We live in 'Caravan City'...our beds are like coffins but it's too expensive to rent here
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2024
- WITH its expansive fields, river valley views and tree-lined paths, it’s easy to see why David Attenborough once called the Bristol Downs the “jewel in the city’s crown”.
But locals are despairing over the growing number of people choosing to make the lush green area their home - by setting up camp in vans and motorhomes.
In 2024 the scenic south west city was not named in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live round-up for the first time in the guide’s 12-year history - having previously topped the list in 2017 - in part due to its “ruthless” property market.
According to 2023 figures, Bristol is the most expensive place to live in Britain outside London.
It’s the lack of affordable homes that have forced hundreds of people to give up on conventional living and turn to a life on wheels.
A recent report from Bristol City Council says there are now up to 800 inhabitants of vans, motorhomes and caravans around the Downs - made up of Clifton Down and Durdham Down.
It’s now the city with the largest number of van dwellers in the UK, and angry residents say they are “disgusted”.
The free parking makes life easier for those living in the 650 vehicles - a figure which has quadrupled since 2020 - in the area, recently dubbed ‘Caravan City’.
Helen Morris, 79, has been walking the Downs area for 40 years, and lived there since 2013.
She tells The Sun: “I think it’s disgusting that they are allowed to live here.
“They’ve parked directly on our road in the past and I’ve called the police because of the noise and mess.
“They make such a mess with their rubbish, I’d like them to disappear and think the council should do something about it."
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How does the government have a duty of care to illegal immigrants but not to our own.
Because you are being replaced
You need to lobby the government on that one
@@wecandothiswarriors you're right
Because it is all part of plan! The Kalergi Plan almost unfolded! But of course, it is a "Conspiracy Theory!"
i bet most of these people also support 'Refugees welcome, so no sympathy from me
Why don't the locals stop protesting about them being there and instead protest to the council for affordable housing so people are not forced to live there
They should work to pay landlords, this is how world should work! 😆😆😆😆😆
Most people with homes facing Clifton downs dont work, they own property. I wish it was a stereotype but look at companies house.
@@wojciechsobiesiak if you had bothered to listern some of them are working but still can't afford local rents
@@p24hrsmith sorry, my lap's out of sound (hp) 😆😆😆😆😆
Why do we need more housing when our birth rate is below replacement and has been since the 70’s? We should be like Japan, a surplus of affordable housing
Whilst the government gives imports free homes, money, phones and food, is this what we pay taxes for.
30 grand a train ride. One train ride. U know how many foreigners rent I could pay with 30 grand? I’d rather pay a foreigners rent than pay for some over privileged moron to go on a train when they already own a fleet of chauffeur driven Bentleys! Dafuc is wrong with people!
Round our way,the imports now hav mountain bikes.😡.They all look so happy,wonder why.? Should we all migrate to Africa..
@jerrydowse5061 unfortunately it doesn't work that way. You turn up claiming asylum and you won't get diddly unless a fast track plane ride outta there.
@@jerrydowse5061: 'Should we all migrate to Africa.' It would certainly be an education for you.
WELL SAID. This is exactly what happens in Australia with the citizens being taxed to the hilt, record migration year upon year with the new arrivals having the red carpet laid out for them in terms of government services.
We are becoming a nation of nomads all around the world, I am in Australia and live in a caravan I bought 3 years ago, it is parked on private property but the government now wants to ban caravan living on private property. The entire planet has gone completely bonkers.
Just tell them your not living in it
Your holidaying in it.
OZ gov , is tyrannical like the UK lot.
The government doesn't like people to enjoy their life they want people to suffer, it seems that that's their primary purpose. I've been living in my RV since 2013 parking outside work for 2 years before travelling around Australia and I've been living in far North Queensland since 2020 when I escape the Melbourne scam demic that I'm going back on the road again next February when I get the age pension if the government or council tried to stop me from living at a friend's place, I would certainly have a few words to them that I couldn't post and how were they to know that I'm not living inside and just parking my vehicle there.
Councils are all about screwing people out of there money.
The goverments want people totally dependant on them.
They are stopping people from being self sufficient, growing their own vegetables and food ,
not allowing caravans, making people pay for the water coming from their own wells ,
not allowing tiny houses, making people get rid of large numbers of farm animals ( cows, chickens, pigs, turkeys etc) wanting people to start registering all vegetable gardens,
making more controlling and more intrusive laws, trying to control things that aren’t any business of the goverment! Trying to control every aspect of our lives, where we go,how we live, what we eat and so on.
What state?
12k a year rent + bills on minimum wage ..i do not blame any of them , its survival .
Exactly my friend!
Yes it totally understandable but what is disgusting is the rubbish , junk and just the general attitude of we can just do what we want to this common land .
Survival Mode
There are no bins provided hence rubbish use your common sense (get it...common 😂....also there is no atritude of we can do what we want to common land...there is no option for that for travellers....there is however an option for that attitude for property developers who are building on Durdham Down...so answer me tbis honestly...who is leaving more rubbish? Who left more rubbish at Castlemorton, there is no rubbish there anymore yet people still bang on about a rave that happened over 30 years ago. Since then, houses have been built. So i ask u again who left more rubbish? I will tell you who left more rubbish - the people who built the house. And if you cant see that houses are a threat to the environment then u r willingly blind and complicit. This is as old as enclosures. This is about being free and that is why it is a threat.
