Homeless families stuck in hotels as UK housing crisis deepens
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2023
- The number of people in temporary accommodation is higher than ever and families living in hotels past the six-week legal limit is at a 20 year high.
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Often families are all living in one room together, with no cooking facilities, waiting to hear from the council about whether they will be placed in more permanent accommodation, or told to pack up and move hotels with a day’s notice. The Guardian spoke with three families living in the hotel about the impact it’s having on their children, health and money.
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#Homelessness #Travelodge #HiddenHomelessness
I feel like the government has allowed this to happen. Not building enough affordable homes, not giving councils the funding they need to help situations like this, this country is such a state! People deserve so much better!
Perhaps the government has allowed this to happen. Has the government provided primary and high school education to all for free? Has the government provided vocational training for basic jobs? Has the government encouraged young people to be responsible for themselves? Do they council those on benefits how to better their lives on their own? How to manage money, how to control the size of their family? Since the government is responsible for the situation these people are in, perhaps the government should take the pacifier away and provide them the challenge to support themselves.
Councils get plenty of funding. They choose to waste it
Thus country has gone to the dogs. The government don't give a shit about working class people. Every where new build homes are being built for the rich
Told we are not a third world country.
Why is this happening??
@@user-ze8hn5jq6w plenty of single mums have jobs. The Govt sorted that out...they don't stay at home on benefits. Don't know how people don't know this.
This makes me so angry. The people's situations in this video broke my heart - this is NOT OK. I've been one of the hidden homeless, mainly due to aging out of social care and not being adequately rehoused and/ or cared for and having to find my own way. The system is flawed. How can we as a society allow so many so slip through the cracks? Because the government certainly doesn't care. Its up to us!
our government has funds for funding war and donating to other countries like Ukraine and wasting money on mps and and tons of other useless stuff but they suddenly don’t have any when it comes to our people
Because we have open borders and we don’t have enough homes. You can’t support open borders then complain about lack of housing.
@@arod9998Thank you - this is the vast elephant in the room that no one wants to look at.
Approximately 1.3 million people came to this country just last year, on top of 600-700 thousand a year for the last decade. And people wonder why housing is expensive. . . . . . . . .
Everyone needs to find their own way, did you pay the government to take care of you.... I assume you were cared for and housed till 18y so should have at least thought about what you were going to do afterwards....
@@JOJOADURI Well you DO know what they say about assumptions, hopefully. But the only person making an ass of themselves here is U.
Every time when i want to complain about my life i recall such people living in the hotels.People,whose life is absolutely horrendous,live in the cramped rooms meanwhile i have got my personal private house.I really hope,God will give them a hand
Same
Look after your home, and enjoy it. There are plans for us all to own nothing - scary!
Thank you for your empathy.
Same
This happens in America too. It’s awfully heartbreaking.
It's happening throughout the west and developed countries. I wonder why that could be?
In Canada too
Our local government has stopped offering hotel rooms and the womens shelter is so small it has a call in system so if you call too late, there are no beds. So now there are women sleeping in abandoned buildings because of this.
If you give away every thing looted from the other countries your country will disappear from the world map 😂😂😂 and your money is peanuts 🥜 🥜 for us 😂 give our Kohinoor and 45 trillion dollars which you looted from 🇮🇳🇮🇳😂😂 we don't need your peanuts we want 45 trillion dollars back and don't forget Kohinoor 😂
If you give away every thing looted from the other countries your country will disappear from the world map 😂😂😂 and your aid money is peanuts 🥜 🥜 for us 😂 give our Kohinoor and 45 trillion dollars which you looted from 🇮🇳🇮🇳😂😂 we don't need your peanuts we want 45 trillion dollars back and don't forget Kohinoor 😂
Blood boiling knowing that there are high rises apartment all over London sitting empty. This is a problem that doesn't need to happen!😠
Yep, makes me furious. Apartment blocks built are bought up by (often foreign) 'investors' who don't care if they're empty, or rented at top rates. People can't afford it, so govt have to top up with housing benefit. Why is uk public money going to mega rich foreigners? Housing is to live in not a bank account.
Something has to be done
The poor don't deserve the empty apartments for free
@@Monseoir_Bart_Krackshaw Who said it had to be free? Also, it’s easy to say that when you’re not in that situation.
@@nancysamuelson9357 Thank you!!
This is an awful situation for all of them, but I am shocked at how they are treating a man with limited mobility
But he will get lots of money from his fire and household insurance! I don’t know how long it takes there?!
He can go back to Poland?
What if he didn't have insurance@@Anna-fg6km
@@nicholasgodleman7520true
He's actually very lucky to be in a hotel room with accessibility. I was told 7 years ago by shelter that the local authority is under no legal obligation to take my disability (& lack of mobility too) into account when placing us in temporary accommodation. And if that meant a bathroom on a different floor which I couldn't access then there was nothing I could do about it and I should just be grateful for the roof over my head because in other areas some people didn't even get that. No offer of hotels then!
I work in the travelodge and this is exactly how it is, when the council don’t re book homeless guest they have to leave and there is nothing me as a worker can do about it. It’s heart breaking.
thanks for taking care the people and guests .
I had to pay 2 random nights for a friend while his housing was being repaired because his Council did this. I got the money back.
Councils do this because they are trying to encourage people to go and stay with family and friends to save money.
My friend has social care and needs a bed due to his disabilities so couldn't move out of the local area. The only space friends like me have our are sofas or floors, plus we live in different parts of London. Added to this lots of us who are still young enough to work now work from home. His family who have space in their homes live abroad but he's lived in the UK for over 45 years.
Anyway once they tried it twice they stopped doing this as someone realised that he wasn't moving from the hotel. It took 9 weeks to do his repair because of having to tick boxes. As someone who owns their own property I know the repair should have taken a maximum of 2 weeks and I'm being generous.
@@melc4308so they squeeze them out. Council workers have so much pressure and they do fight for us but this system is a battle.
@@melc4308What are the real reasons they don’t accept the offers?
This is so fkd up. You’re not a social worker, you’re a hotel worker. This is so inherently wrong. They’re putting the responsibility on EVERYONE but the people who should take it- THE GOVERNMENT.
