aware of cockroaches being in the UK because I've never seen one nor heard them mentioned in conversations with anyone here, ever. One learns something new every day!
Private landlords, some of them are way better at maintaining their property than the councils ever are, some council housing is atrocious and neglected beyond belief. Grenfell is just one example
@@davidz3879 everyone, no one saw birth rates collapsing as they have, some argue we're not far off peak global population, looking at a decline from 2040s forwards
I've paid over £50k to rent a house that would have cost about £40k the last time it was sold. Can't get a mortgage despite paying rent on time for over 7 years. A whole generation won't have anything to sell to pay for care home fees & the country is going to be even more screwed then.
and? people in third-world countries definitely live worse. If she was given a mansion then everyone would be complaining that their taxmoney is going to a bunch of single mums on universal credit.
This is a Disgrace Towards human beings... It is also unacceptable. The Landlord should Have to pay a large Fine And do community service as well. The landlord should not be able to charge anyone living In those horrible conditions. what a shame.
This is the UK!!! Unbelievable!!! The Tories did this, they took away the ability from councils to build new social housing. Right to buy has caused rich landlords to buy up cheap housing stock! Then Landlords rent them triple the price of the typical social housing rent on the market. Disgusting! I’m happy I left the UK!
@@rbxrockettrio8650 The government made a fundamental change in the housing law back in 1988. After this, the UK began to see a shift in the private rental market. Most housing associations today are not run by the council but by private companies. Councils had no choice but to sell their properties below the market value because of the government's law allowing tenants to buy their council homes. The government makes the law, and unfortunately, they have FAILED terribly.
It's not this. The banks are buying up to 15% of all property sells last year which is the highest its ever been. This is keeping the market from crashing. Also landlords are being offered 5 year contract for much higher rent than they would put it on for by councils housing migrants. 47,000 arriving on boats every year, where do you think all these people are going to live? And do you think they paying their rent, or your tax is?
Nothing new here. What we need is punishment for mp's that fail to secure housing. Nothing short of seizing all their family's assets and throwing them in jail is enough. They have dragged their overpaid feet on this issue for decades.
@MyLazySundae having children isn't a fundamental right. If she couldn't afford to support a child, she shouldn't have had one. Her life choices are not the responsibility of the tax payer.
In Africa and Asia people are breeding like rabbits even if they don't work or have a decent home. Then they try to come to the West for free benefits.
It becomes scary to work and have a child in these days and times. My children are almost adults but i would never have them if i was a young woman in these days.
Housing, once a home, now just a gain, Leaves the homeless out in the rain. Investors seek profits, not a place to dwell, Leaving those in need to suffer and yell. No roof above, no bed to lay, Just concrete streets and a cold dismay. Wealthy gain, while the poor lose all, In this game of housing, where the rich stand tall. But let us not forget, that every soul, Deserves a home, to keep them whole. Let's strive for a world, where housing is a right, And not just a tool for the rich to gain more might.
Amazes me how many of these people voted bojo. They blamed the EU and migrants for their pathetic working lives, if they hate and have no sympathy for working class migrants why should I have sympathy for those who hate working class migrants and wish them to suffer?
Why is it shocking? Selling off and stop building of council properties only leaves to end. Privatisation of government responsibility only costs more and worse services.
@@saxglend9439 - I think you are underestimating. Giving away council housing to foreigners has been going on for decades. I remember queues of migrants waiting on the ground floor of the offices of the Labour run Camden Council in the 90s. Apparently, if they turned up with their families saying they were homeless, the council had a legal duty to house them. Meantime indigenous Londoners living with their parents in council flats and in the paper housing queue were pushed further and further down the priority list. In fact, many of the foreigners housed in council flats in London went on to make a fortune buying and then selling them under the Right to Buy scheme. In 2022 alone, 1.1 million new foreigners have migrated to the UK. It is foreigners that are causing the housing crisis.
I don’t mean to be rude. But mouseproofing your house is pretty cheap to DIY. Same with getting rid of roaches and flees. You just need to knuckle down and clean up.
You can guarantee that the people who arrived by dinghy are safe and warm in cozy hotels. They are obviously valued more than this little girl and her mother.
honestly just blow it out your back end..sick of the lets blame the immigrants ...cozy hotels lol..old run down dumps..people are turning profit from immigrants aswell..stop spreading the hate..we are all equal..supposedly
There should be rule wherein only 1 house allowed to own per family (definition of family can be defined), and extra houses that are bought and kept empty should be charged 45% tax on the notional rental income which should be the highest , hope nowadays such a data is available to the govt online in one platform . this will help to reduce housing concentration especially in cases where houses are bought and are kept empty
@@break1722 wtf is Joe doing living in a place that costs that much to live in. There are much cheaper places to live in. If he lives in London earning that amount then he is an idiot
It is foreigners that are causing the housing crisis. Giving away council housing to foreigners has been going on for decades. I remember queues of migrants waiting on the ground floor of the offices of the Labour run Camden Council in the 90s. Apparently, if they turned up with their families saying they were homeless, the council had a legal duty to house them. Meantime indigenous Londoners living with their parents in council flats and in the paper housing queue were pushed further and further down the priority list. In fact, many of the foreigners housed in council flats in London went on to make a fortune buying and then selling them under the Right to Buy scheme. In 2022 alone, 1.1 million new foreigners have migrated to the UK. It is foreigners that are causing the housing crisis.
try saying that to the Migrants,They get housing,Key chucked at them,Housing Benefit,every thing else fully paid for them all,More of a luxuary for the foreiners than the English will ever get,Be grateful,Maybe you none english !!!!!
No, there isn’t. I spend £1000 a month (not in london) for a tiny 2 bed house and my bathroom, no matter how ventilated, is permanently mouldy. The house is so poorly insulated my boiler literally cannot heat it to 20C when it’s anything below 5C outside. This is what British housing is; 70 years behind everyone else in Europe.
@@o0julek0o that's sad. There was a time when whole building would be demolished if one apartment had black mould. Everything has change so much over the past few decade. Hope life gets better for everyone
The flat I live now,Is quite a new build,These houses and Flats around here been up since the year 2007 as shown on older Maps,Ive lived in my new Flat since the year 2019,Never gets damp here,Never gets cold,Roof never leaks or drips,Glad I live at a much better place than the last Flat I lived at
This is England. People have a perception that it is a rich country. But in reality it is a very poor country. Overcrowded. It has rich people but most are poor
Kind of what i was thinking. People have kids without getting married nowadays, or without having established a career or secure future. I obviously feel bad that they are in this situation but it is so preventable.
My heart goes out to these families. My own family spent a winter in a caravan when I was a kid, that was 50 years ago. Now there are more billionaires than ever, including the fcuking prime minister.
Our own when familys shove their mums and dads in homes when they get older that a joke when my mum and dad was very young they look after their mum and dad I dont see that now what should happen is ,look at all the empty propertys around the country and get them sorted out for people to live in. If this country did not go mad buying up propertys we have move to live in we want a home for ever not just for a while.
Landlords are being taxed and informed that all privately rented homes are to be renovated to at least category c energy rating. This in turn is causing private landlords to leave in droves. There are approximately 4.2 million private rented properties. This is not the worst case scenario yet. Things will get worse.
