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  • Councils have been accused of pursuing a “scorched-earth strategy” as they slashed housebuilding targets in anticipation of a Labour government.
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    Research seen by The Times shows that local authorities have cut plans to build thousands of homes by taking ­advantage of Michael Gove’s planning changes. It creates a serious obstacle to Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to build 1.5 million homes within the first term of a Labour government.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 554

  • @missmorris6450
    @missmorris6450 Місяць тому +188

    She’s spending £370 a week 😨 , my 3 bed temporary accommodation (flat) is £390 a week . This is a pisstake they’re charging her the full wack to live in a shipping container, I’m mortified this is getting reposted something needs to be done this is scandalous.

    • @Professional_Youtube_Commenter
      @Professional_Youtube_Commenter 29 днів тому +11

      poor income. thats the reality. If you dont meet your "affordability" then you have no choice but to rent these places. Private landlords dont want "DSS" they want earned income only.

    • @vXSlayerrXv
      @vXSlayerrXv 29 днів тому +4

      @@Professional_UA-cam_Commenteryes I am having this issues now ….. it’s hopeless

    • @Professional_Youtube_Commenter
      @Professional_Youtube_Commenter 29 днів тому +7

      @@vXSlayerrXv Good luck, the search is tough. I found a place - currently renting from a relative who is a landlord whose really done me a solid by renting to me.

    • @likkleman23457
      @likkleman23457 26 днів тому +8

      She doesn't pay it

    • @tofurakhanom2644
      @tofurakhanom2644 25 днів тому +12

      You mean housing benefit paying

  • @deanneblack3439
    @deanneblack3439 Місяць тому +140

    Didn’t even now this sort of thing was even in London

    • @NoName-zi9st
      @NoName-zi9st 4 дні тому +1

      Poverty is everywhere in the world.

  • @wattbenj
    @wattbenj Місяць тому +247

    In ten more years we are going to envy people that live in their own van or their own shipping container.

    • @daughterofenoch677
      @daughterofenoch677 Місяць тому +35

      This world is not our home.
      Come back soon lord Jesus 🙏🏼

    •  Місяць тому +8

      @@daughterofenoch677 No he's not coming back, he's still cross..!

    • @user-ew4dm2zy9n
      @user-ew4dm2zy9n Місяць тому +5

      😂😂😂

    • @GermaicanExperience
      @GermaicanExperience Місяць тому +10

      We are already envying them

    • @Jai-Barnes
      @Jai-Barnes Місяць тому +1

      💯💯💯‼️‼️‼️‼️

  • @byblispersephone2.094
    @byblispersephone2.094 Місяць тому +154

    And its called 'Hope Gardens'. Oh the irony.

    • @jonmould2946
      @jonmould2946 Місяць тому

      Freeloaders coming over taking all the social housing.

  • @samanthalewis8563
    @samanthalewis8563 Місяць тому +132

    Well done for shining a light on these terrible conditions. A home should be safe, secure and hazard free

    • @dannyush
      @dannyush 19 днів тому +4

      Yeah feed and house the world and we'll all pay for it. Sounds like a great idea.

  • @MrBomuch
    @MrBomuch Місяць тому +168

    bro London is a nightmare

    • @Sol-ui2if
      @Sol-ui2if Місяць тому +8

      London, or as I call it - Madame Illusion, smells like week, cat litter, and bad decisions. 😅

    • @daughterofenoch677
      @daughterofenoch677 Місяць тому +1

      Hmmmm...
      Madame illusion

    • @CarlBland-tn1jo
      @CarlBland-tn1jo Місяць тому +3

      Afghan u mean it's not london

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 Місяць тому

      Wait until Labour get in, double migration and everything flatlines

    • @capri2673
      @capri2673 21 день тому

      It's full of third world chancers.

  • @annaclarke7643
    @annaclarke7643 Місяць тому +224

    My takeaway from watching the housing crisis in the UK, is that women should forget about having children, unless they are mega rich. Children should not have to go through this deprivation. It’s just the way life is now.

    • @apebass2215
      @apebass2215 Місяць тому +39

      Anyone who wants children shouldn't live in London. You don't have to be "mega rich" to raise children in other areas of the UK.

    • @emilydavison2053
      @emilydavison2053 Місяць тому +38

      Nobody should have more than 2 children in this overcrowded world.

    • @colleenpeck6347
      @colleenpeck6347 Місяць тому +20

      Three children from 3 different fathers, probably.

    • @LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts
      @LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts Місяць тому

      Sorry..I wasn't aware that it was just women who have children? Surely there's a man involved too? In the 21st century are we still hearing women being blamed for having children as though they do this in a vacuum?

    • @stefanossmitty3318
      @stefanossmitty3318 Місяць тому +12

      Or how about not being MARRIED first 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @shaysunstrider
    @shaysunstrider Місяць тому +75

    The poor need to leave London immediately to other areas. Once the London wealthy realise no one is doing the hard graft and servant roles, they will soon sort issues like these out.

    • @cynicaltigeruk4546
      @cynicaltigeruk4546 29 днів тому

      They'll just import more, the govenment needs to fear the people once more.

    • @Seek-Light
      @Seek-Light 20 днів тому +2

      It’s fine cause automation will take our place 😂

    • @susiex6669
      @susiex6669 20 днів тому +5

      Agree 100%. The working class needs to stop playing the game.

    • @susiex6669
      @susiex6669 20 днів тому +2

      ​@@Seek-LightHow is self checkout working out for corporations?

    • @susiex6669
      @susiex6669 20 днів тому +1

      ​@@Seek-LightHow is self checkout working for corporations?

  • @Isabellecherry13
    @Isabellecherry13 Місяць тому +94

    Remember walking past this in 2020 and was so shocked that this was allowed. It was the heat of summer I never felt so sorry for those poor people living inside.

  • @abenatalks
    @abenatalks Місяць тому +48

    I left the uk 8 years and will never live there again. It’s a mess.