I became homeless while I was 5 months pregnant. I approached Waltham Forest council because I lived with my mom in a shelter and was asked to move out because I can’t have a baby in a sheltered accommodation. The council refused to help me even after housing association gave me a final notice via letter. I was sneaking in to sleep in my moms property till I had a baby and I couldn’t go back. I was in the hospital for 2 weeks because I didn’t have anywhere to go. I had to consult a lawyer who then contacted the council and they finally lodged me and me 2 weeks baby to a travel lodge hotel. We were there for three days and they moved us into a hostel where we stayed there for 5 months on a loft with my caesarean section. This was the hardest days of my life. After 5 months they gave us a one bedroom apartment in the private sector. We are happy now and grateful. I’ve already started bidding looking forward to move. In all we give God the glory. He’s been faithful❤️
Why did you need a lawyer? Once you give birth the hospital refer you to their housing liason officer who safeguard you and your baby and they work with together with the council to get your housing sorted. They can't discharge you and baby without a home
Lol. Why didn't you go live with the baby's father? Very irresponsible to have a kid when you have no stability.
Who said anyone cannot be discharged without a home? These days you barely get to catch your breath before you're discharged, never mind anyone caring where you go! People go all the time to someone's floor or sofa. You have to have the housing there before anyone can be offered it and we don't have it. That's the real problem.
Back in the 80’s, I had friends who actually planned to have kids in order to secure a council property. They knew that by having kids it would get them to the top of the housing list. They actually admitted to this! I think so many people started to do this because there was no affordable option open to them.
It hasn’t fared too well for them in the long run though as they are stuck in grotty, dismal areas with no hope for themselves and their kids. Just a sad, hopeless existence at the mercy of the government. Their children then grow up to repeat the doom cycle. It’s very sad 😞
Not the same these days. Housing is in very short supply. Situation is in dire straits.
People my age are choosing NOT to have kids because they can’t afford to live on a full time wage. I remember this happening in the 90’s but you’d be mad to do it now.
It’s like it’s going backwards rather than forwards. Before the social housing system, the only options poorer people had, were workhouses/poorhouses. This was the only form welfare state😭 children were separated from their mothers and parents were separated from each other and sent off to work independently - long 10 hour days 6 days a week. Dreadful!
What are you meant to do if you work full time but still can’t afford to live?! Current times are very worrying and so sad that people can’t afford to start families and give their children a good quality life.
They won’t pay for more than 2 kids now and your less likely to get housing if you have a roof over your head already.
Ignorant idiot.
It is sad and especially when someone is disabled. But at least they have a hotel room, some people are left on the streets to rot. Things need to change.
there's many more on the streets, these are just a tiny sample from 1 Hotel
@@handleisGG They are the lucky ones, to not be left on the street.
@@fransayer3125 well ofcourse but it shouldn't be like this anyway
@@handleisGG No, i'm not saying it should be but some people are left in a worse situation.
be careful. i was a homelessness worker. the people on the streets are mainly people who have been kicked out of their hostel etc for physical or sexual violence to other residents or workers. be very careful.
That made me sad seeing him break down and cry like that. God bless him, disabled people should never experience this.
I don't get it. State can afford to pay private hotels but cant build council houses on no profit basis?
And at who's expense will council housing be built? No profit = no revenue for basic maintenance. And then you wonder why they end up privatized.
“They are not gonna call me” I literally said out loud “Nobody will call her 🙄” before she even said that! Such a sad situation for these folks and COUNTLESS others 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I’m in this exact situation with a small child and I can’t find anywhere , no where will accept me.
It’s happening on a huge scale in Ireland too
@@nancysamuelson9357It’s because off having to wait for the money and the bureaucracy involved.
The dads of the children can help out surely??? Why see your children living in hotel rooms? No such thing as immaculate conception.The dads need to step up
IF the women even know who the fathers are.
Nice question.
We live in a selfish world where dads care more about protecting their financial assets rather than their own daughters.
@@shirleyswaine4701You are a disgusting person.
@@clivebaxter6354 The Dads who don't care, they are self-centered pricks who care about themselves only and no one else
What if the dad died? There are different scenarios as to why he may not be around, people need to stop being so narrow minded.
The man in the wheelchair. Really feel it for him. There is no way that kind of living is good for him in anyway, shape or form.
The mental, emotional and physical stress he must be going through. Yes, he has somewhere to sleep, but not building more social housing has left to many people vulnerable.
Same, he seems really sweet. But so broken too. Poor guy.
the house catches fire was it his own home ? is there any volunteers out there or community to help repair his house ? paying day to day would be more expensive if they not getting the house fixed .
The Government has sold off housing to investors and failed to build necessary council housing for its citizens. The councils behaviour towards people is horrendous. Why are they so inhumane?
Why doesn`t the woman with three children clean the carpets?
I live in America. But my investigation of the housing issues in the UK tells me that almost no private landlords take benefits. It shameful.
The main reason UK landlords don' t accept tenants on Benefits is that the rules were changed from having Housing Benefit paid directly to landlords from the Social Security offices to paying the money to the tenants. There were instances of landlords not being paid by the tenants , who very often used the money to fund luxuries they couldn' t afford. So landlords naturally are nervous about Benefits tenants. Eventually, after more expense they could evict them, but there is no legal recourse for the landlord or the government to get the money back from Benefits tenants.
The government pays housing benefits to tenants instead of landlord to treat them like responsible adults. Too many tenants spend these benefits on themselves instead paying their rent. Hence they go into arrears and the landlords have to spend a lot of money evicting them.
Because they have been bitten too many times because people don't pay their rent. Cant blame landlords. The government caused this. Cant have it both ways
because vast majority on benefits keep the money and don't pay rent with it, that's why on these eviction TV programmes the people being evicted all have brand new cars, massive TVs, designer clothing, loads of toys for their kids, and they are in £thousands in rent arrears. one of my tenants was in £11,000 arrears swore at me and threatened me for evicting him, he drove away from my property in a new Audi A4...!
Because you get a lot more money from private tenants
Where is Daddy? He needs to get a job, and take responsibility for his family.
Maybe he died, maybe he is homeless and mentally ill somewhere else. Why should the child have to suffer for that?