You’re right. It’s assumed your a landlord so you all must be rich and you don’t care....wrong! Some of us provide good safe accommodation not for profit we just want to be able to support ourselves in a old age and have invested in property rather than poorly ran pension schemes. Careful what you wish for taxing us and pushing for expensive renovations as you’ll decimate good affordable rental stock.
A lot of damp problems are caused by the replacement of sash windows in terraced houses with windows which don't have a built-in adjustable vent. Even when closed, most old sash windows let in some air. Our breath contains water vapour. The more people in a sealed room the damper the air after a time and this can cause dampness of walls and ceilings which can lead to mould.
Yeah I got rid of damp and mould by having windows open more and heating on at same time. Waste of energy no because there is no longer a problem. Just old housing with modern lives not mixing well
@@Nick_80599 - It's a pity you don't have window vents. Some double-glazed windows have a small vent that can be opened that can do the job without a huge loss of heat caused by opening the windows in winter.
@johnwoods7650 strangely downstairs does have these, you'd think they would be upstairs at least seeing that heat and damp rises up not down. Those little vents near the ceiling someone has blocked those off, am I right in saying these are for carbon monoxide??
@@Nick_80599 - I certainly hope not. Not unless you have a faulty heater. If you are burning fuels, you need a chimney for that, but mainly Carbon Dioxide is given off. You breathe out Carbon Dioxide so that's why you need ventilation and for the water vapour. Air bricks should not be blocked. They avoid mold and damp.
Last home I lived in at Outwell in Wisbech,Them Flats been up for quite a long time,Once used to be a Pub,The walls where all ways very damp in the middle of Winter time,Roof all ways leaked every time it rained,Drip Drip Drip Drip Drip Drip Drip Drip Drip.........all I could hear all night,It was dripping in my bedroom,There also a brick wall outside the Flats,Looked like it been up since the stone age,That was allmost looked like it was falling down,My shed outside the Flat's also leaked every time it rained,I also had a tree growing through the shed roof,The Shed door was rotten,All the Housing people did was nail up a few peaces of wood to hold the shed door in place,Did not last long,That's Freebridge Housing for ya,Do worse than bodge up's,The old flat was also very COLD in the middle of winter time,I had to wear three jumpers and a few think Jackets,Just to keep worm,The storage heaters where way to expensive to run,£250 a week....This was back in year 2015,when cost of living cheaper than it is now days,Soon as the heating gets switched of,With in half an hour,The flat becomes stone cold again,Glad I moved out,Was not expecting to live there for to long,Less than 4 years when I moved out of there
These mothers should get themselves financially stable BEFORE having kids. There are far too many irresponsible dirt poor families in the UK that decide to procreate despite not being anywhere close to financially stable.
Glue traps are horribly cruel to mice. A live trap is much more humane. They go into it and then you can take them out to the woods, etc and let them go
Never before have I seen so much care and concern for the homeless since the 'migrant' was added into the mix. It truly is an incredible turn of attitude towards those who would otherwise have been demonised and persecuted for whatever reasons the media created against the homeless.
My uncle his wife and their 6 month old son were kickes out of their rented apartment, he works foe the nhs and his wife has to look after the kid all day coz there is no one to look after him. He is in the waiting list for council housimg. He was tols thay it would tale at least another 1 and half years of waiting before he gets called. Its a mess. The mum and the 6 month old literally live in the street durimg the day amd at night they go to a hotel with the dad. Council put them in a hotel, but that can only be accessed at night. They were having no issues before, vut where vacated coz someone bought the apartment. The housing crisis is a fucking mess
Damp is down to lifestyle. Unfortunately, if you can't afford to put your heating on, and allow the air to vent every now and again (potentially wasting the heat, etc.) then *you are going to get damp* . It doesn't matter how much money your landlord spends on insulation, etc. Moisture from everything from breathing to cooking will always accumulate on the coldest walls of the house if you don't keep it warm and allow it to breathe. EDIT / UPDATE: 'Lifestyle' is probably not the right word here. I mean 'the way I live' in my house.
So if you can’t afford to pay to put your heating on and you live in an accommodation that you can’t adequately ventilate…that is down to your…lifestyle? Sorry, I must be getting confused here. You’re implying that this is a lifestyle decision for some?
@@HappyAwesomePower Rich people don't get damp because they can afford to heat their homes and they can afford to waste heat. That is the sad reality. You can have all the best insulation in the world, but if your house is cold (e.g. because you never put your heating on) and it is humid (e.g. because you live there, showering, breathing, cooking, etc.), then you will get damp on the coldest walls in the house (e.g. north facing, or the walls that catch the wind, etc.) This was a massive realisation for me. I would close all my vents on the windows, try to spare the heat, etc. But my back bedroom wall attracted all the moisture from the air and it was damp and mouldy. My window frames would attract black mould and be full of condensation, etc.) As soon as I started putting my heating on more and allowing some of it to escape to ventilate the place and rid it of moisture, the problem was solved. Also, something else to bear in mind. Humid air actually costs more to heat...
@@HappyAwesomePower In other words, I changed the way I live ('lifestyle' might not be the best word choice here), and it made a difference. Now I would rather spend an extra £20 a month on heating and losing heat, than risk getting respiratory problems because of damp and mould due to locking all that moisture into a cold house. EDIT / UPDATE for clarity: An extra £20 on top of the £150 I already pay (I'm not saying my monthly gas bill is only £20!
Noticed how he has said genuinely affordable rent, not affordable rent, as the government definition of affordable rent under the Affordable Homes Programme allows Housing Associations to charge up to 80% of the open market rate, making social housing unaffordable.
Temporary accommodation is most often not fit for purpose and more expensive than had the government built more social housing. So the Tories misappropriating social housing funds to private investment property owners when ithis money should have been invested in new social housing. Criminal or just unforgivable management. management?
Corrupt officials,firstly in some countries you dont get this affordable housing you cant pay your bond or rent you out on the streets. There's no hotels they put you up in neither . Yes im sure its disgusting but at night you have a door to lock and keep safe than been in the open street.
The UK government can initially stop short term rentals immediately. There’s plenty of rental properties that have gone to Airbnb type rentals. Places like Devon and Cornwall are at crisis point.
Thatchers legacy lives on. Our MPs are a disgrace. On the other side of the fence, some people given good homes don't look after them. Double edged sword I guess.
5:14 The general problem is that we don't care... is what he should have said. He didn't, care. Thing is: either you are part of the solution, or the problem.
maybe they should hop over to france buy a dinghy then comeback again ,sorted nice new hotel room free food money wi-fi and as much heating on as you want
I rent from a housing association, I have damp and mice, drunks, young thugs on tag, a young guy who beat his cats up so bad, I had to get the RSPCA out, both of them had broken bones. It is national and unacceptable. I am on immune suppressant drugs so I will get ill a lot, I pay £70 a month for service charges and the hallway is filthy.
We got 100, 000 house empty in England get them sorted out first before you build we all sick of rented repairs not being done dont know when we will be moving its not a home its a place to stay for a while I am single older person been in rented since 1995 nothing has changed and when you rent you looking at 6months rent rent going up the landlords having a laugh we got no protection. Wake up and help us.