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 Місяць тому +4

      Getting messier when Labour get in power 😢 it's around the corner

    • @cal5566
      @cal5566 29 днів тому

      Don't pretend like labour or conservatives make a difference, the end game is the same

    • @InputArchive
      @InputArchive 29 днів тому +5

      @moosky7344 Why you would rather vote Tory again after the absolute state this country is in right now boggles my mind.

    • @seansmith445
      @seansmith445 29 днів тому +8

      @@InputArchive You actually believe there is any difference between them? Sorry to break it to you but there's not, it's all a big con. LibLabCon uniparty.

    • @InputArchive
      @InputArchive 28 днів тому

      @@seansmith445 Yes I do, otherwise who are you going to vote for next time, the communist party? I mean nothing stopping you, they're all the same am I right? (Half kidding, obviously you're voting Tory lol)

  • @MissTeeTime
    @MissTeeTime Місяць тому +32

    How on earth is this allowed?? This is so unsuitable

  • @Sol-ui2if
    @Sol-ui2if Місяць тому +65

    Bad decisions lead to bad outcomes.
    Instead of creatong cheap flimsy temporary places as such, they could build permanent good durable homes.
    It is bad asset management, poor planning, and clearly gross lack of general leadershyskills. Who is suffering as a result? Innocent people, vulnerable prople, the general public.
    It is time to put credible leaders in charge, and get rid of incompetence.

    • @captainpugwash7174
      @captainpugwash7174 Місяць тому +4

      We need to find some.

    • @souxcasa
      @souxcasa 29 днів тому

      It's classism plain and simple. The wealthy running the country think poor people should just work harder or have the right friends. They are either willfully or ignorantly disconnected from reality. Selfish, greedy, classism is what it is

    • @mattaddison1910
      @mattaddison1910 28 днів тому

      But what's the point of building new homes if they're just gonna get snapped up by corporations or wealthy real estate moghuls to build portfolio?

    • @dannyush
      @dannyush 19 днів тому

      She doesn't even belong here.

  • @kellykreqeli8924
    @kellykreqeli8924 Місяць тому +70

    I not would house my pet in those places
    How can you house anyone in places like that?
    Normal people trying to do the right thing who don't have criminal records
    Who go to work are the ones who are s..t on in this country

    • @CCOMAT
      @CCOMAT Місяць тому +9

      London is not affordable especially west and central. South is barely affordable to get a house at a reasonable price you have to think of moving out of London. Also having all these children with no secure place is a bad idea, I know people that just keep having children with hopes of getting a bigger council house. It's ridiculous. It's the children that suffer.

    • @mangadud
      @mangadud Місяць тому +3

      @@CCOMAT If everyone who cant afford london moves out of london then north wont be affordable no more either.

    • @Enoch-nn1id
      @Enoch-nn1id 29 днів тому +1

      You can stop it by not letting them in to start with

  • @IDRIS-wl3qy
    @IDRIS-wl3qy Місяць тому +40

    I used to feel bad about my mortgaged, terraced house. Not anymore will be more grateful.

    • @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu
      @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu Місяць тому +1

      I think you mean terraced

    • @IDRIS-wl3qy
      @IDRIS-wl3qy Місяць тому +1

      @@JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu lol I need to learn to stop using auto correct 😅 thank you.

  • @bnwo
    @bnwo 16 днів тому +10

    To get the mold gone for good, she needs to run a dehumidifier after a clean. It's only growing because of the moisture.

  • @firey9998
    @firey9998 29 днів тому +12

    People need to stop thinking housing is just given to them, it’s not a permanent fix. It should always be temporary whilst you get yourself back on your feet. Then move out to get your own property or private rent.

  • @jhjhjhjhjhjhify
    @jhjhjhjhjhjhify Місяць тому +120

    For those saying that this person isn’t homeless/doesn’t live in a slum so should ‘be thankful’, it’s really not a huge ask to have affordable and adequate housing in a city like London. Perhaps some of us should try living in that container and see if we’re ‘thankful’.

    • @catz4m8z
      @catz4m8z Місяць тому +16

      I feel like the words 'affordable' and 'London' just dont really go together though!😁

    • @Lifelongloser
      @Lifelongloser Місяць тому +3

      It is a huge ask though since the more affordable the housing in London the more people would want to live in London.

    • @jhjhjhjhjhjhify
      @jhjhjhjhjhjhify Місяць тому +11

      @@TheGirlInGlasses Call me crazy, but I don't think any city should be where only the rich can afford to live, and I think this causes massive problems in itself. Granted, London will always be more expensive than other parts of the UK regardless (it's a major city after all) and many will simply not need or want to live there. And yes, London has a lot of immigration (an issue within this in itself), but there are many people who unfortunately are being priced out of the places they grew up in too.

    • @colleenpeck6347
      @colleenpeck6347 Місяць тому +12

      Where's her husband?

    • @Fidelisjoff
      @Fidelisjoff Місяць тому +7

      It is with uncontrolled and unlimited mass legal.and illegal immigration. London is 62% immigrant derived population mostly within two generations as in 1974 London was 97% white British with the main immigrants being Irish.

  • @biashacker
    @biashacker 17 днів тому +6

    How come Brits never confront the Royal Family? That is were all the money for the housing is going. To them and their friends.

  • @lg5819
    @lg5819 Місяць тому +21

    It’s sad to see this lady living like this with her child. Although, the problem isn’t shipping containers, it’s badly designed shipping containers that aren’t maintained at all. Also, I noticed this lady lives in Ealing. House prices there have skyrocketed since gentrification, so it’s unrealistic for this lady to think she will find a house there, unless she’s prepared to move out of London to increase her options. So many Londoners, Londoners who were born in London and have lived in London all their life’s, have now left London because they can’t afford to live there. It’s not a choice that’s easy for anyone but the harsh reality that London is no longer for the working class.

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 25 днів тому +3

      Fr, I have a civil engineer master degree and I’ve seen properly built shipping container flats. Those are regulated and can be seen around the world.