@@pascalandlanzaroneextrarev3043 no "rubbish" - "resources"
What is scary is that these are all pretty decent, hard working people.
These people aren't causing any harm , their circumstances and this pathetic government have .
@@adrianiles6019agreed tory open borders has caused the housing crisis.
@@JustLaughs2024 - because Labour will close the borders, won't they?🤔🙄😂
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The reality Britain is now living in ………where working people can no longer afford a home ….and are destined to living on the streets.! 😢
Who cares? They need to stop sponging off normal people.
and people keep popping out kids so they will experience the same thing.
@@beaulieuc8910 correct…all the vermin are allowed to breed.
Everyone now wants a house..At one time you got a council house or bought a house when you got married, prior to that you lived with family.
@@Valhalla-vk7hf correct. A home is NOT a human right. You must work for it.
The UK is starting to look like America now and skid row.
Yes it is. Vote Tory, get poverty.
@@pressuredrop6173 Not just Tory. This will continue under Labour. See GB News for landlord's offer of a 7 year contact from serco. You won't see this featured on BBC or Channel 4!
It seems they never learn . A decade of 'Austerity" and they fall for a shyster like Johnson , blaming the EU for the mess . No hope now
Exactly.x
I wonder why, mass migration same symptom
The residents are up in arms! Then give these BRITISH PEOPLE somewhere to bloody live! How dare Sunak abandon our people in need for illegals who are here simply for the free ride! God bless these people who need a home ❤❤❤❤❤
Probably Baby Boomers complaining I date say.....
Your so right,he’s a millionaire,he don’t give a toss.
I sincerely hope you don't think that Labour are going to change anything? 🙏
Sunak is a spineless snake... fact
The people moaning more than likely vote for tories because they think people should struggle and pick themselves by there bootstrap then when people do like here they moan not like that
There is a caravan round the corner on the road where two people are living in. I've not complained as they probably lost their home and only want to exist and a place to sleep - better than the street.
That's very noble and compassionate on you, much respect. Others would simple have the 'not in my neighbourhood' mentality and make their lives worse. Yes we all have a story and many are struggling due to all costs of living rising much higher than wages, plus supply does not match demand! Just people trying to survive in a messed up world!
We have a lady literally few meters away, living in her run down motor home
You won't be saying that when your home gets burgled.
@@manpreetbrar838 more likely to be burgled by an immigrant or visitor to UK here. Been huge spate of them
@scrappinrappin more likely to get burgled by a chav underclass
Instead of the council complaining about the mess, they should build facilites for them to dispose of their waste etc
If I was a council I wouldn't want to encourage caravans especially in these concentrations in an uncontrolled manner. What they need is serviced caravan parks. It works better from a planning perspective. Also, there would need to be some kind of taxation to fund refuse collection and whatever else they need.
Been 20 years van life now, well boat life too, but off grid. Get rid of rubbish daily, always keep all water bottles full and smile and be friendly to everyone is what I'd suggest.
Fair play buddy ❤️
Absolutely. Stick to the rules; move regularly, leave the place cleaner than when you found it, be friendly and polite. I’ve had no problems.
What do I do about car insurance/license? That's main problem of not having a fixed address.
Your comment has precisely nothing to do with the issue being discussed in the video other than your apparently egocentric need to gloat about being privileged enough to choose what you did and ignorant enough not to realise the difference.
Why complain, just leave them alone, they're doing no harm. In fact put yourself in their shoes.
really? and who pays for the clean up, sanitation and everything else = oh yes the tax payer
@@absly5 man, I need help with your life?
I did and it smells like wet dog
@@absly5oh no! The tax payer will have to pay for tax payer things instead of lining the pockets of the wealthy. What are we going to do?
Ps if u care that much maybe you should provide some bins on clifton down ....if there were bins people would put the rubbish in....u r literally saying people enjoy living with bags of their rubbish around them
...lol
Thank you for listening rather than judging people that live this way.
Cant believe this is a Sun news story. Balanced, sensitive, sympathetic and very well presented. Excellent.
Lol....true
The Labour Council is more interested in giving permission to building student accommodation rather than Bristolians.
Funny you should say that. Leeds same, there's massive amounts of student flats going up all over the city. Yet the council says its broke and now charging carers for part time daycare.
That could be because they make a fortune out of the student accommodation.
Immigrants get the lion's share of the money thanks to the evil left...
@@chrisdstard5644: indeed, they do since the majority of students in those expensive shoeboxes are the children of wealthly overseas residents.
The Tory Govt made it easier for developers to obtain planning permission. Universities can charge overseas students £30k a year in tuition fees. Private landlords get money in rent from student accommodation. How does any of that make Councils responsible or richer?
the sad thing is there are some people who would prefer these caravanners to be homeless, than parked there.
Why can't people leave people to live
One of our greatest gifts is empathy, but so many people these days lack it completely. LOVE makes the world work. ❤️
Sadder is that some residents would rather these people were dead, than parked there.
Why is that sad? Not everyone wants to spend their life in one place, in a concrete box, paying extortionate bills. Full time vanlife can be great, if your van is in good nick and local people don’t treat you like dirt on their shoe…
Clifton is a white collar area and they don't want the great unwashed spoiling the view
They have got to stop calling this a cost of living crisis. Its a suffering crisis.