I’ve look at this myself. It’s crazy what happening. Housing benefits or state support isn’t going to help. when people people don’t know where the next penny will come from. It’s rarely consistent. Many haven’t a clue. Yet the world still expects them to be onside? I’ve had a look at various solutions. House boat, canal restorations. Static caravans. It been a fight on my own just to get as far as I did. Enormous strain on myself enormous strain on family. The human toll is criminal! For example I’ve seen caravan go for 2.5k is responsible nick. The council if it followed procedures could build 15 of them for the price of a new build. It can use it smart to solve the issues many of the old stock has face. My local council call me unreasonable in unreasonable times. It has the power it need to solve this crisis but if fear they out of there depths? too stupid or stubborn to use the power it has to get people of the streets. People into more suitable accommodations. They had the power under Hansard 1948. It can but won’t. I here excuse after excuse. In the end they are being abusive towards vulnerable people. 5k a head minimum to sort out. The caravan can be self sufficient. Reducing cost of bills. For those luck enough part ownership with a mind towards full ownership. It driven me mad trying to see this through. You can get oil burning heater. That run on wicks. Can be made for £50 if you hunt for bargains? Then you have the green energy option? Batteries. Deep cycle lead acid batteries are quite common. I just fear they employ the most uneducated people for the role. as they can bully them easier? We also are too desperately reliant on the financial system as a whole. It killed more than it saved. From what I’ve encountered there very little substance left in the town hall. There maybe a few who are trying but they have been meet with resistance. The estate management I got a half decent conversation out of. Though didn’t get me all too far. I later found out chunk of land being sold cheaply. I could have put a caravan on? They knew I had an interest but disregard it. You can find all sort over the internet. Sm and auction site are primary a good source for this. You can find some going free but you need to arrange transportation. At this rate they could mobilise the TA to get the job done? Like I said they have the powers. There are old army bases, airfield and navy site that can be brought into use? There are billion and one things to do! I just don’t think there being smart about it?
well said i Applaud you yes derelict sites to put statics could house people overnight and wouldn’t cost a Astronomical amount but their Apathy is evident,They over complicate it because A-lot of Mp’s are landlords property owners and They want to keep the population under their control
@@edwinromilly4645 I would further add in there efforts to manage the population the councils broke the law. It simply stifle opportunities and reduce options for Everyone. It removed everyone right to autonomy. Without trial I might add? Has caused serious mental health and social development issues. We’re all the poorer for it. When they wake up to crimes against humanity charges they might wake up? It sickens me that they do this to people. I’ve known the attitude that lurk in those dark hall. Herd it come out much folks mouths. More than a few times. That they rather someone die on the street than help out. They know babies are being born to replace them so they don’t worry about the ones that died. Where I am the council lost 7 people in one day due to the cold. They will and do use the environment as a weapon against people. It’s inhumane and criminal. It Geneva convention breach to start with. Never-mind the Nuremberg ramifications? They won’t even give funds to the people have been most effective. So that quality standards are meet. I do believe there are fund for remediation works? I rarely hear anyone talking about that. the council are defrauding these people. To an Astronomical tune? There are so many levels to their apathy, its unreal! It not quit Warsaw ghetto level of privation but it won’t be long before it is.
What a shame the thousands of illegal economic imigants aren't given the same standard of accommodation. It would halve the numbers coming to the uk. And the uk citizens put up in 5 * hotels.
I live in a Council property and I've had problems with mice for 20 years+ in the attic that come down into the kitchen, I've had the council in to exterminate them 5 time and they say that they've removed them, but a week or two later the mice are back. I am now paying for it to be removed. privately, which is costing me an absolute fortune. The problem is to prevent them is to find locations where they are entering the building. It is impossible when you have an attic with multiple exits and entry points I also had mould in the flat. The Council have resolved the situation, but I don't think that's going to last very much longer. The flat is still damp even though I have moisture extraction fans that were installed by the Council. The flats are freezing even though central heating has been installed. I put this down to poorly insulated wall insulation. I have seen the installation men work on other flats but not work on my flat. Another issue, asbestos has been found in various locations in the flat It has been removed. There is a one room left under investigation I have been waiting almost three years for this to be resolved. I don't think they really want to remove it because the room is in such an awkward angle and is very tall and it will cost them a lot of money to have scaffolding installed plus having the ceiling replastered, etc. Another thing about council housing the walls are paper thin You can hear everything that happens in the neighbours home, I mean anything. Farts, sneeze, snoring, going to the bathroom General quiet conversations. The list can go on. I know the situation with finances are awkward at the moments, but you would have thought over 20+ years these things would have been addressed.
The council to a certain point, has a duty of care towards you. Its their housing that they've provided and it doesn't sound adequate at all. Pests and mould etc should be addressed immediately, they will do their best to put the responsibility on yourself, but ultimately, it it theirs, as your housing provider. I'm a carer who has had to push these issues previously for someone else. Be persistent.
wrt noise, to be fair, it's usually no better even in terraces and semis. I'm in a terrace, and my neighbour's *sneezes* have been known to wake me up. Then again, she sneezes like a fucking foghorn.
God, i am so thankful I live in Sweden. Living in the north, my heating alone stands at about £1500 in winter due to the arctic conditions. But i bought my log cabin in the forest for 10 pence because the owner couldnt find a buyer and couldn't afford to keep an empty cabin warm 😂
Scrap right-to-buy, claim back a load of land that councils could use, build quality value high-density housing (actually quality), outlaw paying a penny to private landlords by 2032.
Most if not all the politicians in this country these days have the 'best' private eduction money can buy, Then they become mp's and civil servants and so on.......What do they teach them in these private schools and universities??? The fine art of doing nothing ??!!
It's not about learning it's about making connections. In that private school are the sons and daughters of the top judges, the billionaires, the bankers, royalty, media barons etc. And they all grow up in the same cliques on a level of society that the rest of us never see or experience. Who really puts them in power, and whose interests will they look out for? Are people really surprised that they look after their wealthy friends above all else? That's their social group, much like a farmer will know other farmers and have kids that most likely will be involved in the agriculture industry. While it's not fair, it's not really done on purpose to screw us, it's just how things are.
Nope. Everyone can afford to heat and eat. Provided they work full-time, if able. People are just too lazy to prepare food. They want expensive ready meals.
@@winstoningram99 I've looked at your profile and previous comments, yes, you are a troll, and yes, your opinions are so baseless this is the last feedback I'll give you. Good luck 😅
@@bluediamond1414 Well, I'm glad that the person who decides who is or isn't a troll has been kind enough to let me know. You're the troll. Now crawl off back under your rock, little troll. You aren't as important as you think.
It’s only £800/month for the entire house?! Wow…is that expensive for Manchester? Surely not for London… They don’t mention how many bedrooms though…presumably 2
I blame the women for not using contraception and sleeping around with these attractive bad boys, who are not willing/unable to financially support a child. It’s disgusting. Women are are met with an abundance of choice when they are young. They could basically choose to form relationships with anyone they want. But instead of choosing the guy who keeps his head down, studies hard, works hard, etc. They will instead choose the guy with no prospects just because he’s attractive and/or a bad boy.
which is exactly why we should be housing our own vulnerable people, not on those in hotels and other prime social housing that enter illegally. That £7m per day should be spent on improvements and increasing affordable housing.