  • @sirloin8745
    @sirloin8745 Місяць тому +60

    Politicians still have a subsidised bar @ the House of Commons though? 😳

  • @user-tm7ld1dx6f
    @user-tm7ld1dx6f 29 днів тому +21

    Britain is full

    • @kelvinbrookes1250
      @kelvinbrookes1250 16 днів тому +5

      You’re goddamn right

    • @aao449
      @aao449 9 днів тому +1

      Full of…😂😂

    • @2525Hudson
      @2525Hudson 6 днів тому

      Both political colours don't care.

  • @sinceresong9907
    @sinceresong9907 9 днів тому +2

    This is in the UK...I am disgusted of this country. How is this possible in 2024, everything is backward and inside out

  • @greentroll9326
    @greentroll9326 Місяць тому +16

    least you have a place are many british vets who have fought for this country have less

  • @latorregolf
    @latorregolf Місяць тому +12

    These will be "unique stunning apartments" going for £2,000/week within next 20 years

  • @ynwa3476
    @ynwa3476 Місяць тому +36

    Having somewhere safe, clean and affordable to live is a basic human necessity. Most working class people can only dream of affordable housing in 2024. It has become a luxury pushed by the rich who see housing as investment opportunities, thus pushing the prices up further and further. While homes remain investment opportunities for the few, they will remain unaffordable for the many.

    • @Bringon-dw8dx
      @Bringon-dw8dx Місяць тому +1

      She is living in the most expensive area in the whole of the UK, that IS a luxury.

    • @ynwa3476
      @ynwa3476 Місяць тому +3

      @@Bringon-dw8dx There are working class people struggling to pay basic bills in cheap areas too !

    • @Bringon-dw8dx
      @Bringon-dw8dx 29 днів тому

      @@ynwa3476 that is true, however for those in very affluent areas (areas not even the middle class can afford to live) I have little sympathy. For the amount she pays she could move 45 mins away and live in an actual house.

    • @ynwa3476
      @ynwa3476 29 днів тому

      @Bringon-dw8dx I agree, and actually, i don't care much for her situation. But the cost of basic living expenses in the UK is beyond crazy now ! Everything is just a rip off now, and housing costs are the worst I have ever seen when compared to income levels. I'm not a socialist , and I believe in hard work, but the system has become ridiculously expensive for average people.

    • @WandaWyatt-kr8rl
      @WandaWyatt-kr8rl 29 днів тому

      ​@@ynwa3476 how much could the cost of living be remedied if you got rid of the RF?

  • @user-mu3xk7ie2t
    @user-mu3xk7ie2t 10 днів тому +2

    These shipping containers for the homeless are in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Out of control rent pricing for apt. and buying a house high rates is a joke.

  • @victoriab6063
    @victoriab6063 Місяць тому +57

    Some of the comments on here - absolutely unbelievable 😔

    • @KaKA-mt2ei
      @KaKA-mt2ei Місяць тому +34

      They show their true colors when they can hide behind a screen, but when in public say they don’t see color, and they love everyone.. trust me 98% of people are hateful.

    • @Enoch-nn1id
      @Enoch-nn1id 29 днів тому

      She can always go back to nigeria. Nobodys forcing her to stay.

    • @sgr7th
      @sgr7th 9 днів тому +1

      @@KaKA-mt2ei yep. the reason why the world is all messed up.

  • @xredden07
    @xredden07 29 днів тому +30

    We cannot house the 3rd world unfortunately, this is a small island, people need to help develop the country’s they came from

    • @user-ld1jb2fy8p
      @user-ld1jb2fy8p 28 днів тому +3

      They don't want to develop their country, they want to go to an already developed country. They don't want to do the work to make their own country better, I'm not saying her specifically, but a lot of Africans have no intentions on fighting for the betterment of their country.. they will literally have to go to war with Europe, because Europe controls African Countries Leadership and Resources.

    • @Pride-lr9xd
      @Pride-lr9xd 6 днів тому

      100% agree UK government can start by sending back the funds looted from these countries.
      Stop the sponsorship of coups which disable countries for UK to exploit and stop arming dictators.

  • @mrmeldrew693
    @mrmeldrew693 Місяць тому +36

    Far more additional people enter the country every year than we can realistically build homes for.
    This situation will never improve, only get worse.

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 Місяць тому +3

      Labour government will make things betta, the worst situation is just around the corner 😂

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 Місяць тому +1

      **Peterson, a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, said: “You guys, you elect a Labour government, you're going tot be Venezuela for 20 years. “I'm terrified it would be a catastrophe if the UK voted [in] a Labour government. You're gonna be in for rough waters if you were foolish enough to do that.18 Dec 2023**

    • @zooldoo
      @zooldoo Місяць тому +2

      @@moosky7344Not liking the prospect of a Labour government then? FML. Why not post it on every post. Oh wait. You did.

    • @theghostoftom
      @theghostoftom 28 днів тому +1

      Thank Rishi for handing out 700,000 visas to India.
      Oh, sorry we don't talk about that here. Er.. Labour bad!

    • @mrmeldrew693
      @mrmeldrew693 28 днів тому

      ​@theghostoftom Labour and the Torys are Blarite and globalist.
      Both will happily keep stamping the visas and allowing the undocumented in.

  • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
    @user-bi8ko7kc6h 25 днів тому +6

    At least they have a ‘roof’, some have to sleep on the street. Shipping container houses aren’t new and not cheap if done properly. I saw a developer sample flat with proper bathroom, air conditioning, fire resistant materials and insulation.

  • @malcolmspeakman9699
    @malcolmspeakman9699 28 днів тому +6

    We used to dream of living in a decaying shipping container, it would have been a palace to us.

  • @kaxar6954
    @kaxar6954 23 дні тому +24

    I think the UK may need to start a discussion on net zero immigration until all citizens have a home. That's the model Australia is facing.

    • @ziwer1
      @ziwer1 9 днів тому +2

      Yes, but they don't want that because they'll lose their power / control over people.
      Poverty is big business.