@@fracturedopal very true, but what about the ones that are alive and well?
The majority of those dads walk out and do everything possible to avoid paying child maintenance so it all falls on the mother.
@@annawinek560No, in most cases it falls on the taxpayers.
@@juliewills8034 Exactly, while mothers happily continue to breed with random dudes...
If the government can afford hotels, private rents, mental health services and social services for these families cant they afford to build houses??
It’s called profit because EU gives money if you don’t know what is going on.
That's why the cannot build
They can but choose not to.
Cruelty is the point.
If you give away every thing looted from the other countries your country will disappear from the world map 😂😂😂 and your aid money is peanuts 🥜 🥜 for us 😂 give our Kohinoor and 45 trillion dollars which you looted from 🇮🇳🇮🇳😂😂 we don't need your peanuts we want 45 trillion dollars back and don't forget Kohinoor 😂
I don't have kids and I grew up in poverty, and I can't comprehend how they know they are poor, yet continue to have kids... doesn't make any sense.
it is different
The blonde woman who is very young still with the three kids needs to get on permanent birth control. At least for now or at the time of this filming the black women only had one child which is somewhat responsible I guess.
Working, well earning parents can be dysfunctional though.
Do the fathers of these children contribute?
YESSS!
I was in the same situation too, and I feel the same way Which is why I’m not having kids
I see my self so blessed staying back in my home country Nigeria, there is a roof up above me,i have good place to sleep,there is food on my table and shoes on my feet,you gave me your love Lord and a fine family,thank you Lord for your blessings on me.
I must say you’re the first Nigerian person I see appreciating being in Nigeria 😊
Yes and in nigeria there’s hot sun to keep you warm if you ever are homeless fresh fruit on the trees too Ur blessed
Nigeria has the highest rate of global homelessness! In fact it is far worse in Nigeria than the UK.
❤
They do not care at all. I would be homless if I didn't leave London . It was bad in 2005. I feel so sorry for everyone affected by failed governments. I do think people born in the country should be made a priority. They have no where to go to.
voila, you have the solution...leave London and get a job...
feel sorry for anyone paying taxes forthesee people...
@@user-hv5so6qz9zNot everyone can afford to leave. They're stuck in a catch 22 situation. I relocated to a part of the country that I could afford as I was going to be priced out where I was living, but I had to rely on savings and temporary digs until I found a job in that area. I wasn't in a position to keep travelling for interviews beforehand as it was hundreds of miles away. It was a leap of faith that fortunately paid off and I was able to find work fairly quickly, but I only had two months savings and hire a vehicle to drive myself and my few possessions a few hundred miles. It cost more than these families could likely afford. It is not just as simple as leaving.
for mum with a crawling baby and dirty rug:crazy idea- clean the rug on your hands and knees with soap and water and a scrub brush! It's your responsibility to clean the room for your kid's health.
If she was a guest the room would be cleaned each day. She'd have to move everything just to clean the carpet...but to where. Maybe the hotel has a cleaning machine she could use.
It is probably not as simple as that. The hotel probably frowns upon it, as it could pose a liability.
Life must be nice being so daft. The room isn’t her house; she can’t do whatever she pleases.
@@LisePlansandJournals And what would happen if she cleaned the carpet from visible sides? No need to move the furniture. Also what would they do? Kick her out because she bought a Vanish and decided to clean the carpet?
If they were in America they would literally be sleeping on the streets, I know it’s not great but at least your country put you up in a motel, here you’re totally on your own!
Why do these women always have three, four children but no man in sight ?
because they are irresponsible w**res and just rely on benefits
There needs to be a ban on Airbnb in London. I’ve seen countless videos of people renting affordable homes and then making profits from airbnb. It’s forcing families like this into homelessness. It’s so unfair. We (the government) need to do more for the people of our country!
You, the government, is the reason why Air BnB is a thing. Restricting landlords' ability to evict bad tenants in a timely manner among other things to make long-term renting no longer worth the trouble.
No, the greed of some is the reason. Many landlords are criminals and psychopaths. Exactly same reason why some start wars: for money and greed. The whole communities are destroyed so some ameba can get more profit. @@shauncameron8390
Where will tourists who help pay the wages of people who work in London.
The hotels are full of people at the government's expense and you want to ban Airbnb.
*Comment is not supposed to be aggressive in tone, I'm just concerned
@@shauncameron8390then they should sell up, housing should be open to everyone… it shouldn’t be monetised for personal gain when we are experiencing the highest levels of homelessness in years right now… I live in central London, in the borough near me 60-80% of primary school students at one school are technically homeless, living in hotels or sleeping on relatives floors… the whole area around me is full of airbnbs, they’re here to party and cause a mess and are so loud because they don’t care… the government have destroyed this country
I wish all the people well, hope they find a permanent decent place to live.
The biggest problem is that there is no such thing as affordable housing, the prices of flats, apartments and houses is ridiculous, especially down south, rent is also extremely high, the average rent for a one bedroom flat down south is over one thousand pounds a month, also the more people you let into the country who need housing the less social housing there will be, this is why hotels like these Travelodge’s are now being used. We have created a system where people are better off not working because those who work in average paid to low paid jobs (all of which are essential jobs,shop workers, carers, nurses etc) get no benefits and struggle to afford to live.
"there is no such thing as affordable housing"
You can thank 25 years of open borders for that.
@@incurableromantic4006 that would certainly be a big part of the problem.
I rent a 2 bed detached from a housing association and its 545 per month
LOL you think they're just letting people into the country? are you insane? clearly you have no idea what really goes on, stop listening to weird ass racists.
@@incurableromantic4006if that was true? there wouldn't be millions of people being returned to their home countries to suffer every year
During my time being homesless with my days old son, i stayed in a hotel for 6 weeks. I moved hotel twice and moved room 4 times. Soooo many things went wrong, i remembered crying everyday, no support, had to use public transport to move with a newborn baby, i cannot express how many times i had to go back and fourth. 6 weeks later they sent me outside london. Again in temporary house for 3 years. Then got my permanent home.That days old baby is now 20 years old, seeing this dragged up alot of painful memories and im in disbelief that the system has not improved from my times twenty years ago. Feels like yesterday though.
doesn't sound like you were truly homeless 🤔🤔 Who paid for your hotels, temporary house and permanent house?