Can she not get a job? why is she making the tax payer pay for her lifestyle choices? and where is the father? Why can't she move back to her family home?
Maybe she can't get a job that pays enough to live on and pay for child care; maybe the father is dead; maybe her parents won't have her back because of her lifestyle choices that offend them as taxpayers......
It's disgusting that this mother and daughter live in these conditions.
So it's for the tax payer to fund her family indefinitely is it?
Maybe if she got off her backside and did some housework!
Something the so called “superior” race never had to face due to privilege. Now, judgment has arrived.
This is what happens when no new affordable housing is built and social housing is sold off.
Tnx Maggie
Adding millions more people is a major factor.
There are lots of social housing being built but they all go to foreigners
@@michaelsrowland
By the government's own figures, they have failed to build a single social housing development.
There's a clip of Andrew Neil catching Liz Truss out on the matter.
Yes, getting one over on Pork Markets isn't hard, but that's not the point.
Property developers make far more money out of five bedroom houses than more affordable two bedroom starter homes.
They are supposed to have a percentage of affordable homes built for each new estate or expansion, but they use political donations to essentially bribe either the local authorities or the government into overruling planning rules.
Robert "honest Bob" Jenrick was taken to the high court by a Labour council over his decision to use his authority to override the council because they wanted to delay the permission until new rules came into force, requiring new infrastructure to be built.
He was ordered to hand over his communication with the developer, so he dropped his defence and allowed the council to force the developer to comply with the new regulations.
There has been a few new estates built around my area and no new affordable housing, no new doctors surgery or upgraded infrastructure.
The water pressure is now so low that the water flow when taking a shower can drop at any moment as if someone in the house was running a cold tap.
@@davidz3879
Well then, I hope you've done your bit and had the snip.
That is unless you're batting for the other team.
Not judging mind.
You prefer dicks to tits, it's no business of mine...
When you realise that hundreds of mps are landlords profiteering from the poor vulnerable people it makes sense that most of them live in squalor. Mps are making a fortune and stashing the money in their offshore bank accounts.
The Queen had shares in BrightHouse, now if that doesn’t take liberties with the poor I don’t know what does.
@@danielle4295 but that's capitalism, do you have any better ideas? If not go back in time to USSR because that dream is long gone. We should not encourage idleness
@@ShotStoppers do you have any better ideas?
@@danielle4295 people need incentives to stay, work and develop their own countries. I think the disparity between rich and poor is too much now and it’s creating conditions for people to act greedy. We are seeing evolution happen at a very drastic rate now I believe. Those that get left behind, tough. we have a very old population and the young have low fertility rate. they can’t just be made us slaves for the old and rich and privileged. I’m an optimistic and think eth will be the open-border currency of the world, but I’m bias and obviously want to gain too.
@@ShotStoppers True. Greed is the nature of capitalism. It's very British.
When my parents bought their current house I was 6 months old, and they put me in the middle of a white sheet on the floor then hoovered up the fleas as they hopped towards me. There's obviously a big difference between that, and *renting* a vermin infested home... I had no idea we even have cockroaches in the UK!
My home is below all standards for a home in the UK - small size, black mould, draughty, mice, sketchy heat and electrics - but I'm a young, fit, single adult male who's *actively chosen* to live off-grid in this manner, not a young family being unwillingly bumped from house to house!!
It really is disgusting the conditions which some landlords let their houses fall into. Perhaps some sort of governmental private rented accommodation inspector is needed that can penalise landlords directly in order to pay for these essential bits of repair, maintenance, and vermin control when the landlord won't... Or maybe - call me crazy - housing owned by the government, funded and maintained directly by the government... Council houses! But of course, they sold all that for a quick buck years ago.
And then when it comes to the subject of "affordable" housing (in my area, usually new houses costing £350,000 are marketed as "affordable") I'm of the opinion the inside space could be smaller and there needs to be more parking space on the premises. New build houses 3 doors down from my parents house have space for 1.5 cars on the driveway as long as you're happy with one of the cars being blocked in by the other... that's not enough for a family where everyone drives, and the once easy to drive along road is getting closer and closer to becoming impassable for buses, and that's before those new builds are even occupied. Everything we do in this country in this century is so short sighted and callous.
Yes you guys have roaches in the U.K. like any other place. Welcome in the real world 🤦🏻♂️
completely agree!!! its morally reprehensible that this govt continue to punish those not wealthy enough to afford the exorbitant cost of housing currently.
@@madrugadao000 Someone seems to have been offended enough to have hidden your comment (not me), not sure why, you make a fair point.
It's kind of like how rats and Psilocybe semilanceata are everywhere humans are because we unwittingly introduced them to once new places.
I wasn't aware of cockroaches being in the UK because I've never seen one nor heard them mentioned in conversations with anyone here, ever. One learns something new every day!
So basically they used you as flea bait....great stuff. Just hoovering everyday gets rid of them.
Private landlords, some of them are way better at maintaining their property than the councils ever are, some council housing is atrocious and neglected beyond belief. Grenfell is just one example
There obviously aren't meant to be over 68m people in the UK.
Actually prediction after ww2 was 75m till 1990... So you are wrong...
@@kasialubuniecka8590 Who predicted that there would be 75m people in the UK in 1990?
@@davidz3879 everyone, no one saw birth rates collapsing as they have, some argue we're not far off peak global population, looking at a decline from 2040s forwards
@@kasialubuniecka8590 provide evidence please
@@Jono1982 ONS "Childbearing for women born in different years, England and Wales"
I've paid over £50k to rent a house that would have cost about £40k the last time it was sold. Can't get a mortgage despite paying rent on time for over 7 years. A whole generation won't have anything to sell to pay for care home fees & the country is going to be even more screwed then.
Exactly..
This young lady and her child deserve better housing immediately.
You pay for it then.
This isn't a family, it's a single mother. Too bad for her.
That never happen,Now days they looking after all the Migrants
Yet thousands of men turn up and put in hotels free food and heating
Good for them
True,,,,
2023 and Five year old children are living in conditions like this, absolutely shameful.
and? people in third-world countries definitely live worse. If she was given a mansion then everyone would be complaining that their taxmoney is going to a bunch of single mums on universal credit.
A lot of people having kids with very little practical life skills
@@givebread8279 Contraception is a much better answer.
This is England. Its a poor country
@@givebread8279 yes, but this isn't a third world country, is it?! 🙄🤦🏻♀️
No wonder crime is high, you get better living conditions in most HMPs by committing a crime
This is a Disgrace Towards human beings... It is also unacceptable. The Landlord should Have to pay a large Fine And do community service as well. The landlord should not be able to charge anyone living In those horrible conditions. what a shame.
Housing needs to be regulated and rents capped
@@Celticowl4136 That should have happened 20 years ago.
@@PeaceDweller definitely!!