  • @Elle-vm3ge
    @Elle-vm3ge 26 днів тому +5

    Moving out of London was the best decision I made! I now have a gorgeous, modern one bed flat all to my self and the rent is less than I paid for one room in a house share in East London. Moving out of London is worth it 🙌

  • @dupesonlyanddrugstores7421
    @dupesonlyanddrugstores7421 12 днів тому +2

    😢😢😢😢😢 the councilman are yelling and fighting for the community but at the end of the day they go home to their beautiful homes

  • @Sawk_King
    @Sawk_King Місяць тому +49

    God bless her, she’s trying. Living in a metal box prison cell is inhumane & should be illegal

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 Місяць тому +4

      Homeless on the streets would give right arm for that accommodation

    • @firey9998
      @firey9998 29 днів тому

      Exactly

    • @jordansmith2380
      @jordansmith2380 29 днів тому +2

      @@moosky7344 ... and? Whataboutism helps nobody.

    • @nnyv0040
      @nnyv0040 19 днів тому

      @@moosky7344 so you stay in there then! would you accept it? just because you're poor doesn't mean you should accept poor and unsustainable living conditions.

  • @peteraustin4077
    @peteraustin4077 23 дні тому +9

    And there are the indigenous population who are sleeping in shop doorways and under bridges. At least she is learning that the UK isn't the Land of Milk and Honey she was led to believe. Makes me sick when they complain we aren't giving them what they expect!

  • @RichardEnglander
    @RichardEnglander Місяць тому +44

    Why is she trying to live in Ealing?
    I left London because my teacher wages meant that I couldn't afford much space or saving. I couldn't get housing benefits to live in Ealing...
    Properties in Ealing had an overall average price of £785,737.

    •  Місяць тому +12

      London has and always will be for the rich and very rich, Poor people need to start moving out there is nothing for them there. I moved out and standard of living rose 5 fold.

    • @user-ld1jb2fy8p
      @user-ld1jb2fy8p 28 днів тому

      That's probably where she could get help..

  • @KaylaHumphries-us8jq
    @KaylaHumphries-us8jq 15 днів тому +3

    They say America is baby Britain
    They ain’t neva lied

  • @courtneyperry3850
    @courtneyperry3850 12 днів тому +1

    WOW! Just W-O-W!😢 The saddest part is, all of those things could be fixed. The gov’t simply neglects their responsibility.

  • @bernieb7135
    @bernieb7135 Місяць тому +10

    This is awful regardless of what choices or decision’s she made what has happened to this world ? Have we lost compassion how have we become so numb and cold to each other . This is scary that those who are in need are being rounded up in camps and this is only the beginning there is a chance that even those who are working and middle class will forced out this way to live in London will soon be only for the rich and camps sites for the poor. Take not now

  • @BaybieK
    @BaybieK 27 днів тому +9

    In the past decade the population of England has risen by 3.2m people.
    How on earth will we ever build enough homes for everyone??

  • @tombassman
    @tombassman 29 днів тому +29

    I know born and bred Londoners who had to leave the city because they couldn’t afford housing. Why do penniless third world folks choose to live there, one of the most expensive cities in the world!?

    • @Alan_GA
      @Alan_GA 24 дні тому +1

      Because they've fallen into the illusion, that life in London ( or the West, in general) is a utopia. While it's the exact opposite for the common man/woman.

    • @British_Cocoa
      @British_Cocoa 24 дні тому +14

      Because television in foreign countries advertise London like it’s a European utopia paradise . Once they get here they get a rude awakening

    • @susiex6669
      @susiex6669 20 днів тому

      Who is going to drive trucks, pick up the trash, be cleaning ladies, work in food service, etc.. in London? The wealthy?

    • @ezechiele.6001
      @ezechiele.6001 8 днів тому

      @@British_Cocoa No paradise on earth !

  • @murielmoloney1043
    @murielmoloney1043 Місяць тому +50

    Where is the father

    • @GK222_
      @GK222_ Місяць тому +15

      I hope someone can answer this because I'd also like to know

    • @cheesedancy6926
      @cheesedancy6926 Місяць тому +1

      In de nik!

    • @thamithwala3011
      @thamithwala3011 Місяць тому

      Hopefully at work

    • @bunandcheese4445
      @bunandcheese4445 27 днів тому

      That’s what I said!

    • @bunandcheese4445
      @bunandcheese4445 27 днів тому +2

      @@thamithwala3011I doubt she would get HB if husband was at work

  • @juanita5154
    @juanita5154 Місяць тому +26

    This woman works like she said. So many people talk about people coming into the country, what about people who are born in the UK and have never worked a day in their lives???

    • @Ynalaw
      @Ynalaw Місяць тому +11

      That's a silly comment. Most people work. Maybe people in the UK are experiencing a housing shortage due to illegal migrants.

    • @lolathelonewolf
      @lolathelonewolf Місяць тому +6

      @@Ynalawno it’s not loads of uk born people are benefits and government funding for decades

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@Ynalawilegal migrants are in hotels etc not usually taking homes

    • @emmajanewatts4388
      @emmajanewatts4388 24 дні тому +2

      @@moosky7344of course they’re taking up homes, unfortunately they aren’t here on holiday

  • @delgriffithification
    @delgriffithification Місяць тому +19

    If the light in my bathroom breaks I fix it. I'm just one of those crazy outside of the box thinkers though I suppose.

    • @NCHLTII
      @NCHLTII 29 днів тому +2

      Her one is an integrated fixture, it can't be replaced

    • @delgriffithification
      @delgriffithification 28 днів тому +6

      @NCHLTII Even if that was true. You'd go out and buy a battery operated one.

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 25 днів тому +1

      @@NCHLTIIever heard of portable or temporary lights?

    • @preciousjemstone2816
      @preciousjemstone2816 17 днів тому +6

      What about the water that's coming from the ceiling through the light? The council is suppose to send someone to stop the leaking and fix the light. That's not for a tenant to do and put themself in danger.

    • @MarianLivingLife
      @MarianLivingLife 5 днів тому

      I don’t think I could have no bathroom light and yes, I would buy a portable one.

  • @user-vv7hb8ok2f
    @user-vv7hb8ok2f 29 днів тому +10

    why is she not getting help from any child's Father? Why is she not in her own country? Why does England owe her housing and child care (schooling) and the money to pay for her life?