Yes things not any better in over 60 years at least regarding housing. I understand how things were and just look now. Things gone around in a circle back to the beginning!
Mainly no real Govt planning regarding this. Expensive executive housing built that a lot can't afford.
@@royharper2003 It's not funny not having a proper place you know you can't stay in more or less permanently. The Council often only have temporary places and temporary hotel rooms while they try to get a place for people and a child doesn't want or need to be pushed from pillar to post when trying to make friends,get schooling and sometimes be far from family support. Moving the small bits of stuff you own every time is difficult and more expense. Children come with things they need for daily living.
I worked with a woman who could no longer pay the rent as it went up hugely but wages were literally up pence extra per hour. She went to a temp house that was damp then one with water coming through the ceiling. It was quite a while before somewhere was found. This was going on since the 60's so no change. If you landlord wants to sell you are out looking and need a substantial deposit plus your moving costs. Can you see how bad this actually is? At least with social housing you pay then you stay.
If you are implying people just live off the social then think again. Many are trying to hold a job down through all this disruption. Think how it would be if it was you. No compassion doesn't help anybody.
@@janetmalcolm6191 i didn't say it was funny. I asked a serious question which was never answered which is who paid for her housing because the comment makes it sound like "they" paid for it meaning she was in free social housing so she wasn't homeless. By your definition, I've been homeless for the last 17 years because i don't own a home but I've had a roof over my head by renting. So, I interpreted this person's comment as saying she was homeless and complaining about the free housing she was getting by having to move, etc.
I didn't say that. I said it's not funny moving about from here to there albeit being given a temporary stay in this hostel...this hotel...this place not fully suitable with water dripping for now and councils are doing this. THEY have nothing to offer. People are like vagrants...no place to keep as a proper home. Are you old enough to remember Kathy Come Home a documentary made in the 60's? Horrible to watch back even then. Have we not improved anything...as it seems not. Nothing much has changed really because of no social housing built.
This is unacceptable! We have to have empathy and humanity for one another. I truly hope all these lovely individuals get in a safe and secure home soon.
The world is full of selfish evil people and the people at the bottom will always suffer because of this
@@ryansweeney1661
Most of the people at the bottom are every bit as selfish and evil. Better to be lonely at the top than miserable at the bottom.
@@shauncameron8390 Am nearly at the bottom and not lonely or unhappy and living a decent life, but my point remains
And I know people with and without money and the people who got it are always more selfish and care only for themselves
I know many poor people who are not selfish or evil, maybe try to find some new people around you!!
My point was the rich get richer whilst the poor get poorer that won't change and its because of the selfish entitled rich who avoid paying there fair share in taxes
If the rich payed there fair share that's all we'd not be in this mess in the first place
All down to greedy horrible people who care only for there bank accounts
where are the men that got these women pregnant though, how can you leave a mother and child in a hotel
True. These men must be put to shame. How can you not help the mother of your children. Heartbreaking
Maybe died?
They may be around but may not be in a financial situation to help. If the price in rent have gone up what makes people think the man can financially provide enough to cover the costs? It's possible the man isn't around, it's possible the man may be living in shared accommodation because they themselves cannot afford accommodation, it's possible the man is living with family, another, partner or on the streets themselves if they also can't afford to live in London or elsewhere. So many possibilities
Well, I know many cokeheads who are having 3+ children around the globe and they don't even know how their lives goes.
Where's the father's? The blonde with three kids spaced out in ages knew she couldn't afford it.
yep. also...... maybe--- stop breeding when you can't afford the first one
@@Rob-fn1kp Well... If you only knew what are some women comfortable with. I remember being at the student's housing and a guy next door was handsome, but his room was fcking messy, literally a stacks of plates ready to wash, he played video-games, turned the music up, smoked stuff and went to the shower once a week. Yet he still managed to have female visitors and even having two children (but their mothers cut out the contact with him). Sometimes people are foolish it hurts and acting like a running bull with those redflags.
This has been happening for atleast 30 years, I remember being 17 and homeless and if it wasn’t for a lawyer and support worker that got out all the parts of the housing act then I would of been living on the streets. There are a lot of people still on the streets my brother had 4 of them in a bed sit with black mould on the walls and ceiling and constant flooding from upstairs. Don’t just blame the money situations look at the real issue, councils don’t have temporary housing.
This is heartbraking and gut wrenching. What kind of society allows a disabled man to live like this. It's evident he was working. All their situations are bad
Do better UK. Repair that man and his wife's house!!! I wish them well💞.
Why would they do that? I haven't heard about anyone living anywhere, that they got their private house fixed by the government.
I get it, living in a hotel is not fun but at least in the UK people are given accommodation, but here in the US people don't have that advantage, you either end up on the street or in a homeless shelter
We have tens of thousands on the street, annual death toll is 1.3 k. 4 million adults still living at home because they can't afford or find accommodation.
House prices and rents ultra high, interest rate increases every month, millions of people on mortgages struggling until they will be forced out. Annual record migration annually it never ends
Millions on social housing waiting list, waiting decades, haven't the money or land to build millions of extra homes.
UK in severe financial debt, inflation the highest of the western world, only going to get worse until polices and World policies change drastically
8 million sick waiting for operations, people from all over the world arrive here to access our free health care and get service.
One example a expectant mother from Africa arrived had her 5 babies on the NHS costing 150k,she then flew home leaving her bill unpaid. 😢
@@moosky7344we’ve around 3,500 people living on the streets not tens of thousands
I agree. It is sad to see the UK going through a crisis. What saddens me is people like myself and many others who get taxed so much by the government and yet these money go to every angles but how does it benefit us when other people (like the example your mentioned) benefits them instead. I think all taxpayers should go on strike in fact do cash in hands job instead. It is utterly ridiculous. Even like people on benefits, so many people want council housing and benefits do not want to work, they want to live under tax payers but for how long will this go for. When I watch such documentary I do not know who to feel sorry for. At the end of the day we should all feel sorry for ourselves because everyone is going through something and the media does not document that or even increasing tax from tax payers 😢
In the U.S. individuals and families are living in economy hotels/motels. In the southern states, the hotels/motels have become the new family public housing buildings.