This is the UK!!! Unbelievable!!! The Tories did this, they took away the ability from councils to build new social housing. Right to buy has caused rich landlords to buy up cheap housing stock! Then Landlords rent them triple the price of the typical social housing rent on the market. Disgusting! I’m happy I left the UK!
They didn’t tell the councils to keep selling off their housing stock greatly below market value, whoever runs the country all does a bad job
@@rbxrockettrio8650 The government made a fundamental change in the housing law back in 1988. After this, the UK began to see a shift in the private rental market. Most housing associations today are not run by the council but by private companies. Councils had no choice but to sell their properties below the market value because of the government's law allowing tenants to buy their council homes. The government makes the law, and unfortunately, they have FAILED terribly.
It's not this. The banks are buying up to 15% of all property sells last year which is the highest its ever been. This is keeping the market from crashing.
Also landlords are being offered 5 year contract for much higher rent than they would put it on for by councils housing migrants. 47,000 arriving on boats every year, where do you think all these people are going to live? And do you think they paying their rent, or your tax is?
He hit the nail on the head!!
From someone feeling the real effects of this economic situation/ crisis 😔
Nothing new here. What we need is punishment for mp's that fail to secure housing. Nothing short of seizing all their family's assets and throwing them in jail is enough. They have dragged their overpaid feet on this issue for decades.
If you do this ,you will not find anyone left to go into politics .
@@ingeborgwood8057 well then politics has failed
@@ingeborgwood8057 good.
@@echoecho5244 yes, it has. Shocker. Get over it.
@@o0julek0o lols
People rely to heavily on councils . Why have children if your homeless & don’t work ?
@MyLazySundae having children isn't a fundamental right. If she couldn't afford to support a child, she shouldn't have had one. Her life choices are not the responsibility of the tax payer.
In Africa and Asia people are breeding like rabbits even if they don't work or have a decent home. Then they try to come to the West for free benefits.
It becomes scary to work and have a child in these days and times. My children are almost adults but i would never have them if i was a young woman in these days.
Housing, once a home, now just a gain,
Leaves the homeless out in the rain.
Investors seek profits, not a place to dwell,
Leaving those in need to suffer and yell.
No roof above, no bed to lay,
Just concrete streets and a cold dismay.
Wealthy gain, while the poor lose all,
In this game of housing, where the rich stand tall.
But let us not forget, that every soul,
Deserves a home, to keep them whole.
Let's strive for a world, where housing is a right,
And not just a tool for the rich to gain more might.
Love this, who wrote this?
excellent 👌
Wonderful and to the point! Inspiring me to write.
Amazes me how many of these people voted bojo. They blamed the EU and migrants for their pathetic working lives, if they hate and have no sympathy for working class migrants why should I have sympathy for those who hate working class migrants and wish them to suffer?
Why is it shocking?
Selling off and stop building of council properties only leaves to end. Privatisation of government responsibility only costs more and worse services.
or use the money to build new housing. Reinvest the rent made on social rented properties as they have paid the property 10x over.
500,000 council houses have been given to foreigners by Labour councils.
@@saxglend9439 is this a better alternative?
Councils couldnt affodd the upkeep.
@@saxglend9439 - I think you are underestimating. Giving away council housing to foreigners has been going on for decades. I remember queues of migrants waiting on the ground floor of the offices of the Labour run Camden Council in the 90s. Apparently, if they turned up with their families saying they were homeless, the council had a legal duty to house them. Meantime indigenous Londoners living with their parents in council flats and in the paper housing queue were pushed further and further down the priority list. In fact, many of the foreigners housed in council flats in London went on to make a fortune buying and then selling them under the Right to Buy scheme. In 2022 alone, 1.1 million new foreigners have migrated to the UK. It is foreigners that are causing the housing crisis.
Yes but you can house illegals entering the UK into 5 star accommodation with all the trimmings!!!! Makes my blood boil !!!!
We have too many people.
Nett migration alone was half a million last year. All of those people have to live somewhere.
The kelurgi plan. Look it up.
say you're ukrainian and youll get a 5 star hotel
There’s plenty of money for war though, smh.
If the councils cared they'd task their legal teams to sue these landlords, rather than waste their time on everything else councils do.
they still want those taxes so they will do everything except file complaints
If there is anyone that needs suing it’s the Tory government for under funding in the first place
Almost 300,000 landlords sold up in the last 3 years, that should solve the problems.
@@allykhan8594 The population of the UK increased my multiple times more than that during that time.
@@davidz3879 more will sell up.
Millions of people insist that the housing shortage is nothing to do with very high immigration.
No houses built in 13 years might have something to do with it too
@@robbiemoore2884 You think that no new houses have been built in the UK during the last 13 years?!
@@davidz3879 AFFORDABLE/SOCIAL housing, not just any old house! 🙄
I don’t mean to be rude. But mouseproofing your house is pretty cheap to DIY. Same with getting rid of roaches and flees. You just need to knuckle down and clean up.
You can guarantee that the people who arrived by dinghy are safe and warm in cozy hotels. They are obviously valued more than this little girl and her mother.
honestly just blow it out your back end..sick of the lets blame the immigrants ...cozy hotels lol..old run down dumps..people are turning profit from immigrants aswell..stop spreading the hate..we are all equal..supposedly
If you enter the UK illegally all these problems go away.
I blame our government past and present for this mess. A population of over 68 million for a small country is unsustainable
Congratulations you are the first person to have an understanding of reality i have communicated with. Problem is reality not in fashion these days.
There should be rule wherein only 1 house allowed to own per family (definition of family can be defined), and extra houses that are bought and kept empty should be charged 45% tax on the notional rental income which should be the highest , hope nowadays such a data is available to the govt online in one platform . this will help to reduce housing concentration especially in cases where houses are bought and are kept empty
I agree like the street I live on one house was empty for 4 years and another 5 years. It’s ridiculous and a waste 🤦🏾♀️😤
I totally agree, I've said this for a while
Bring more people into the country that will solve everything!
I had damp in my house, hired a dehumidifier. Also had a leak, got it fixed. Why can't people look after themselves ffs
@@break1722 wtf is Joe doing living in a place that costs that much to live in. There are much cheaper places to live in. If he lives in London earning that amount then he is an idiot
YOU are a fool.
Only the council can authorise repairs in temp accomodation.
It is foreigners that are causing the housing crisis. Giving away council housing to foreigners has been going on for decades. I remember queues of migrants waiting on the ground floor of the offices of the Labour run Camden Council in the 90s. Apparently, if they turned up with their families saying they were homeless, the council had a legal duty to house them. Meantime indigenous Londoners living with their parents in council flats and in the paper housing queue were pushed further and further down the priority list. In fact, many of the foreigners housed in council flats in London went on to make a fortune buying and then selling them under the Right to Buy scheme. In 2022 alone, 1.1 million new foreigners have migrated to the UK. It is foreigners that are causing the housing crisis.
Stop the landlord renting until he gets the property sorted.
Be grateful. They house you and your daughter. Others don't have the luxury of the roof over their head.
try saying that to the Migrants,They get housing,Key chucked at them,Housing Benefit,every thing else fully paid for them all,More of a luxuary for the foreiners than the English will ever get,Be grateful,Maybe you none english !!!!!
Landlords can get away with murder if they wanted to.