It might be an eyesore for some, but the reality doesn’t change that something so basic as housing has now become unattainable for even the middle class. My own home has quadrupled in value in the past decade alone, and is now at a price that many earning in excess of 100k simply can’t afford! At least you guys picked a decent bunch to speak with…
With all the money spent on forcing homeless people out of communities like this it could easily fund affordable housing, although I understand the problems that come with homeless people. On the short term they should at least install more rubbish bins and porta potties, as that would solve some of the issues.
If people can't afford to buy your home it is worth nothing.
We'll be living in pods, the poor will excel in the meta verse ( you can own a home,car, etc) ,you'll eat insects and medicalised food, be bar coded,own NOTHING, have restricted spending and digital currency...
Respect for all of you. Sad your govt spends £6 million plus a day to house migrants but can’t help you, shocking.
Think it might be £7,000,000 by now per day
It's actually 15m a day
Add to that the costs of the army off staff that are needed to process their applications, the security and intelligence officers to keep them under control, all the other stuff you don't hear about and you wonder how much these parasites are really costing us!
The activists are in their side so yeah.
Sunak has no English blood so it's not surprising at all.
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I'm just glad these people have a roof over their heads and are still close by to get to their jobs ❤🙏
Councils need to allocate more land for this, as the way rents are , this way of life is only going to become more common.
Absolutely agree on this. With capitalism there are winners and not winners. (Didn't want to use the word losers).
@@lazylad8544 socialism makes us all losers, expect for the ruling elites.
Sadly government do not want people living in caravans or motorhomes, these are too cheap, plus they want council tax as well as tax from property rental and high interest and mortgage loans to be a slave to the banks. They want a high cost of living, this in turn makes people work hard; work longer hours and not complain about pay or working conditions in fear of losing their job and being replaced by the thousands who would jump into the job within minutes. It's all part of the masterplan.
Their masterplan is to keep the cost of living high as it aids banks; government; the elite; and business. They want people to work longer; harder; quicker and not complain about wages or working conditions as in fear of losing their jobs and being replaced by the many others struggling for more money and work.
It's their masterplan. My comments keep getting deleted, wonder why!!!!
Ive been living in my campervan for the last 4 years due to not wanting to waste half of my wages paying rent and all the other house hold bills, and havimg no social life , now i have freedom to do what i want and get to bank 75% of wages each week and travel when ever i want
Smart person…….many around the GLOBE R GOING TO B FOLLOWING YOU
Great - until you bring someone back home, or have kids 👍🏻 great idea 😂
I've been living in a caravan for nearly twenty years .....my partner loves it
@@richardmumford2708 everyone has different goals and levels of expectancy I guess 🤷🏻♂️
Yes don't I know it !
The residents obviously live in nice houses either retired or working in good jobs who can afford things but what about migrants?
I’m British and lived in France for 4 years and when I returned with 2 young children I was told no money or help for 180 days by the council and benefits yet migrants get everything now how disgusting to treat me like that and that makes me furious
Mandy
If you’d come over on a boat you would be in a hotel now with your meals cooked for you
They are building houses near Bristol exclusively for the illegals...
if you are rich and royal, you get free housing and lots of other free things and we still pay for them if they are not working
THEY are one family why do people blane them blame millionaire greeedy landlords and those arriving on boats take little housing we have left @@beaulieuc8910
@@beaulieuc8910 We pay about a £1 a head, per year for the civil list. We're paying far more for thieves, violent criminals and rapists to get free housing at our expense.
@@rb1062 " thieves, violent criminals and rapists" - You've just described the Windsor crime family.
This is absolutely disgusting in OUR Country ! Any government should be spending OUR money , on it's indigenous citizens ! Not illegal freeloading immigrants and bizarre donations to other countries ! It's sickening !
lets not forget job leakage and wage depression through outsourcing and offshoring.
This will come around in the near future. Nationalist interests are gaining ground quickly!!
Your government loot our Africans resources now you realise that without African expenditure you’re nothing there still more coming consequences by 2050 you will migrate to Africa good luck buddy see you in Safaris 😅
God Bless all Van Lifers.
It's pathetic they let corrupt politicians do this to them
The first will be last, and the last will be first, God bless
The amount of people living in cars vans trucks and caravans is way higher than any government estimates, we meet people weekly new to the life and nearly all say its like a breath of fresh air to be free
Yes agree, these people are safe in numbers, better than being a alone. I’ve heard some scary stories..
Yes …..people are wising up…….never mind paying all your $$$$$ to greedy landlords…….being together with people and taking care of each other…….
Don’t forget us boaters! I’ve been living on boats around London for over 7 years due to insane rent costs. Although Canal River Trust has been increasing fees and making it less affordable than it used to be, it’s almost getting we costly as renting now if you want to be moored in a marina.
councils should never have sold housing stock
Governments should never have started importing more people.