I were not given a hotel room. I were left on the street and stabbed for 5$
If you are homeless, you shouldt NOT have an animal!
Maybe it’s a Therapy DOG !!!!!!!! don’t jump to conclusions
Many years ago I was stuck on a wait list for public housing with a newborn basically couch surfing for a year.. and had to navigate my way through awful situations due to lack of rentals... (now) i am so greatful to have my small home for myself and child. There needs to be more affordable housing built, this is heartbreaking.
I feel sorry for the taxpayer....
@@user-hv5so6qz9z Found out my dad's pension getting raided, even private pensions get raided by taxman..
Do you realise times have changed and thousands of people who are in full-time work paying their taxes are on council house waiting lists as the property they happily rented has been put up for sale or the rent has doubled, mortgage rates doubled and so get into debt and they can no longer afford to live there with no other option than a council/housing association home.
@@april12328thank you people are so ignorant it’s crazy.
@@april12328 There is another option. Move out to an affordable area. This will bring down the ridiculous house and rent prices and will cut off the the real estate speculators the appetite for buying....You will not only save the hard working people taxes, but pock the bubble house too...
Over the last 13 years France has built 1.9 million homes, in the uk the number of homes constructed is 300k.
Maybe that’s possible because they are nearly 3 times bigger so I take it you are quite happy for this country to become one big housing estate 😳
@@craftforfun36 if you don't have anything of value to contribute then I suggest that you reframe
Really? , that's because we can't afford to, plus we haven't large lands like France. It's also by design so that these capitalists can charge extortionate rents and house prices 😢
@@samcarena4702 And you did 🤨 and last time I looked this is a free country free speech
Close the borders, we don't want our country side built all over 😡
Why is it that the media always focuses on ‘single parents’ (99% of which are mothers)? Where are the fathers? The husbands? What are they contributing to the equation?
The fathers are probably on the streets or living in unstable situations themselves. Local authorities only support one parent (usually the mother). I'm a woman and I can honestly say that us women need to do better at vetting potential fathers for our children. Too many women have babies with unfit men knowing that if they don't support us, the council will ensure there is a roof over our heads (even if it's just a hotel). The number of times I've seen women I know have babies with men they hardly know (and who are clearly not financially responsible) but they will say, its OK, the council have to house me. Of course not every situation is like this, but in my experience working in housing/social services, its definitely a circumstance which is a common occurance.
Some single mothers are fleeing domestic violence. Some fathers are not playing their part, and nobody can or is forcing them to. It’s really not that complicated to see the tragic issues many face.
@@mee5780 I couldn’t agree more. Same thing here in the US. I feel most sorry for the children - they don’t stand a chance. And instead of just having a ‘brother’ or a ‘sister’ they have ‘half’ siblings or ‘step’ siblings. I read the obituaries and one youngish lady had 7 children who had 3 different last names; you almost need a map to figure who is who! None of the fathers were listed - they must of been out of the picture (and most likely had other children to other women). Children deserve better.
Maybe died?
A roof over your head is not a home. Shelters have roofs as well. Living in motel to motel is just a roof. Eventually you will crack under the pressure of just a roof.
Getting free housing and complaining about a free hotel. Complaining that the floors are too dirty. Then clean it. Do something.
I know somebody who was put in travel lodge by a housing association for 2.5 weeks, it cost over £4000. My jaw dropped, what a waste of tax payers money.
😂😂😂 corruption at its finest it tastes delicious 😂😂😂
But they are under 100 a night, what's going on? Some really ineffective spending. They also institutionalise people with trauma for 3K a week but can't offer therapy which costs a fraction
So where are the fathers?
When is this going to stop? It’s happening in multiple countries worldwide. Rents increasing beyond all reason (due to real estate and landlord greed), and not enough available housing. Something has to change.
What do you mean by landlord greed? Everyone needs to survive, whether it is a tenant or a landlord or whoever really. Crisis is hitting a lot of people in the UK
Stop with the open borders first. That will help.
All landlords are not greedy, they have expenses, taxes,etc. and never forget you RENT NOT OWN, they have right to sell property, not renew a lease, it THEIR property
@@yvonnegrant3736 if they can’t afford a property without price gouging the tenants then they need to sell it. Not make people homeless because they can’t afford the ever rising ridiculous rents and oppress them with poverty. And yes at this point the MAJORITY of landlords are just plain greedy. And just because someone owns a property, does not give them the right to do whatever they want with it without considering how that affects the tenant of which the house/unit is their HOME. Landlords will all have to face GOD one day.
@@J-FLawyes landlord greed is getting out of hand, and demanding guarantors too, this should be illegal
I don't understand....why have kids when you can't support yourself.....?
Or where are the fathers?
Don't have kids you can't afford
If a person is living in a hotel I don't consider that homeless
It may not be an ideal situation but it's better than living on the street
Of course they are homeless. Hotels aren't apartments with landlords. They can't permanently live there. That's why they are constantly being moved to other hotels.
You will not have any empathy until it happens to you.
Said someone who obviously has never experienced being homeless
All types of homelessness but the ones of the street are in the worse state sadly
They bounce around and it's not permanent...
This is what happens when housing becomes a business, one bank is close to owning 10.000 properties there job is not to be greedy private landlords.
but homes are built by businesses, who else builds them? they have to make a profit.
There are council properties sitting empty? There are buildings that could be maintained and rebuilt but they’re being left to decay?
My friend works in a Travelodge and this is all absolutely true what you see. They're moved from place to place, away from work and schools and they are in a very small room with children, no cooking facilities and in some cases not even a cooked breakfast as there are no kitchens, not are they allowed to have their own cooking units ie toaster, microwave etc, so the money they have is spent on take away, eating out, which is unsustainable and extortionate. A lot of them must go hungry. Also quite often they are not rebooked for an extended stay until they day they're supposed to check out and it may be elsewhere, calls are not answered etc. It's definitely a help, but also mentally, physically and financially draining for these poor families. Also can you imagine the costs for the council!!