Is there no minimum standard of rental accommodations in the UK?
No, there isn’t. I spend £1000 a month (not in london) for a tiny 2 bed house and my bathroom, no matter how ventilated, is permanently mouldy. The house is so poorly insulated my boiler literally cannot heat it to 20C when it’s anything below 5C outside. This is what British housing is; 70 years behind everyone else in Europe.
@@o0julek0o that's sad. There was a time when whole building would be demolished if one apartment had black mould. Everything has change so much over the past few decade. Hope life gets better for everyone
The flat I live now,Is quite a new build,These houses and Flats around here been up since the year 2007 as shown on older Maps,Ive lived in my new Flat since the year 2019,Never gets damp here,Never gets cold,Roof never leaks or drips,Glad I live at a much better place than the last Flat I lived at
It foes not cost a lot to repair these houses. It is the ill intentions of the councils and their attitude toward people who are poor is responsible.
This is England. People have a perception that it is a rich country. But in reality it is a very poor country. Overcrowded. It has rich people but most are poor
It IS a rich country, but the weak isn't as evenly distributed as it should be! ☹️
It is like an eastern european country with a rich elite and a capital city similar to New York.
@Questionator He really left a lasting legacy.
Where's the kids father? That's the elephant in the room question but homelessness was far less of an issue when families stuck together
Please point out a period in social development where families never had issues.
Kind of what i was thinking. People have kids without getting married nowadays, or without having established a career or secure future. I obviously feel bad that they are in this situation but it is so preventable.
@@SaraLevins indeed, the cycle of generational poverty
agreed. this was only ever going to end in tears
Central government need to give local authorities far more money to deal with this ongoing issue. Been underfunded for decades!!
I just do not understand how a landlord could still get money from that dump!!!
My heart goes out to these families. My own family spent a winter in a caravan when I was a kid, that was 50 years ago. Now there are more billionaires than ever, including the fcuking prime minister.
A nice caravan. Sounds quite nice. Better than most of the world. British winters don't get that chilly.
Thank the working class Tories for the state of the nation.
@@DrMontague I won't. I'll just vote for them in the next general election. The state of the country is fine.
Most people don't know where the Real problems lie. Some of the people who know are not honest. The other, who know and are honest, don't have power.
State of this country!! 😡 We used to look after our own!! But now we're ignored and neglected!!
Our own when familys shove their mums and dads in homes when they get older that a joke when my mum and dad was very young they look after their mum and dad I dont see that now what should happen is ,look at all the empty propertys around the country and get them sorted out for people to live in. If this country did not go mad buying up propertys we have move to live in we want a home for ever not just for a while.
Landlords are being taxed and informed that all privately rented homes are to be renovated to at least category c energy rating. This in turn is causing private landlords to leave in droves. There are approximately 4.2 million private rented properties. This is not the worst case scenario yet. Things will get worse.
You’re right. It’s assumed your a landlord so you all must be rich and you don’t care....wrong! Some of us provide good safe accommodation not for profit we just want to be able to support ourselves in a old age and have invested in property rather than poorly ran pension schemes. Careful what you wish for taxing us and pushing for expensive renovations as you’ll decimate good affordable rental stock.
How about the elephant in the room is that we are a densely populated country.
A lot of damp problems are caused by the replacement of sash windows in terraced houses with windows which don't have a built-in adjustable vent. Even when closed, most old sash windows let in some air. Our breath contains water vapour. The more people in a sealed room the damper the air after a time and this can cause dampness of walls and ceilings which can lead to mould.
wellcome to freedom and opportunity of capitalizm
Yeah I got rid of damp and mould by having windows open more and heating on at same time. Waste of energy no because there is no longer a problem. Just old housing with modern lives not mixing well
@@Nick_80599 - It's a pity you don't have window vents. Some double-glazed windows have a small vent that can be opened that can do the job without a huge loss of heat caused by opening the windows in winter.
@johnwoods7650 strangely downstairs does have these, you'd think they would be upstairs at least seeing that heat and damp rises up not down. Those little vents near the ceiling someone has blocked those off, am I right in saying these are for carbon monoxide??
@@Nick_80599 - I certainly hope not. Not unless you have a faulty heater. If you are burning fuels, you need a chimney for that, but mainly Carbon Dioxide is given off. You breathe out Carbon Dioxide so that's why you need ventilation and for the water vapour. Air bricks should not be blocked. They avoid mold and damp.
Last home I lived in at Outwell in Wisbech,Them Flats been up for quite a long time,Once used to be a Pub,The walls where all ways very damp in the middle of Winter time,Roof all ways leaked every time it rained,Drip Drip Drip Drip Drip Drip Drip Drip Drip.........all I could hear all night,It was dripping in my bedroom,There also a brick wall outside the Flats,Looked like it been up since the stone age,That was allmost looked like it was falling down,My shed outside the Flat's also leaked every time it rained,I also had a tree growing through the shed roof,The Shed door was rotten,All the Housing people did was nail up a few peaces of wood to hold the shed door in place,Did not last long,That's Freebridge Housing for ya,Do worse than bodge up's,The old flat was also very COLD in the middle of winter time,I had to wear three jumpers and a few think Jackets,Just to keep worm,The storage heaters where way to expensive to run,£250 a week....This was back in year 2015,when cost of living cheaper than it is now days,Soon as the heating gets switched of,With in half an hour,The flat becomes stone cold again,Glad I moved out,Was not expecting to live there for to long,Less than 4 years when I moved out of there
These mothers should get themselves financially stable BEFORE having kids.
There are far too many irresponsible dirt poor families in the UK that decide to procreate despite not being anywhere close to financially stable.
I hear you but I still feel bad though
The best solution if you are homeless is to build a parcel delivery cargo bike that doubles as a camper so you can get work and a home in one go.
What about all the derelict & empty properties ....
They can come and live in one of Itchy Sunak's many properties...
I take it you have no constructive point to make when you start ridiculing people’s names.
What you expect the UK is overpopulated uncontrolled migration
Glue traps are horribly cruel to mice. A live trap is much more humane. They go into it and then you can take them out to the woods, etc and let them go
Indeed. These mindless useless people think they are more important than animals and that somehow their behaviour towards animals is justified.
@@HumansAreShitFactories I couldn't agree more
glue traps are now banned in England
Our people go homeless and illegal migrants get hotel’s this government is not fit for purpose and it’s time for reform
Never before have I seen so much care and concern for the homeless since the 'migrant' was added into the mix.
It truly is an incredible turn of attitude towards those who would otherwise have been demonised and persecuted for whatever reasons the media created against the homeless.
Shameful and heartfelt to those poor people and we still can afford a royal family?
I know right, how shameful.
Only to be expected under a Tory government. The Tories have no shame or conscience. If you voted Tory, then YOU are responsible.
😎😎😎👍
These houses need burning down.Or stop people from living in them.
My uncle his wife and their 6 month old son were kickes out of their rented apartment, he works foe the nhs and his wife has to look after the kid all day coz there is no one to look after him. He is in the waiting list for council housimg. He was tols thay it would tale at least another 1 and half years of waiting before he gets called. Its a mess. The mum and the 6 month old literally live in the street durimg the day amd at night they go to a hotel with the dad. Council put them in a hotel, but that can only be accessed at night.