Thatcher !🤬
😂😂😂@@norahsearle7237😂😂😂😂
Councils were selling off the older housing stock mostly, and they said with the money from these sales they would build newer more efficient homes, liars then spent the money on crap
That old cow
My partner; myself and my large dog, live in a caravan on a caravan park in Lancashire. 560 a month with electric; water and wastage. I did own a large terrace on a busy road but due to constantly increasing mortgage interest rates, ended costing me nearly 800 each month on the 50k I still owed! plus ever increasing council tax, water, utilities, etc..Sold my house within 1 week and decided to buy a large double anxle caravan and from the sale could afford an immaculate countryside detached house with large garden and detached garage outright in Spain, best decision I ever made! Plus yearly council tax is a couple of hundred. I was only lucky enough to jump on a house I needed to renovate in the early 2000's, before house prices shot up. I was lucky, feel sorry for younger people these days getting on the property market or renting. Was alot easier to buy or rent in the 1990's, now, even finding a house, not even a decent one, to rent, especially with a pet, is extremely difficult. There are a few now living full time onsite, one due to a no fault eviction! Some stay a week or so in campervans they live in! This country isnt going to get any better! Councils need to buy land and rent spaces for caravans for people who can not get housing. If campsites can do this and make profits, surely its a viable business as well as a form of keeping people from living on the streets or sofa surfing till the government can sort more housing stock. Even an acre of land can site 25 to 30 caravans!
We need rid of paying for invaders that scrounge off the system
but who would not want to live far away from say elderly parents I live next to my elderly housebound parent and I can check on her. sometimes it isn't always about me me me
@@beaulieuc8910 don't wory, "me me me" is doing fine, they planned everything
How do you get around the law living full time on site? You’re not allowed more than 28 days a year…? Or does the owner simply look the other way? (Which I wouldn’t blame them for)
@@vanliferoundeurope677 some sites do year round, but then they have to pay council tax. For 2 months, it is closed, so we either go stay with family or hire a short term apartment. Works for us. Isnt a future option, but we plan on moving to Spain in a couple of years.
Makes complete sense to live this way if you are single person ! When rent is around £800-1300 ! If you are on minimum wage that's around £1400 take home on 40 hour week ! you just can't live that way , makes more sense to get Van or Caravan and live for FREE. after all we all just need a Bed and somewhere to eat and wash anyway.
Good luck to them.
As a bicycle tourer, it's been cheaper to cycle around the world, even europe, than live in some uninspiring UK housing for the sake of protecting some low pay. I would understand if i lived in a tourist town, but I don't.
Minimum wage is more like 1200 pcm before tax in my experience
🙏🕊️🫂✝️
Absolutley . I can easy afford a flat or house . But there simply is not any. I love living in my caravan. 450 pm with ZERO bills . I am banking into my savings pot 1600 a month. If I was going to stay in this god forsaken country I dont think I would ever live in bricks n mortar again. A couple more years & I will have a nice nest egg to take with me out of here. I wish I had bought my caravan years ago.
Hardly "for free", but definitely a lot cheaper after initial expenses.
We lived in a caravan for 7 years, due to landlord selling our home and giving us only a few weeks to get out.
Did they return your deposit?
We’re you still earning and paying rent?
More and more landlords are giving up and selling as renting has actually become unviable… believe it or not
@@esmeraldaoreilly5945 Mine can't sell up, as the house is in advanced disrepair and under a body corporate. It has to be repaired fully to restore according to how the others are. So I'm ok ...for now...
@esmeraldaoreilly5945 we did but with held money for things not our fault as the house was riddle with mould.
@@allancarter3930 that’s completely unlawful, if you’d taken that to county court you’d have been compensated plus your deposit back, I know of such a case.
People like Callum prove the point that those who end up in situations like this are NOT just dropouts or layabouts. Many of them are qualified working professionals who pay their taxes! That's why its so crazy that people who were born here, live, work and pay their taxes here, can be reduced to living like THIS. But if you just came over on a dinghy and speak not a word of English, free flats, free food etc... There's something quite sick about our government, we have become a sad joke of country.
I live in a van and tent. I'm happier now. We keep things tidy and it looks respectable. If anyone's unhappy with us living like this, let them be unhappy. I was unhappy with them (generally) and their way of life.
Give it couple more years and well all be living like this!
Sadly its true, some people are in for a BIG shock, especially the flag waving 'refugees are welcome' brigade.
@@straightouttacornwall You can add the Brexit voters to that list.
I'm happy for the refugees welcome wokies to live like this. After all, they vote for it.
@@pressuredrop6173 this isnt what brexit voters voted for if the lazy brits on benefits worked immigration was halted it would be a compltely different situation
Definitely 👍
Sadly as I approach retirement this may well be the only solution for me.
Sadly our country sold out to the ultra rich years ago
Move to Mexico.
We have had no choice but to live in our van since losing our home during the pandemic and we are in our 60's. But we would not dream of parking up in a place and staying for more than a night or two. Neither would create a disgusting mess like some of these have done. There is no need to not respect the environment or other peoples living places, people who have worked hard for a nice home with a nice view. Gives all of us a bad name.
would agree with you there. Be reflectful the neighbours and environment
if you have pensions leave UK and go to cheaper EU countries , portugal ,Spain maybe some eastern ones as Czech ,Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia maybe , basically with 1000 pounds you will live pretty fine there
@@Mr11ESSE111why should they have to you muppet?
They have to leave so some foreigner can come here ??
What are you on ?
Dont you need a bricks n mortar addy ?
you can say the same about some house dwellers. the UK is becoming the US. Soon we will have to pay for health care, have little or no paid holidays, and live in tents or cardboard houses if you're lucky and work that is. but there will be plenty of billionaires. this is happening now and people complain to their council. I feel sorry for the future generation.