Awww feel for guy in wheelchair sooo 😢sad for everyone. His cat safed his life bless them all ❤❤
Watching this made me so upset! I wish Piotr, his wife and his dog and cat, and Michaela and her three children all the best for the future and hope that they will find a permanent home soon ❤
@@user-ds9bl7yx5l Maybe show some compassion?!
Just think of the hundreds of billions that, instead of being used to build and maintain decent social housing, have gone into private hands (landlords and hotel owners) and ultimately disappeared into tax havens and private property. The taxpayer ends up paying multiples more all for the pleasure of a sh*tshow of compounded societal problems.
And all the land the councils have sold off to get 3 out of 30 homes “affordable ( not) rent” that land could of gone to council housing instead they expect us to live in more and more cramped conditions, my home is 1930s build and my front garden is the size of my mums back garden, the back garden is atleast 2-3 x the size of hers. It says a lot!
@@Boo-pv4hn Good point. Compared to EU countries UK has the smallest average floorspace: England 71 sqm, Italy 108 sqm Germany 93 sqm. And yet on average a 2-bed flat in UK costs 30% than in Europe. And I forgot about the p*ss poor standard of what gets built these days, shoebox-sized 'flats' and houses we used to call 'Belway boxes' - thrown up in weeks and last just as long.
It's not cheap being a tory landlord ye know!
What these people fail to tell is they are offered options outside of London. There are plenty of documentaries covering these situations. With people who are not working and no family, thr move could be a blessing to start over fresh. London is desirable but not affordable.
The availability outside London isn’t as high as you think because the housing allowance is too low for family homes. This is probably why you have seen single people receive more of these offers. I wasn’t made an offer but when searching for properties, it was impossible to consider moving outside London (privately) ironically.
I left London and moved to Essex and it is growing so fast it is not sustainable
In the States,if more moved out of the cities to smaller areas,the rent i
s greatly reduced.
I moved back to my hometown pop 899..the biggest job area is 40 minutes away. I pay $600 includes water and lawn service.
I get 3 bedroom 2 full bath 2 living areas 2 decks huge yard.
I am grateful not bragging.
Its a great community too.
My husband passed earlier this year. My church and community helped with expenses until I could get his benefits sorted out.
If this is true then they are hurting themselves. Even Charlie Chaplin wouldn't go back to Lonfon after leaving Hollywood. They should get out and build a new life outdidenof Enfield.
Some people have additional needs and need to be close to their support network, some are in work and need to access free/cheap child care support From family and friends . It’s not fair to say that these people should accept being flung to any corner of the country. It actually costs the State more when families are removed from the support systems.
How about paying your own way and getting your own place.
Goverment handouts and free living.
Shoudnt be complaining if they were in a foreign country u would be sleeping on the streets.
Did you even watch the video? There aren’t enough homes, because the government don’t build any 🙄
@@lotte3981they're arent enough homes because of mass migration.
@@wft15
And government restrictions on building.
@@lotte3981 Well, then why always waiting for the government? They have a chance to save money from a job (if they only attended to some) to move after some time, since they are living for free. Most of those are people who came from foreign countries with views that they will get everything promised.
This is heartbreaking and horrible!
This is really sad. But I HAVE to say.... when that lady said "the carpet is filthy but what can I do" I damn near died. You can...... clean it.
😂
They keep being moved around it would cost so much to keep doing that for different rooms
I guess you can find excuses for anything.
yep- these people will absolutely play the victim no matter what
i live in a small flat (no living room) paying £950 a month. i’m now pregnant and due to the amount of stairs into the property and no lift. it’s becoming less accessible for me. i’m honestly scared how things will play out. i don’t have the means to even move my furniture. i’m sick and can’t stop working. life is hard
Millions of Americans would welcome having a hotel room instead of the streets.
There are many people on the streets in the UK too.
Let's not play struggle Olympics. No one should be on the streets or living in a hotel. Grow up
They should have homes, where have their homes gone! Tell the truth why this is happening
@@moosky7344they probably had homes and spent their housing benefit , therefore served notice and the council would say they have no obligation to help them
@@Sparkly14 nothing compared to America
Whilst Johnny Foreigner gets the 5* treatment UK is sleep walking into oblivion!
I work for a emergency shelter/Hotel in The U.S and i gotta say the hotels they are staying in are way nicer than the ones i work at here.
I think all countries that are part of the EU, and England was part of it, will have better standards than government aid in the US or even Canada. I did think that their places looked clean and up to code. Also, the hotel offered to steam clean on of their tenant's carpets which shows they can step up if told to.
No way did the video, put the struggle of a disabled man whose house burned down and his search for housing....
Next to single mothers whose struggles are mainly influenced by past decisions of their own accord and their inability to be sexually responsible.
One chick is wearing a Rolex, the other is wearing an Off White jacket and can't even clean the carpet she's complaining about affecting her kid.
Wasters.
Grow the hell up, people don't mean to be end up Single.. Why are people always putting on the Single women... No Single Dad's on here I see.
May I ask where are the Dads/Husbands etc it takes 2 to make a baby they should be held to account and Pay and provide...
Yes I saw the Rolex and The Off White Coat but if you listened to why they were in the situation was not due to them being on benefits... One had a private landlord who wanted to sell making her homeless, and the other was a rat and damp problem. Nothing to do with them unable to pay bills..
I thought the same thing. The off white jacket costs £2k ......it's actually ridiculous
That is not a Rolex 🤣
Councils should never have been allowed to sell off council houses. They've sold them off and haven't built anything new. On top of that the cost of living means working families are priced out of most cities because these days it's a grand just for a bedroom in a flat share.
Oh they sold off their low income housing.
The socialism is finishing then.
They don't want people playing into the system like like through lies.
Find your truth to save you that's the only way.
The same situation I am currently on, waiting for a home. I wish the government would tackle housing crisis and stop this. It's hard because it's messing up people lives and mental health.
Have you tried getting a job instead of "waiting around"?
In the UK, you can't get a bank account if you have no home address, and you can't get paid unless you have a bank account, and you can't get a home if you can't get paid.
The government is part of the housing crisis.
Nothing will ever change because we, the people, will never force such a change.