They were having no issues before, vut where vacated coz someone bought the apartment.
The housing crisis is a fucking mess
Damp is down to lifestyle. Unfortunately, if you can't afford to put your heating on, and allow the air to vent every now and again (potentially wasting the heat, etc.) then *you are going to get damp* . It doesn't matter how much money your landlord spends on insulation, etc. Moisture from everything from breathing to cooking will always accumulate on the coldest walls of the house if you don't keep it warm and allow it to breathe.
EDIT / UPDATE: 'Lifestyle' is probably not the right word here. I mean 'the way I live' in my house.
100% correct, but only a fraction of the population understands this
So if you can’t afford to pay to put your heating on and you live in an accommodation that you can’t adequately ventilate…that is down to your…lifestyle?
Sorry, I must be getting confused here. You’re implying that this is a lifestyle decision for some?
@@HappyAwesomePower Rich people don't get damp because they can afford to heat their homes and they can afford to waste heat. That is the sad reality.
You can have all the best insulation in the world, but if your house is cold (e.g. because you never put your heating on) and it is humid (e.g. because you live there, showering, breathing, cooking, etc.), then you will get damp on the coldest walls in the house (e.g. north facing, or the walls that catch the wind, etc.)
This was a massive realisation for me. I would close all my vents on the windows, try to spare the heat, etc. But my back bedroom wall attracted all the moisture from the air and it was damp and mouldy. My window frames would attract black mould and be full of condensation, etc.)
As soon as I started putting my heating on more and allowing some of it to escape to ventilate the place and rid it of moisture, the problem was solved.
Also, something else to bear in mind. Humid air actually costs more to heat...
@@HappyAwesomePower In other words, I changed the way I live ('lifestyle' might not be the best word choice here), and it made a difference. Now I would rather spend an extra £20 a month on heating and losing heat, than risk getting respiratory problems because of damp and mould due to locking all that moisture into a cold house.
EDIT / UPDATE for clarity: An extra £20 on top of the £150 I already pay (I'm not saying my monthly gas bill is only £20!
@R4iderSc4vver That could work too. I might try it. Do they cost a lot to run?
Noticed how he has said genuinely affordable rent, not affordable rent, as the government definition of affordable rent under the Affordable Homes Programme allows Housing Associations to charge up to 80% of the open market rate, making social housing unaffordable.
Temporary accommodation is most often not fit for purpose and more expensive than had the government built more social housing. So the Tories misappropriating social housing funds to private investment property owners when ithis money should have been invested in new social housing. Criminal or just unforgivable management. management?
Corrupt officials,firstly in some countries you dont get this affordable housing you cant pay your bond or rent you out on the streets.
There's no hotels they put you up in neither .
Yes im sure its disgusting but at night you have a door to lock and keep safe than been in the open street.
Recession, rent increase and pay packet not keeping up with inflation.
Do you think increasing the population by millions might have something to do with it?
Large scale civil unrest incoming
@@davidz3879 no.
@@mimiws6436 You don't think adding millions of people to an already crowded country has contributed to homelessness?!
@@davidz3879 doesn't matter how many people are here if they can't afford rent.
The UK government can initially stop short term rentals immediately. There’s plenty of rental properties that have gone to Airbnb type rentals. Places like Devon and Cornwall are at crisis point.
Hi from Plymouth Jane! 👋👋👋
Thatchers legacy lives on. Our MPs are a disgrace. On the other side of the fence, some people given good homes don't look after them. Double edged sword I guess.
Why did she not charge Channel 4 news for money for filming
Are the streets not big enough for the poor-said Mr.Scrooge
I think he went further and said that if they were going to die they had better get on with it. He was defo a Tory before his 'conversion'.
There were better property conditions in 5,000 BC
5:14 The general problem is that we don't care... is what he should have said. He didn't, care. Thing is: either you are part of the solution, or the problem.
maybe they should hop over to france buy a dinghy then comeback again ,sorted nice new hotel room free food money wi-fi and as much heating on as you want
The new UK homes will be built cheaper but more vulnerable against natural disaster
We Barley have any natural disasters.
I rent from a housing association, I have damp and mice, drunks, young thugs on tag, a young guy who beat his cats up so bad, I had to get the RSPCA out, both of them had broken bones. It is national and unacceptable. I am on immune suppressant drugs so I will get ill a lot, I pay £70 a month for service charges and the hallway is filthy.
One more thing the British government can't do
We got 100, 000 house empty in England get them sorted out first before you build we all sick of rented repairs not being done dont know when we will be moving its not a home its a place to stay for a while I am single older person been in rented since 1995 nothing has changed and when you rent you looking at 6months rent rent going up the landlords having a laugh we got no protection. Wake up and help us.
I’ve look at this myself. It’s crazy what happening. Housing benefits or state support isn’t going to help. when people people don’t know where the next penny will come from. It’s rarely consistent. Many haven’t a clue. Yet the world still expects them to be onside? I’ve had a look at various solutions. House boat, canal restorations. Static caravans. It been a fight on my own just to get as far as I did. Enormous strain on myself enormous strain on family. The human toll is criminal! For example I’ve seen caravan go for 2.5k is responsible nick. The council if it followed procedures could build 15 of them for the price of a new build. It can use it smart to solve the issues many of the old stock has face. My local council call me unreasonable in unreasonable times. It has the power it need to solve this crisis but if fear they out of there depths? too stupid or stubborn to use the power it has to get people of the streets. People into more suitable accommodations. They had the power under Hansard 1948. It can but won’t. I here excuse after excuse. In the end they are being abusive towards vulnerable people. 5k a head minimum to sort out. The caravan can be self sufficient. Reducing cost of bills. For those luck enough part ownership with a mind towards full ownership. It driven me mad trying to see this through. You can get oil burning heater. That run on wicks. Can be made for £50 if you hunt for bargains? Then you have the green energy option? Batteries. Deep cycle lead acid batteries are quite common. I just fear they employ the most uneducated people for the role. as they can bully them easier? We also are too desperately reliant on the financial system as a whole. It killed more than it saved. From what I’ve encountered there very little substance left in the town hall. There maybe a few who are trying but they have been meet with resistance. The estate management I got a half decent conversation out of. Though didn’t get me all too far. I later found out chunk of land being sold cheaply. I could have put a caravan on? They knew I had an interest but disregard it. You can find all sort over the internet. Sm and auction site are primary a good source for this. You can find some going free but you need to arrange transportation. At this rate they could mobilise the TA to get the job done? Like I said they have the powers. There are old army bases, airfield and navy site that can be brought into use? There are billion and one things to do! I just don’t think there being smart about it?
well said i Applaud you yes derelict sites to put statics could house people overnight and wouldn’t cost a Astronomical amount but their Apathy is evident,They over complicate it because A-lot of Mp’s are landlords property owners and They want to keep the population under their control
@@edwinromilly4645 I would further add in there efforts to manage the population the councils broke the law. It simply stifle opportunities and reduce options for Everyone. It removed everyone right to autonomy. Without trial I might add? Has caused serious mental health and social development issues. We’re all the poorer for it. When they wake up to crimes against humanity charges they might wake up? It sickens me that they do this to people. I’ve known the attitude that lurk in those dark hall. Herd it come out much folks mouths. More than a few times. That they rather someone die on the street than help out. They know babies are being born to replace them so they don’t worry about the ones that died. Where I am the council lost 7 people in one day due to the cold. They will and do use the environment as a weapon against people. It’s inhumane and criminal. It Geneva convention breach to start with. Never-mind the Nuremberg ramifications? They won’t even give funds to the people have been most effective. So that quality standards are meet. I do believe there are fund for remediation works? I rarely hear anyone talking about that. the council are defrauding these people. To an Astronomical tune? There are so many levels to their apathy, its unreal! It not quit Warsaw ghetto level of privation but it won’t be long before it is.