Me and my partner have been in a caravan now for a year with our 4 dogs 1 cat and 2 birds, we have a large awning too. Our sites rents 480 pm. It's not ideal buts it's the best we can do at present. Our sites in the middle of no where so it's very peaceful. Our sites full of people like us, it's a sign of the times. We ve worked and paid into the sytem our whole lives and this is the best UK can offer us. We ve been on council /housing association list s now for a year, still as long as the emigrants are OK we will all be fine.
The government (Labour will be the same if not worse) have their priorities all wrong. British people should be prioritised first, and second. There should be no third.
4 dog i can't imagine the barking, howling and smells, and massive vets bills
@@beaulieuc8910 yeh when the old boy let's rip its Awfull I can almost taste it, they don't bark much either thier all tiny miniatures, and as my wife can't have kids her dogs are like her babies x
I would stake my life that your caravan stinks
It must stink mate. I feel for you 💩
Meanwhile some of the Hotels are packed full of our IS friends what is happening here?
Sad reality that UK gov can drop a million bomb to chase a taliban or an iraqi house or a yemani sheperc or….. and fail to save these descent people it is sickening
No one should judge. Life has become a competition. Everyone needs to have better then others
There but for the grace of God go I... these people have real ❤ and values. Shame on those who put them in this position, they are blinded by greed.
The same applies in Australia, record numbers of people homeless, living in cars or vans, sleeping rough. Rents have become out of reach for many on low incomes, house prices have sky rocketed in recent years making home ownership an impossible dream for many. Despite this the government brings in more and more immigrants from overseas (around half a million in last two years) and provides them with housing and full social security benefits, what about our own people? Charity begins at home!
It’s all part of the plan , the global ain’t don’t want any borders, and don’t want any white people , Or conservatives, or people who love their country and culture.
UK does exactly this , thousands of illegal immigrants every month put up in hotels until they are housed ahead of people who are legal citizens , also given monthly income (benefits) and have unlimited use of our free healthcare from day 1 ... I'm not a genius by any stretch but even I can see it's wrong and not sustainable
In just last year was a full half million. Double that btw.
And landlords are selling up their rental properties at unprecedented rates, leaving an even greater shortage of rental properties on the market. It's been particularly bad in Victoria due to recent land tax changes. I'm lucky, my wife and I own a house in a fairly nice rural town opposite the botanical gardens. There have been rough sleepers in there for several years now, and there is no shortage of van dwellers pulling up for nights at a time on its perimeter, either.
And Oz makes it harder for us Brits to come over who share the culture , well, almost, and want to work hard and support ourselves. It's not the immigration that's the problem, it's the quantity and quality...
They should have come over from France in a dinghy.. they would get free hotels and free food for ever ...
i bet most of these people also support 'Refugees welcome, turkeys voting for xmas
As long as things are kept tidy it shouldn’t be a problem. But looks like several of these don’t care or respect their surroundings. The mess is disgusting and what gives vanlifers a bad name.
Council could help but they are not allocated money for that so they don't!
I did this back in 2018.
Lived in my old LDV van "Dusty"
Wrote a chapter in my book called
((Non-fiction van life)).
The Gruellers
((Working Class Survival guide))
Lots happier than living in a house.
Britain is a third world country for normal working class people.
I've not been abroad on a holiday for thirteen years.
It's just work/Bill's/tiredness&depression.
Happy to have a nice dinner &
A sleep.
British reality is nothing like the Television or Social media.
Its going backwards &is now geared towards the well behaved middle class Types,who take no risks in life&
Drive the Electric cars-as there told.
The government dont want any free thinkers
bit of a soap dodger and lack the ability to attain a decent job?
I can't find your book by those titles, what's it called?
great people love their attitude, i wish them luck and we live and learn from others greed, .
I live nearby in Sneyd Park (yes yes, in a big posh house) and can tell you there are NOT 650 caravans around the Downs! 650 in Bristol total perhaps, spread out across several sites around the city (some of which are actually a bit troublesome, but you don't look there, do you!), but not exclusively around the Downs as you're saying. Typical Sun/News Ltd bog roll beat up. These poor people aren't "Travellers" (who I DO have a problem with!), they've been pushed into this situation. As long as they don't get too feral with the rubbish etc I've got no problem with them! Anyway, the two people you interviewed are van dwellers, you haven't even spoken to any CARAVAN dwellers! Nobody around here ever had much of a problem with van dwellers, they're self-propelled & they come & go. It is the sudden influx of static immobile CARAVANS that has got residents wound up.
Of course you have a problem with travellers, they are White, so you are allowed to. Not tell me about Roma Gypsies, they ok?
@@JustLaughs2024 Huh? 🤔 "Roma Gypsies, they ok?" Err, no, probably them neither thanks very much. But, "Roma Gypsies" are extreeeeemly unlikely to be pitching up on the Downs, unlike "Travellers" who regularly pitch up literally ON the Downs! Anyway, mate, what's your point?
Council should build flats/apartments for these people and rent them out at reasonable rents. Long them this type of accommodation is bad for your health.
What I've found out is the council do not care unless you have kids. They have basically told my 21 year old she should sofa surf or move away.
@kezl3037 yes! Same with my nephew. Wrong colour it seems
You mean like councils use to do before Thatcher put an end to them?
Councils more interested in housing the non British rather than the British.