    • @riveness
      @riveness 29 днів тому +5

      It doesn't owe her anything. But we used to be able to get these people into the workforce and paying taxes. Well, that is until people/failures blamed immigrants rather than looking at the massive cuts made by this government so as to transfer money to the rich.
      Oh, and BTW, this is happening to British people also. But you don't really give an f"""""" beyond racism.
      BTW she also works.

  • @emilymcintosh6953
    @emilymcintosh6953 Місяць тому +15

    It's just the blame game why don't they work together to make a solution instead of blaming each other

  • @user-hs5pr5bt1v
    @user-hs5pr5bt1v Місяць тому +49

    Unfortunately Britain has been overrun by people not invited into the country and this has destroyed the hopes and dreams of many native peoples of ever being able to have a decent home.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 21 день тому

      They were invited into the country by bleeding-heart activists and left-wing politicians.

    • @michelelewis-mx4ty
      @michelelewis-mx4ty 16 днів тому

      UK invaded , plundered and destabilized many countries. Chickens come home to roost.

    • @malessacooper6329
      @malessacooper6329 10 днів тому +1

      Same here in America. The accomodations broke the bank.

    • @leonie85
      @leonie85 6 днів тому

      Be upset with the people that allowed it

    • @MarianLivingLife
      @MarianLivingLife 4 дні тому

      This age old argument is just a convenient excuse. Immigration has been used as the cause of everything that’s wrong in the UK for years. Most immigrants are living in substandard housing or hostels. Most immigrants are refused entry to the UK and are living in France, Spain, Germany or Italy. Most are doing the jobs that British people don’t want to do or refuse to do. Also, I studied immigration law and worked as a social worker in an asylum seeker team. The average person believes in myths about how the system actually works here. Britain is not overrun by any means. The predominant majority has and always will be ethnically white. The percentage of non-white people living here has never risen above 7-8%. There are countless towns and villages which remain 97-100% white and they’ve never encountered a British/born black person or immigrant so you’re not speaking facts.

  • @cal5566
    @cal5566 29 днів тому +6

    Fix immigration and this will improve, how can you build houses even close to the rate that people are coming here

  • @F4TiMA.
    @F4TiMA. Місяць тому +8

    Heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking(!)

  • @KingCharles3
    @KingCharles3 Місяць тому +32

    Why do people remain in London if they cannot afford a house? Are they not able to rent elsewhere in the country? Nobody should have to live in shipping containers.

    • @Tjfcr
      @Tjfcr Місяць тому +1

      Honestly

    • @danmurphy7338
      @danmurphy7338 Місяць тому +5

      They can stay down South. We dont want them up North.

    • @TC8787-yq7og
      @TC8787-yq7og Місяць тому +25

      Uprooting your entire life from family and friends isn’t something you can do on a whim

    • @apebass2215
      @apebass2215 Місяць тому +16

      ​@@TC8787-yq7og but living in a shipping container surrounded by crime is?

    • @user-vh3ot9xn1d
      @user-vh3ot9xn1d Місяць тому

      @@danmurphy7338we don’t want yall either clown 🤡

  • @tofurakhanom2644
    @tofurakhanom2644 25 днів тому +12

    Where is the bloody father of em children ask him to HELP having children is not a joke with different man

  • @DT-rb7ro
    @DT-rb7ro Місяць тому +13

    Sad situation but the uk is expected to provide for everyone around the world. Its not realistic at all.

    • @Pride-lr9xd
      @Pride-lr9xd 6 днів тому

      They should stop the exploitation then please....

    • @MarianLivingLife
      @MarianLivingLife 5 днів тому

      That’s not even true. UK immigration is tougher than most European countries. Everyone just spouts the same narrative as though it’s the truth.

  • @shibbymiyah6614
    @shibbymiyah6614 Місяць тому +39

    Please pray for her

    • @daughterofenoch677
      @daughterofenoch677 Місяць тому +3

      End times
      We are all facing challenging times. We need the holy spirit to guide us ❤

    • @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu
      @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu Місяць тому +1

      And me

    • @EE-uj6tw
      @EE-uj6tw Місяць тому +2

      That’s what my “friend” said when she watched me being kicked out after my rent went from $560 to $900 a week and I spent a year homeless.
      Disgusting

    • @daughterofenoch677
      @daughterofenoch677 Місяць тому

      You need to pick your friends wisely 🙏🏼

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 Місяць тому +1

      Pray less people don't want to flood to the UK because we're drowning

  • @christcombiccombichrist2651
    @christcombiccombichrist2651 Місяць тому +10

    more open border more saturated it is going to be.

  • @jacobsonofhera
    @jacobsonofhera 28 днів тому +5

    Conditions are terrible yes, but they accidentally have shown one of the biggest problems with housing. The amount of immigrants coming to the uk and taking nearly all the social housing stock, especially in London.

    • @malessacooper6329
      @malessacooper6329 10 днів тому

      Yes. It's happens in America too. So sad. Melting pot boiling over....Hunger Games 😢

    • @leonie85
      @leonie85 6 днів тому

      And whose fault is that? The government gives them priority....can you blame them for accepting it

  • @user-gv6kd9sv6j
    @user-gv6kd9sv6j Місяць тому +30

    If you’re a kid growing up like this, how do you not start supporting your mum by becoming a dealer when you’re 12? Instead of giving lots of money to the police to catch “criminals”, maybe the government could give people proper homes so they don’t have to resort to crime…

    • @peterpacciani666
      @peterpacciani666 Місяць тому +2

      Sad but true

    • @boyblunder8889
      @boyblunder8889 28 днів тому +8

      I grew up in a post war prefab in the east end , we didn’t need to support anyone by drug dealing or any other crime .. this woman needs to stop moaning and toughen up and start getting on with her life for the sake of herself and her kids

    • @AmanTheMan
      @AmanTheMan 28 днів тому +3

      I grew up in that exact place, honestly atrocious

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 25 днів тому +4

      No excuse to be a drug dealer. Many people are even poorer than them but work hard with multiple jobs.