What a shame the thousands of illegal economic imigants aren't given the same standard of accommodation. It would halve the numbers coming to the uk. And the uk citizens put up in 5 * hotels.
I live in a Council property and I've had problems with mice for 20 years+ in the attic that come down into the kitchen, I've had the council in to exterminate them 5 time and they say that they've removed them, but a week or two later the mice are back. I am now paying for it to be removed. privately, which is costing me an absolute fortune. The problem is to prevent them is to find locations where they are entering the building. It is impossible when you have an attic with multiple exits and entry points
I also had mould in the flat. The Council have resolved the situation, but I don't think that's going to last very much longer. The flat is still damp even though I have moisture extraction fans that were installed by the Council. The flats are freezing even though central heating has been installed. I put this down to poorly insulated wall insulation. I have seen the installation men work on other flats but not work on my flat.
Another issue, asbestos has been found in various locations in the flat It has been removed. There is a one room left under investigation I have been waiting almost three years for this to be resolved. I don't think they really want to remove it because the room is in such an awkward angle and is very tall and it will cost them a lot of money to have scaffolding installed plus having the ceiling replastered, etc.
Another thing about council housing the walls are paper thin You can hear everything that happens in the neighbours home, I mean anything. Farts, sneeze, snoring, going to the bathroom General quiet conversations. The list can go on.
I know the situation with finances are awkward at the moments, but you would have thought over 20+ years these things would have been addressed.
The council to a certain point, has a duty of care towards you. Its their housing that they've provided and it doesn't sound adequate at all. Pests and mould etc should be addressed immediately, they will do their best to put the responsibility on yourself, but ultimately, it it theirs, as your housing provider. I'm a carer who has had to push these issues previously for someone else. Be persistent.
Why don't you rent a private flat? Or do you live somewhere expensive like London.
wrt noise, to be fair, it's usually no better even in terraces and semis. I'm in a terrace, and my neighbour's *sneezes* have been known to wake me up. Then again, she sneezes like a fucking foghorn.
@@winstoningram99 I live in Bristol. I do not trust private rents. Hard to explain why, I just get a bad feeling about them.
You live on benefits and have done so for 20 years? Ya better have no legs...
God, i am so thankful I live in Sweden. Living in the north, my heating alone stands at about £1500 in winter due to the arctic conditions. But i bought my log cabin in the forest for 10 pence because the owner couldnt find a buyer and couldn't afford to keep an empty cabin warm 😂
surely the solution is to print more money so plucky investors can keep speculating on each others homes ?
Shush...it's easier to blame Johnny Foreigner instead
Scrap right-to-buy, claim back a load of land that councils could use, build quality value high-density housing (actually quality), outlaw paying a penny to private landlords by 2032.
You shouldn’t scrap the right to buy, with every house sold they can build 2 more, what have they done with the money from the sales of houses.
Yeah right to buy needs to stop, it's been a complete disaster
If only the council could just buy land and get planning permission from the council to build affordable homes.
Most if not all the politicians in this country these days have the 'best' private eduction money can buy, Then they become mp's and civil servants and so on.......What do they teach them in these private schools and universities??? The fine art of doing nothing ??!!
The art of lying
It's not about learning it's about making connections.
In that private school are the sons and daughters of the top judges, the billionaires, the bankers, royalty, media barons etc. And they all grow up in the same cliques on a level of society that the rest of us never see or experience.
Who really puts them in power, and whose interests will they look out for? Are people really surprised that they look after their wealthy friends above all else? That's their social group, much like a farmer will know other farmers and have kids that most likely will be involved in the agriculture industry.
While it's not fair, it's not really done on purpose to screw us, it's just how things are.
Those glue traps are evil. Poor mice do not deserve that 😢
This is appalling
Waiting your turn sounds like someone who needs goals in life
@MyLazySundae whose choice was it to have a child without proper financial support?
@@apebass2215 welcome to the UK. How dare you insinuate that people should take responsibility for themselves!
If you and your family are able to eat and heat right now, consider yourself lucky. Shame on the UK government.
Nope. Everyone can afford to heat and eat. Provided they work full-time, if able. People are just too lazy to prepare food. They want expensive ready meals.
@@winstoningram99nice comment troll
@@winstoningram99 I've looked at your profile and previous comments, yes, you are a troll, and yes, your opinions are so baseless this is the last feedback I'll give you. Good luck 😅
@@bluediamond1414 Well, I'm glad that the person who decides who is or isn't a troll has been kind enough to let me know. You're the troll. Now crawl off back under your rock, little troll. You aren't as important as you think.
@@nabzgg4289 okay, troll 👍
It’s only £800/month for the entire house?! Wow…is that expensive for Manchester? Surely not for London…
They don’t mention how many bedrooms though…presumably 2
I blame the women for not using contraception and sleeping around with these attractive bad boys, who are not willing/unable to financially support a child.
It’s disgusting. Women are are met with an abundance of choice when they are young. They could basically choose to form relationships with anyone they want. But instead of choosing the guy who keeps his head down, studies hard, works hard, etc. They will instead choose the guy with no prospects just because he’s attractive and/or a bad boy.
slum landlords should be charged for collecting rents but not fixing anything !!!
which is exactly why we should be housing our own vulnerable people, not on those in hotels and other prime social housing that enter illegally. That £7m per day should be spent on improvements and increasing affordable housing.
Totally agree, if they put illegals in housing like this there would be an uproar. Because these people are British they don't count.
Wait a min. I thought we don’t get cockroach here in the UK!?
Joe public moans about conditions
And also moans when taxes are put up to pay for it
True. Us Brits are an ignorant bunch. We love to complain, but do nothing to improve the situation. That's us
Not surprising considering the cost to wages ratio of buying and renting
12 years of the Tories look at this Country ! Like Charles Dickens era !!
Can she not get a job? why is she making the tax payer pay for her lifestyle choices? and where is the father? Why can't she move back to her family home?
Maybe she can't get a job that pays enough to live on and pay for child care; maybe the father is dead; maybe her parents won't have her back because of her lifestyle choices that offend them as taxpayers......
@@skrich9690 maybe she should think about her consequences instead of being selfish and not marrying before having a child
There are 26 million empty bedrooms in the UK, live with your parents and look after them.
hahahahaha government helping low income citizens... fucking good one...
wellcome to freedom and opportunity of capitalizm
We need t stop pouring Council money into private landlords who don't look after the properties