In what used to be my home town of derby they're going to pull down home bargains & poundstretcher to build flats for immigrants, can you believe it.
The government knows exactly how many houses there is and exactly how many families - simple maths should tell them to close the border.
I think the caravans should park outside Westminster and never go away until they get the first 300,000 affordable social housing units built. Then on 300,000 per year for a decade.
A limitation on immigration to only allow skilled people that can teach or employ our own.
This is all a result of pure unregulated greed and the culture of normalising exploitation of others via property rental.
Its discusting and imoral
I'm homeless due to high rent. A lady that joined us in temporary accommodation had a place to live until her landlord won in court. The building had 5 permanent tennants - he made them all homeless so he could turn it into temporary accommodation! It's more profitable, apparently.
Section 21 a No fault eviction will be a thing of the past soon but in the meantime how many landlords will deliberately exacerbate the housing crisis for a coin? 😡
You r right on……now u need to make sure the truth u speak gets on cbc Canada and every station across 🇨🇦👏👏👏👏👏👍👍
ABSOLUTELY BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS….DEVELOPERS….AND LANDLORDS….TIME TOSTOP IT FOLKS
@@jacquielapierredufresne5468 100% agree with you, Jacqui!!
Reminds me of the travellers new age hippy days. Love it. I lived in a caravan in my late teens..... loved it .
BRILLIANT IDEA… Good luck to them all
I love, support, and am a soulmate of all these people.
Life should be free.
It's a nice sentiment, but I'm sure they'd be happier being less free but being in a house.
@@4thinternational283 Of course mate. By rights, every human/human family should have rights - from birth to death - to a piece of land, to allow them to be self sufficient and never have to work if they so chose. There should at least be one basic option, other than join the beast system.
ridiculous, what cloud of smoke do you inhale? the rest of us live within our means..and pay our way and not expect
Me too!
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It’s sad to see people living like this, we live in our campervan full time, only spend 3 months in the UK, Europe is 10 times easier to live in a van than it is over here, most eu countries have big bins everywhere for the public to use, access to free water and grey and black waste disposal. Most EU countries have also built designated free campervan areas where you can stay for multiple nights. UK just want you to pay for everything they can.
Increase the space between caravans for fire safety , radiant heat is significant , gas bottles will blow . Don't give the authorities reasons to evict , tidy the site and provide information of responsible waste management. This situation is a very sad reflection of our broke system forcing reasonable people into a desperate situation , I'm sure they will have exhausted all possible options , does anyone care about these people?
It's a disgusting situation that this country, is quite happy for its own citizens to be in! This isn't the country my father would recognise, I myself am beginning to not recognise it either!!!!
@@rowannestripe2964it's not just UK either,it's USA and Australia as well
@@maryannel2962 Australia too? Didn't know that!
@@maryannel2962it is the entire world ……🇨🇦 as well ……my parents would roll over in their graves to see folks who have worked their entire life and paid taxes to government 🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷 and be homeless after retirement…….then to see all the younger folks who are working their a…. Off and not being able to afford even rent …let alone have a family and save for a home……SOMETHING IS GOING TO GIVE AROUNF THE PLANET SOOOOOO NNN
I think we need to have national rent control to drive down rent costs...it works in Europe.....get ex rent houses on the market and free up accommodation every way we can...I was van based for nearly twelve years and can understand all this....I was am now 68 and am ashamed of the levels of inequality that have sky rocketed in the UK since the seventies...and we all know where it started don't we....thanks Mrs T...
people vote for inequality in the elections and think nothing of shelling out money to the royals even whent they aren't working.
Stop all the second homes, airhubs in popular visit areas, we don't have a housing shortage nor need to build, what we have is just be used wrongly. And bring in fair rents & higher housing benefit allowance for those that can't compete for housing in current market.
We are in Europe and when I've travelled across other countries in Europe, I've seen similar situations like this or worse... There's massive tent cities in Paris and other mainland European countries!... Mr B is also more to blame than Mrs T for opening the floodgates that now mean we're constantly playing catch-up with the infrastructure and house building.
@@davidholgate123…. Please yes it is the same around the world…….any idea as to what the hell is going on g on
That's it exactly - we used to have rent capping - now it's just ridiculous. More social housing stock needs to be built, they never did replace what was sold off. There are empty houses going to ruin, it's a sin!
Left the UK a long time ago and find it shocking to see
what the country is like now, and it doesn't look like
things are going to get better in the near future either.
Any time I see vids like this I feel so grateful for the life
I've had and happy I made the decisions I did.....
I remain not in UK obviously, and have no intention
of ever returning! Do feel sorry for people though!
Where to I am considering to leave as well if I get a chance?
But you won't give up your uk passport, traitor
It's seams difficult to work abroad coming from the UK. There are so many cheaper and nice destinations to live in even in Europe.
@@goldikova1you definitely need to do some serious homework on what the options could be, how you fit with it and it fits for you etc. There are still some good options but they wont fit everyone so you need to read as much as pos, talk to expats in those countries and get the full low downs on them etc.
And the Brexit mob ruined everyone's chances of living in the EU
Notice how the government keeps all this quiet, broken Britain at its best, displacing its people
I have no problem with living like this but the mess they surround them selves is terrible.🤯
Thats nothing mate, have you been to a place called WORKSOP??