    • @susiex6669
      @susiex6669 20 днів тому +1

      ​@@boyblunder8889 100% agree. Life of crime is for the lazy.

  • @robertguildford
    @robertguildford Місяць тому +25

    Building more houses? The Question is how many people do you want in this small island ?100/ 120/ 130 million. 8 million people in the Uk are already not in work and on benefits. Its up to the people not the Politicians to decide

    • @hilarygibson3150
      @hilarygibson3150 Місяць тому +2

      My understanding was 5.6 million on benefits and 9 million economically inactive, of which I am one. I don't get any benefits and still pay some tax from investments.
      But I agree with your first question, where do you put everyone? In the last two years we needed to build 3 cities the size of Liverpool to accommodate the increase in population. Plus the hospitals, schools etc that goes with the housing.

    • @robertguildford
      @robertguildford Місяць тому

      @@hilarygibson3150 Thanks for your reply Hilary. My source was a charity speaker who quoted that figure publically when addressing a welfare benefits adjustment/ cut back by the Government earlier this year. It resonated with me as I was appalled at the figure quoted as it represents circa 11% of the population we have. He may have been exaggerating and as I have accepted this information vicariously, therefore I would not offer a rebuttal to your figures.
      It distresses me enormously that so many question's like the aforementioned one I posed on population numbers, are not voiced by the Parlimentarians and the media.
      What do Parlimentarians debate in Parliment, certainly not reviving the economy or creating meaningful jobs. Britain is in the cycle of decay this, because of past incompetent Politicians of both the main parties.
      They allowed " market forces" to guide the reigns of power or they were to concerned with meddling in the social order or being impotent to destructive militancy. Durative seeds were not shown for the future by lack of wisdom in appreciating the rules of change. 1) Decay follows growth and 2) you are the either the master of change or the victim of change. Britain is being left behind because of this. We now have a incestuous economy services, house building, house sales. All this is dependant on the disposable income of the workers and what few producers we have left.
      I will not burden you further with my frustrations Hilary. I will close by offering my condolence for your presently being economically inactive and sincerely hope you find a situation that is worthy of your skills.

    • @user-ti9jz9zy3s
      @user-ti9jz9zy3s Місяць тому +1

      It’s immigration 🛂 more foreigners more national insurance/voters I’m born and bred in this country can’t get a council house for anything I’ve always worked! Even when I’m out of work the benefits system doesn’t work for me it actually has put me in debt 💸 so that service is dead to me… designed for people with no work ethic

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 Місяць тому

      3 million are disabled or sick of that number.8 million people are in part time work, collecting more tax credits than those genuinely sick. There's currently 1.4 million healthy people unemployed.
      900,000 thousand jobs currently available, most not full time.
      1.5 million annually newbies arriving.
      You want 3 million sick people to find jobs 😂

    • @robjonson629
      @robjonson629 Місяць тому

      They want all the planets, 8 billion stuffed into the UK because they get paid corruption payments for migrating the planet’s population into the UK. They then take their corruption payments and buy a nice place in Lake Como or somewhere else, peaceful and beautiful and move their family to that place with the money they stole from taxpayers to destroy the United Kingdom.

  • @diabetes1.564
    @diabetes1.564 17 днів тому +3

    I’d like to see what country she lived in prior and was it worth the move.

    • @Pride-lr9xd
      @Pride-lr9xd 6 днів тому

      If the UK stops destroying and supporting dictators worldwide in other countries, I guess people would naturally not look forward to being hold up in a shipping container.

  • @cakesaregood5176
    @cakesaregood5176 Місяць тому +20

    Stop looking to the government to pay your bills and give you a home. Pay your own way lady.

  • @rofo4610
    @rofo4610 10 днів тому +1

    They are saying that you are not welcome in the UK.

  • @AbigailBrown-wk7xl
    @AbigailBrown-wk7xl 29 днів тому +2

    I wouldn't let my pet stay in this shipping container. I feel so sad for this woman and her three children. Shocking

  • @L.Smith.
    @L.Smith. 29 днів тому +2

    This is disgraceful. 2024 and the housing solution for people is shipping containers.even if this was temporary which should like 6 weeks not 19 months. In that space the council could have built some flats

  • @capri2673
    @capri2673 21 день тому +1

    Remember what they said? "You will own nothing and you will be happy".
    Translated: "We will own everything and there's nothing you can do about it".

  • @Moon133.
    @Moon133. Місяць тому +29

    Think how British people feel then knowing the generations before us didn’t have the housing issues. Endless Immigration is ruining all of our standards of living.

    • @phina8392
      @phina8392 Місяць тому +3

      Well said, and she’s being rehoused unlike many who are not…

    • @skylarblacc1660
      @skylarblacc1660 Місяць тому

      ​@@phina8392💯

    • @fdm2155
      @fdm2155 Місяць тому +7

      Immigration? Isn't the lack of social housing due to govt selling much of it off 40 years ago and not replacing those units? In the US most were sold or removed because conservatives didn't want to pay for it. Claimed "the market" would provide 😂😂 That was always nonsense. It's not lucrative enough for private industry. Obviously they'd rather build for high end buyers and renters.

    • @shelleyphilcox4743
      @shelleyphilcox4743 Місяць тому +3

      @Moon133 This is not a new problem, we had a short period where housing improved, and it lasted about 30 years. Now we are reverting to how it used to be, private slum housing, overcrowded, rents high and high competition, erode council housing, restrict supply via regulation of building and lending.
      What do you think people coped with before large scale new council housing post WWII? There was some council housing built after WWI, but quite limited before WWII got underway and loads of housing was flattened.
      Why do you think villages like New Lanark. Bourneville and Port Sunlight were built by factory owners in the 19th century? Its because housing was so shockingly bad for their workers they decides to use company profits to make a better life for their workers. Then the welfare state was supposed to do that on a mass scale, and to some extent it has suceeded compared to pre WWII.
      Have a look at Charles Booths Inquiry London 1886 to 1903 and the classifi ation of poverty. Watch a couple of episodes of Call The Midwife to see the story from workhouses and tenements to high rise flats.