100% true talk unless people make their voices heard this is the Life they will live FACT !!!
Our family, with 3 children, was homeless since 2014 until 2017 and no one helped us..neither council nor even ombudsmen..We were travelling from a hotel to a hotel, and we were not given any financial assistance or help…even social services threatened to take our kids away, instead of finding us somewhere to live, even just temporary..We amassed an insurmountable dept..and you can not find a job without a permanent address and a stable bank account..our family became not just invisible to everyone, we were harassed by hotels’ stuff, because they were annoyed by us coming and going, even though we were always quiet and polite..In this particular video, all these people should be grateful they are given comfortable accommodation, paid for, they are not harassed by rendom people or governmental departments, and they clearly have money for food. We did not get all that assistance..Our family still is dealing with physical and psychological consequences of the ordeal..not even mentioning financial one…
Why is the conclusion from your experience to criticise these people? Why not attack the system that makes people homeless rather than fighting some homeless people because they're marginally better off than some other homeless people?
Thats so sad. My family went through homelessness too for a year but our story was similar to the ones in the vid, we were given a hotel room to stay in and had money coming in and it was just a waiting game until we finally got a house. The whole experience was only made 10x worse because of my dad choosing to be irrationally angry every. single. day until we got a home. But your story is just so heartbreaking wow. I feel so bad, you poor thing x
I’m so sorry you’ve gone through this ordeal but please don’t punch down. You and your family deserve assistance just as well as the people in this video. The people we need to be angry with is the government not those who are struggling just like us.
So what you’re saying is they weren’t quite unhoused/struggling enough for your liking? Ok got it 🙄
you ruined it with the self-righteousness
This video was so heart-wrenching, but grateful it was produced so we're all made aware of the plight of others and send prayers to them😔. So proud of the pretty young black girl and her daughter - such decorum and grace in her mannerism despite her ordeal. May she go far and be the best Mum to her daughter, smashing all stereotypes...❤🙏
She is not smashing any stereotypes by having a child out of wedlock she is obviously a single mother no father by her side. If she had chosen to go to school first and get an education then work be independent then find a stable man then marry then buy a house then have children she would of never be in the situation she is in now. Doing things backwards never pays in the end. The black community in UK is acting just like the Us always behind by living reckless lives and want pity after making bad choices and decisions.
When I read about Celebrities worth four and six million dollars and how they own seven houses , six cars , etc and Government Officials as well and Televangilists owning private jets , several homes , cars, properties etc , etc, etc, Coporations and Insurance companies throwing food out while people are starving to death , Greed is the number one Disease in our Society, Greed and Selfishness, it's disgraceful and disgusting to see how some people live while others needlessly die.
You’re not poor because they’re rich. That’s not how money works.
it does, goverment needs make rules of house owner@@thebaneofyourexistence.3377
If people choose not to work then what do they expect?
@@doomergirl3981
It doesn't.
Wow, hotels?? That's awesome. In the States people live in tents, cars or cardboard boxes.
Insufficient housing but lots of money to be given to Ukraine
IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE UNDER LABOUR !!!!!!!!!
An handicapped man, working 20 years, should be a priority not millions turning up annually getting everything on entering 😠
A billionaire, an everyday British citizen and a immigrant get a plate of 10 cookies to share betweem them. The billionaire takes 9 of the cookies, the British citizen gets 1 and the immgrant licks a few crumbs of the platter.
Billionaire turns round to the British citizen and says "You better watch out buddy or that greedy immigrant is going to steal your cookie."
sweetie he once was one of those men who "came to the country", they work HARD and prove their worth in taxes they pay for your NHS, he's handicapped now and on benefits to survive, this is what it's REALLY LIKE to "get everything" this is exactly what you're complaining about... thinking its a luxury, you're just a fool.
The second half of the sentence shows how out of touch with reality you are.
@@ammiiel What are you on about? Allowing public opinion to marinate in xenophobia has long been a way for plutocrats and conservatives to divert criticism over wealth inequality and hold onto power.
@@ammiiel🤡
When I become homeless in the US, I doubt anyone is going to put my children, pets, and myself up in a hotel for free.
The Mother with 3 children, does their Father helo out ?
He's in prison or she cut him.out of her life like alot of women
Maybe he is dead.
I feel the right to buy needs to be stopped In London especially cause that why there no council houses available in London
Stop the right to buy nationwide and stop foreign 'investors' buying our property to use as a bank account.
We can send people to space in ships and down to the titanic in submarines but homes for families. Not possible 😢 this world is broken
Where does everyone put all their possessions when they get into this situation? I've found that storing my possessions has been another HUGE problem!!
Watching from American sorry to see my family in humanity suffering in the U.K.. There are similar situations here.
Came back from India i seen poverty and children living in Slums heart breaking no money This is 5 star compare what i seen . . Lets be grateful and thankful for living in a great country
Exactly what I was thinking.
5 star loooool
@@nameundefinedname5307 we are all responsible off our own life's ☝️
Please don’t undermine peoples struggle.
@@blairsantillana exactly
Easy to budget though, no council tax and no huge energy bills.
House the British people before the people who just turn up expecting everything. This is not fair on these people.
I'm so happy that that lovely lady and beautiful daughter were rehoused. I hope they all get somewhere soon 🙏
Our neighbours had a rent increase of £900 per calendar month. 2 bedroom. The Landlords just increased their rent because their mortgage rates increased. It’s crazy out there in London
Yeah, this has been very common in the past year. Landlords offloading increased mortgages or property taxes unto their tenants. Also super unethical. I'd like to think that karma will come and bite those greedy pricks one day.
@@rosiekapun207it will mam...it always does.😊
Just so you know, additional costs will always be passed onto the consumer (or this case tenant) in business. This won’t ever change, only market forces will dictate prices. If the landlord can’t afford the mortgage on the property it either gets sold or rent increased, if the tenants decide to pay the new rent rate, it proves that there is a market for that property at that price. The number one thing effecting rental prices is demand vastly outstripping supply caused by unprecedented immigration to the uk in the past 20 years.
@@rosiekapun207
< Also super unethical. >
Not at all. It's called recouping costs. Landlords are not charities nor are they renting anything at a loss.