We left Bristol 10 years ago because it was becoming un affordable. I'm sure the council will deny any housing crisis then turn up with the bailiffs and some bulldozers because, let's be honest, these hard working professional people have had the cheek to park up right next door to one of the richest neighborhoods in Bristol.
It's really sad to see this as we have people coming to the UK and getting free everything. I have no issues with people living like this but my only concern is the rubbish left outside the vans 😢
Completely agree, should be ok to live in such a way but respect your surroundings and stay clean
@@laidbackLUKEY Easy to say when there is no rubbish collection, not even a stand pipe for water. And a lot of these people have hit rock bottom and have given up trying to better themselves, so don't give a damn what anybody thinks. You don't want them as neighbours BUT there but for fortune go I.
@@iamrocketray I understand it’s not ideal but there are plenty of public bins large and small, even bagged up and put next to them rather than leaving rubbish piled up outside your caravan …being tidy costs nothing
Poverty exists because we will never satisfy the rich...
☝️ this
tbf, I live here and often go for walks on the Downs. You wouldn't know people live in the rvs during the day, and I haven't seen that kind of mess shown here The council must be helping them with waste removal etc. It's not like those American homeless areas in their cities.
Good film. I'm amazed at how selfish local residents are objecting to these people. They're obviously doing their best in difficult circumstances. Locals have homes, probably ranging in value from 300k to 1m+. They should be grateful for what they've got and stop criticising these van dwellers. Plaudits to the council for its tolerance.
Shame on all our politicians.
This brought tears to my eyes. Sad to neglect our own people.
Not Pykies as not covering the grass .
What are Pykies
What are people supposed to do with rising rents, house prices etc seems like a valid time to get a caravan in my opinion. I'd like to see where these people live who have complained about people living in the caravans
We need to build areas for people in RVs, Vans, cars because of housing crisis. Its ridiculous how humans refuse to do the right thing, together.
🤣you are kidding right? there are plenty of spaces in caravan parks and they wont be willing to spend the £12 a night fee, otherwise the parks would be full and so would the service stations. if the demand was high enough smart people would be on it building thoses spaces, the truth is these people wouldnt pay it so what? tax payer is forced to pay for free spaces? daft idea, send up a parking ticketer and get them all shifted i say!
@@samgreaves8038 They ARE the tax payers.
@@peterburry2014 what? 20 caravans worth of people paying a tiny amount of tax (if they work) means we waste so much of other peoples tax on a space for them to live in for free? dont be daft!
my point still stands, they dont want to pay rent, so they want a free space, i highly doubt they will pay council tax so that the grounds are clean and the bins are emptied.... otherwise they would just live in a house like normal 🤣
@@samgreaves8038Average camp site is now minimum £25 at the low end and many are around £40 a night. That's between £750 and £1200 a month to supply your own room and bed. Service stations are also closer to £20 a night now. That's also often for for non electric hooks up and service stations never have electric hook ups. If people could pay that sort of money very few would be living in old caravans.
Funny how tax payers spend around £5bn on migrants homes and wellfare each year. Just out side of cambridge on a new housing development, I purchased a home, a few months later, a few families arrived to live in the over £500,000 4 bed, 3 bath homes. They speak little to no English and said they have been in the UK 3 months. For someone who worked tirelessly for years saving up for a smalles home, its a kick on the teeth that its just handed to them.
Interesting view points..
Here's me, had a house, sick wife so 1 income..
No children, wife went to live with her family..
House sold , divided by two..
Not enough to buy a house so I brought a caravan.
Penerment setup, living out my later years, on pension so past earning a Wage..
Its cosy with gas heater in winter.
All self contained.
I do have some garden, need something to kill the time..
I am surprised that so much roadside parking for those caravan/ camper vans..
BUT NOT EVERYONE can be living in a House.
Or Apartments..
Just my view ..
Anyhow enjoy WHEREVER YOU ARE..
Cheers..
Good luck
@peterburry2014 Cheers.
It works well.
Even today, heater on, chilly outside, all GOOD.
Whiskey bottle will be out latter...
Cheers..
Well done on your comment.
If the vans were kept clean and the area kept tidy then people would be more amenable. It’sa shame that a few spoil it for the rest.
Because we have an economy based on house prices. God bless Mrs Thatcher
The council should setup a residential caravan site for these people
That's not a solution basically what you are saying is......the solution to people being forced into living in caravans is.....people should live in caravans.
This is terrible. How sad they’ve had to come to this situation.
Ive been living in a van for the past 5 years,Im 62 years old, mostly around europe, Ive been back in the uk for four months now, in the plymouth area, ther is no free parking anywhere, and so I must pay and display, £180 per month,I need to be within walking distance of my doctor and food banks to get by, Ive been feeling depressed and suicidal recently, rats crawling over me at night,the council has temporarily put me in a shared house for a few months, and Im gratefull for that, I share with four northern sudanese who have been there for more than a year nobody is supposed to work, and yet they do,Ive reported them to the council and the response was,theyre untouchable, even the benefits office refuse to take action, this is one of the reasons we have as much racism in this country, we were taught from an early age to be fair, to wait and take our turn, but that doesnt apply today
Good on these people.
Homeless here in Canada live in tents.
Yes the British are much better off they have caravans
In the UK they live in shop doorways, not even tents!