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 Місяць тому +1

      ​​@@fdm2155rubbish it's because of overpopulation, isn't just a housing crisis, its crisis regarding every aspect of life because there's too many people, why is that

  • @kelly9714
    @kelly9714 28 днів тому +4

    What would her home look like in her country? Would the children attend free school? Would she be receiving the pay she earns in her country?

    • @NunyaHarmonee
      @NunyaHarmonee 20 днів тому +1

      Your question is ridiculous considering that she has not presented as ungrateful and she is living in the UK.

    • @TheMagicJIZZ
      @TheMagicJIZZ 20 днів тому +1

      It's reasonable tbh​@@NunyaHarmonee

  • @margaretha907
    @margaretha907 Місяць тому +14

    What a country!

  • @nats2976
    @nats2976 23 дні тому +1

    This is the second documentary i have seen about this block. Ealing council should be ashamed.

  • @evan
    @evan 29 днів тому +1

    I recognised the building from the thumbnail as I made a video about this in February. Depressing they still haven’t rehomed everyone and knocked this horrible place down

    • @Enoch-nn1id
      @Enoch-nn1id 29 днів тому

      Tell you what, you give them your home as youre so keen and eager to comment about it.

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 25 днів тому

      Then they’re going to live on the streets

  • @RandomVideosFirst
    @RandomVideosFirst 27 днів тому

    Shocking conditions , had no clue they had shipping containers that people live in like this in London of all places .

  • @DavidJohnson-dc8lu
    @DavidJohnson-dc8lu 2 дні тому

    The property is just neglected. It needed CCTV, insulation, ventilation, window repairs, and electric work.

  • @Justin-jh4ym
    @Justin-jh4ym Місяць тому +19

    Awful living conditions but living off benefits should be a temporary stop not long term.

    • @LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts
      @LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts Місяць тому +26

      And men should be made to pay for the children they father. These children don't appear out of thin air! This woman is living in awful conditions because she's looking after her children, bathing them, cooking and cleaning, washing their clothes, protecting them from the outside world as best she can. We don't know where their father is or what her financial circumstances are,she may be a widow for all we know.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 21 день тому

      Then impose term limits on social assistance or stricter eligibility requirements.

  • @MarianLivingLife
    @MarianLivingLife 5 днів тому

    I wouldn’t even stay in a shipping container for one night. I’d rather sleep on a family member’s floor or in my car. What an inhumane way to treat people to expect them to live like that. Plus no hot water and no bathroom light? 😮 completely unacceptable!

  • @historian3290
    @historian3290 29 днів тому +2

    They got money for wars but can’t feed the poor!

  • @are3na126
    @are3na126 Місяць тому +6

    Why is UK having so big issues With mold? Cant u guys build

    • @Anon1370
      @Anon1370 29 днів тому +2

      its the damp grey weather we have moisture in the air and yeh the way the old houses are built is terrible but new builds are built worse so no i don't think we can build..................

    • @user-ld1jb2fy8p
      @user-ld1jb2fy8p 28 днів тому

      ​@@Anon1370what about bricks, do y'all have brick houses? And do they mold as well??

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 25 днів тому

      ⁠@@user-ld1jb2fy8pyes. They aren’t anti mold.

  • @CaratacusAD
    @CaratacusAD Місяць тому +17

    Well, who would have thought that multi year on year hyper immigration (and that's just the legal) much of it unskilled/dependent into a country with a completely unstructured economy regionally would lead to a housing shortage?
    The answer isn't to build on every spare piece of London for example. It's to control immigration and to better balance the economy and opportunities so people don't all come and live in places like London and major cities. The current onslaught of people coming in isn't sustainable and is a really bad deal for the state. For example, why are we giving social housing out to foreign born people???? I think in London now nearly 50% of people in social housing are foreign. Madness... As a human being I feel sorry for this lady in the video, but why is she here in the UK, what does she do??? Where is the father???
    We are at the dawn of an age where AI, Robotics and automation are converging which should make everything cheaper and more efficient, yet our governments are importing people like it's the industrial revolution because they think it will somehow increase the incredible punitive personal tax base and lower inflation (which it doesn't, it just lowers productivity). What are all the Deliveroo and Uber people going to be doing in a few years' time??? How much do they consume in state resources???? I haven't even touched on the social and cultural issues. The politicians and leaders have zero ideas.

  • @seansmith445
    @seansmith445 29 днів тому +4

    Too many immigrants. There are 4 million more people living in London than there was in the mid 1980's. We don't have a housing crisis we have an immigration crisis.

    • @malessacooper6329
      @malessacooper6329 10 днів тому +1

      You are absolutely correct. America has the same problem. This has been brewing for decades. But the immigration discussion is met with deflection and venom; often displayed as bias and prejudice. Immigrants never understand the forced sacrifices natives make to accommodate them. Natives pay more for less. But that is ignored while natives watch the invasiveness and entitlement. It cause so many issues economically and socially. It's tragic. 🥺

  • @robtheplod
    @robtheplod Місяць тому +2

    Yet if shed arrived on a boat illgally should be housed better....

  • @CaravelClerihew
    @CaravelClerihew Місяць тому +26

    A shipping container tiny house in the middle of the city? That a Yoga TikTok influencer's dream!

    • @Nyx_999x
      @Nyx_999x Місяць тому +4

      Why are ppl so into tik tok. It has no privacy and its like everyother app with videos. Lol

    • @sexyhomeowner9345
      @sexyhomeowner9345 Місяць тому

      Ealing is not in central London.

  • @benrutherford7471
    @benrutherford7471 27 днів тому +3

    London is over crowded maybe its actually better to move back to Africa?

    • @aeiou9456
      @aeiou9456 26 днів тому

      It is, make sure to tell those white people in Africa to also pack their bags their also not welcome.

  • @dragonfire4957
    @dragonfire4957 Місяць тому +9

    As compared to where in Africa?