@@shauncameron8390 Actually there is a limit to capitalism and how much you should be able to charge. Let's this example since you're so narrow-sighted. How about gas companies started charging every motorist $500 to fill their tank? How about grocery stores started charging every customer $20 for a loaf of bread and $50 for a carton of eggs? They could claim it's to cover expenses and they should be allowed. But of course, no one can afford that. So yeah, neither companies nor landlords are entitled to raise their rent 300% from one year to the next, nor charge absurd amounts for properties which causes artificial inflation. If people can't self-regulate then it's time the government steps in and starts regulating prices because it is dumb to pay astronomical prices for things just to make those owenrs richer.
We need a massive social housing building program. So no one is homeless. This is entirely achievable. This problem is directly because the Tories have not done this.
606,000 net legal migration in the last 12 months. We have never built enough houses in a year to keep up with that sort of demand.
It takes ten years to build social housing. All the children who need it now will be grown by the time it is built - that is it they start formulating the proposals today.
@@garypadiham3221
What's your plan. Do nothing?
There are huge challenges, which are directly the fault of this vile Tory government. We need to be on a war footing to deal with this issue. I'm sure that if the necessary will and impetus was put behind it, we could build a lot of social housing and much quicker than 10 years.
@@mrmeldrew693plus 50 k ilegals annually
@moosky7344 yep, but there was way more than 50k in the last year!
Isn't contraception free in the UK?
Yes single mothers, keep having kids you cannot afford and then rely on the state/taxpayers to look after you.
Maybe hold the men accountable to to take financial care of their responsibilities.
@@ItaintmeCCC Well yes, or stop having kid(s) you cannot afford!!!
@@ItaintmeCCCwho was the one to open their legs to be able to make the baby the man or the woman ? Not the man the woman she choose the wrong man she shouldn't have opened her legs
@@liveitlarge68 I don't have any kids 🤦♀️ so stop making assumptions
Use *baking soda* on the carpets then vacuum thoroughly, regularly. And, for siblings’ sleep during infant or pain-or-emotional-depression-caused crying, please try *high-decibel foam earplugs,* found at better discount/£1 stores, grocery store pharmacy areas and chemists.
oxo
Great advice 🙂
Where are the Fathers of these kids? That should be the First Question asked. These women made bad terrible decisions and this is the result. Only the handicapped guy should get compassion but half his money goes out the window from the dog. That’s why he will never keep anything.
I hope the dads pay support.
The Tories shut down the Child Support Agency, so why do you hope that?
@@johnbarrett915how is that relevant to the above comment ? They say they hope they pay
@@ianskelly6911 The CSA deducted child support directly from the absent parent's wages or benefits if they weren't paying what they should. Look it up then you will see the comment by @johnbarrett915 is entirely relevant.
@@ianskelly6911 So you're asking how is paying support, relevant to paying support?
@@johnbarrett915 no.
For all the comments questioning the whereabouts of the fathers of the children. Consider that some women and children may be living in hotels, due to domestic violence.
The lack of housing means no available houses for families to leave a refuge, so they continue to live in refuges, until a home becomes available. But the lack of refuge spaces can mean that desperate vulnerable families are forced to live in hotels. It's a sad situation all around.
Sometimes the fathers are pushed out also because he technically should be working and if he is taking the full brunt of hotel /hostel fees and council tax not to mention food and bills. Everything is calculated so your not enough to comfortable and secure. It’s deliberate and a set up.
@@user-hv5so6qz9z stupid comment. Pregnant on the first , second date to 5 years after marriage does not prevent a man from being violent towards his partner on a regular basis , rape or murder. Stop glorifying a fake set up called a marriage or long term commitment like it's a bed of roses with zero issues that come with it. Any union no better how fast or slow takes consent and the want for it to work out on both sides. Most importantly mutual respect .
This what happens in Ireland u end up getting pushed out of the refugee u get after 12 weeks . Then up council help u : I got 3 places called cost rental and working full time and council rejected that i am to take it . They said not allowed as we now have you down as uour on social housing list so reduce your work make your wage fit our threshold and now you’re homeless too after refugee .
I also wonder where their families are ? parents ?
@@hongkonghottieI’m the only child so I can speak on not having much family to lean on
Does the guy who owned his house have insurance? Why was he evicted? Not getting the full story with this guy. This guy shouldn't be homeless if he had house insurance. 8:03 Congrats Mama on your new home. Well done you. So happy for you. The hotels are set up for emergency accommodation. They don't need to explain to the media why that is so. Hotel, not emergency housing. Govt that is putting homeless people into these hotels. speak with the govt rather then passing blame.
Thank you (I’m the mama at 8:03). Also, I agree that it’s a much wider issue than blaming one entity. I’m grateful we were in the hotel, as opposed to being on the street but also it’s difficult. After countless rejections (looking privately) & no responses or idea how long I’d be there for speaking seemed like the only thing that could help. Thankfully when I got assigned a case worker, she was amazing & helped me look privately. After many failed attempts, I got somewhere (private rented). Bigger change needs to happen.
U r self employed what s your business if u don't mind
@@africansisterI was doing nails (gel) and eyebrows as well as graphic design commissions whilst at the hotel. I’m currently working on my self love doll brand @kiyadolls as well as returning back to my day job part time.
@@nicoleshichioh lovely you got somewhere. It was heart breaking to see the phone call and hear you say, "they will never call me back". Great that you met someone awesome to help.
Wow the private home looks great
I remember I was in the situation had to stay in a hotel but I had a full-time job and I was by myself and I've can't I can imagine what these mothers and families are going through you can't sleep you depending on something and that's not a way to live
Yeah as hard as it is being alone, parents feel much guiltier when they have children, pets, or other dependents to take care. It's scary.
Where are the fathers and husbands. The one woman has no job (she says she's self employed) and yet attempting to get lodging.
This is saddening. Everyone deserves the opportunity to live in affordable housing and to not have to struggle just to meet basic needs. I feel so helpless to do something.
Its heartbreaking 😢
Heartbreaking. Absolutely heartbreaking
This is so sad and we need to pull together and help everyone
Hmmm, because the Guardian usually demands that any one can come in
THIS is what happens.