Well it is about time all the folks in Canada who are homeless and about to be homeless ….due to rent increases that NO ONE GOVERNMENT IN ANY PROVINCE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT…..GOT IT ……ABOUT TIME INDIVIDUALS IN ALL PROVINCES JOIN FORCES AND STAND UP TO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS…..GREEDY DEVELOPERS AND GREEDY SLUM LANDLORDS …… TIME VOR A REVOLUTION OR ZIP IT UP A D PUT UP WITH IT
This are homeless but not in the sense we commonly refer to it,this ones have jobs, the others sometimes don’t
Coming to a town near you! The council and government has failed the uk!!
It's happening in America too. I work full time in a hospital and I live in a shelter because I can't afford the rent. I'm also a veteran-It's insane!! If I get kicked out of here I might have to live in the hospital discreetly where I can shower and find a covert bed to sleep in
We are having the same issue in America. My home is in disrepair and has mold and the owner won't fix it. There's over $100,000 in repairs needed. He just doesn't have that kind of money and wants to sell. I have no where to go with my children. I know tough times are temporary, but its devastating not being able to find suitable living conditions I can afford. I will keep hope, for everyone. ❤
Hey get out of the hell hole you have described…..brow…steel or have someone helpful to purchase van and live more safely…GOT IT…IF NOT YOUR NEALTH IS AT STAKE BY LIVING IN THE CONDITIONS YOU HAVE DESCRIBED…….GOT IT
Try getting some lining material it's a form of plastic that gardeners use on the ground for water features. Put wood thin frames around the edges of the walls, then stretch the plastic then gaffer tape and staple it down. Gaffer tape over the staples. Then use cheap fabric like unbleached calico to line. This will look good and keep you dry. Always have a window very slightly open to stop condensation.
Climb up and see if there are blocked gutters and clear them. Hope this helps.
Oh wait I didn't read carefully and I see he is selling. Sorry to hear that. Try to network in your local community and charities and see what you can come up with. Sometimes you can find something with another single mom..
now this has been highlighted, hope this doesnt mean they will be persecuted
Why hasn't this been on the news channels BBC
You can't alarm the masses. everyone wants to stay relaxed and comfortable and not be challenged at all.
Poor people is a home to much to ask ? Why are economic migrants helped and not these people.
There the wrong colour
Legal migrants are not given anything. It’s refugees that are entitled to public funds.
Seen this place going through briz im in full support of these people because if people didn't buy up extra homes they didn't live in then maybe demand would go down and so would prices of homes 👍
100% and they've bought all up here now buying in countries like Bulgaria, the greed of them is unbelievable
Serco seem to be buying a few themselves, a few streets that is 😂
@@4thinternational283 😳
Bristol rents are also at nearly London rates!
Without London wages. A room in hmo can be 800 to 1000 per month. @@iamrocketray
they could still lift there mess and keep it clean
I watched a video recently which interviewed a couple who are permanent van lifers. They said wherever they park they litter park as soon as they arrive. It provides trust to those who live in the area that they are good people and also helps the environment/local wildlife. I thought this was a really nice touch.
“You don’t just chuck it out & let the infrastructure deal with it” …so true, & something those of us fortunate enough to be council tax payers should bear in mind. I believe that it’s the attitude to waste (of every kind) that exercises most people. There must be a better solution that protects the socially responsible & penalizes the rest.
The narcissist in the council will always have a problem with this ... interested to see how this unfolds...
The same narcissist who will take an immigrant fresh of the dinghy and put him ahead of any one of these for social housing it's a joke
How long before our wonderful overlords scribble up some new laws to make living in a van illegal.
@@Nick-cy2tn indeed ....they create the problem and see how people try to survive as a further problem.....people in positions of power of the many need empathy tested before attaining the role ..
@@WhammyBamber-wn2jv Governments stopped serving their people long ago, once they get voted in they just do as they please. Countries are run like a business now.
Get them caravans down to Dover.
Pretend to be a middle aged migrant child, and you will get free accommodation and a pre-paid bank card.......
you could be a royal and free everything, even if you are rich and it is not means tested
@@beaulieuc8910Not you again you are just spamming do some reserach 😂
The reason the council don't move them on is simply because they will pitch up somewhere else, and I agree that some of the vans seemed to have a lot of rubbish outside, its best to keep it clean and tidy dont draw attention to yourself, the councils should provide sites with sanitation, water and electricity like they do for travellers where they pay a small charge, this country has gone to the dogs.
its heart breaking to see this. Government has completely failed the public, and who do they answer to. They should be living in these caravans as well.
Just nip over to France and come back ( halfway) in a rubber boat. He’s your free hotel room…..
You forgot they have to say taka taka taka me speaky no englishy
At least the Council's diversity and inclusion department costing 2 million pounds a year is making sure were all thinking the right things,
That's very important isn't it?
Isn't it strange that what happening to working American's, is also happening to working Brits? Endless sums of British taxpayers money for illigal immigrants, but where's the help for our own people? Sinful in my opinion to see whats happening to Brit's!!
Also working to working 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦and around the world ….do some research
The welfare of these people apparently means nothing to the government, but illegals arriving almost every week by the hundreds are given first class treatment.
It goes beyond logical thinking?
I hope it works out for people living anywhere in such circumstances.
In ten years there’ll be thousands living like this in every town & city in Britain.
If the vans are not decent or if they have crap tied to them they should be re possesed or made to clean them up, I have no objections to people living in vans but they should be decent, some of them look the Pits