    • @theSPUK901
      @theSPUK901 28 днів тому +1

      What’s your point

  • @artistrophe6738
    @artistrophe6738 11 днів тому

    It's like a scene from those dystopian movies about the grim future

  • @XX-zu6ot
    @XX-zu6ot 27 днів тому +3

    Better than living in a mud shack though I guess?

    • @aeiou9456
      @aeiou9456 26 днів тому

      Where you are living right! When are you moving?

    • @XX-zu6ot
      @XX-zu6ot 26 днів тому +1

      @@aeiou9456 No I live in a lovely majority white suburb. You arnt on my level peasant. 😂

  • @Helen-ge5ng
    @Helen-ge5ng Місяць тому

    How is it that I see dozens of videos of fantastic homes in shipping containers on social media and here they are so awful?

    • @cal5566
      @cal5566 29 днів тому +2

      The occupants of a place make a big difference, the lights, the hot water, the mold would all be nipped in the bud by someone who wants to live in a place and take pride of it. They just don't want to live here so in turn they will not make any efforts to improve their living conditions

  • @coderider3022
    @coderider3022 Місяць тому +22

    Surprise surprise, London is too expensive with no affordable homes and the person here has made bad life decisions.

    • @RogerMellie-yk3gw
      @RogerMellie-yk3gw Місяць тому

      Who cares. London's awful. Wouldn't want to live there

    • @colleenpeck6347
      @colleenpeck6347 Місяць тому +2

      She wants to stay in London like many immigrants. They want the best schools for their children at the cost of the family's survival.

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 Місяць тому +2

      Supply and demand issues, too many people demanding and can't supply, what's so surprising about that mad situation... Blame everything on the government policies

  • @bunandcheese4445
    @bunandcheese4445 27 днів тому +2

    Lady you sound entitled!
    Many people are suffering inadequate housing conditions.
    England streets are not paved with gold.
    Where is their father of your husband to help you?
    Did you come to England to live in social housing?
    Sometimes being back home would be better surely!

  • @josephjackson5330
    @josephjackson5330 Місяць тому +1

    I wouldn't even store my property in one ,thay damage your property.

  • @katherinegreen-we1ec
    @katherinegreen-we1ec Місяць тому +22

    Where is the husband???...not governments fault!!........

    • @ynwa3476
      @ynwa3476 Місяць тому +19

      There are even working class families in the same boat mate with both parents working. Try to pay private rent in London ! My wife and I earn a combined income of over 80k but in London that is nothing but peanuts. Whilst I agree that people's life choices are partly to blame, there is no denying that the cost of living is out of control. Renting a 3 bed house in London is atleast £2500 pcm and that doesn't include bills, food etc etc. It's truly out of control . And that 2.5k will be a very basic house, likely to have issues with it.

    • @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu
      @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu Місяць тому +7

      Exactly, getting pregnant is not compulsory

    • @jimthompson9370
      @jimthompson9370 Місяць тому +2

      @@ynwa3476- your comments are too biased. £80K is good money. I rent a lovely three bed in Clapham for £2,800. That’s zone 2. You could move further out or even out of London and commute.

    • @pm2886
      @pm2886 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@ynwa3476 You live in London by choice.

  • @majedismail5429
    @majedismail5429 Місяць тому +15

    I’ve been here since October 2022 to November 2023
    It was very difficult to live here specially if you got children
    I was here with my wife and my 2 child
    Both of them are under 3 years
    One of my children was porn when we been there
    When Ealing council bring us to Meath court they told us we gonna be here for 6 weeks and they forgot us
    Finally they offered us a house on November 2023 and we left

    • @emilydavison2053
      @emilydavison2053 Місяць тому +10

      You got lucky. Please don't have more children though. London, England and the world are overcrowded.

    • @daughterofenoch677
      @daughterofenoch677 Місяць тому

      You made your wife pregnant while living in a container ? And you think the government is responsible for you ?

    • @Mina-ti9nh
      @Mina-ti9nh Місяць тому

      ​@@emilydavison2053 🤡🤡🤡

  • @coastliner5848
    @coastliner5848 Місяць тому +20

    It's a roof overhead & not a shop doorway or park bench - be grateful.

    • @teainortakoy
      @teainortakoy Місяць тому +4

      true, when I got my first rented flat, the landlord gave me some buckets as rain used to come in and he did really shoddy diy jobs all over the flat. At the time, I was very happy with it as I was just glad to not have to share a house. That what life is about though, starting off at the bottom ladder and moving forward. Years later. I have a lovely little house with a mortgage so it all works out if you work hard and give it time.

    • @sexyhomeowner9345
      @sexyhomeowner9345 Місяць тому

      @@teainortakoy It's different when you have kids, they are more vulnerable to things like respiratory issues from mould.

  • @AT-gu8by
    @AT-gu8by 29 днів тому

    Those containers are not properly insulated.

  • @BQA456
    @BQA456 8 днів тому

    Who came up with the idea of shipping containers if there is a fire it would be an incinerator.

  • @mcapril291
    @mcapril291 12 днів тому

    This is shameful!

  • @Network126
    @Network126 17 днів тому +1

    I'm homeless in an old Toyota Sienna minivan in Los Angeles, after losing my housing twice during the pandemic, and couldn't afford the skyrocketing rents.

  • @MrMarkhall1
    @MrMarkhall1 25 днів тому

    I was in a bed and breakfast like this about 20 years ago.

  • @Obatala_Vibez
    @Obatala_Vibez Місяць тому +6

    The films are coming true

  • @JoeDeeFitness
    @JoeDeeFitness 29 днів тому

    Wow, what a brave woman, stay blessed.

  • @phina8392
    @phina8392 Місяць тому +6

    Call that mould? That’s nothing..

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 25 днів тому

      😂my friend who paid £600 a month at a student accommodation had mushrooms in her room.

  • @swark5004
    @swark5004 Місяць тому +23

    Is this a joke? If she hates it so much maybe move out of London or the UK.

  • @dawnewinonamoore9364
    @dawnewinonamoore9364 12 днів тому

    THIS MOTHER OF THREE NEEDS HELP mold roaches in her shipping container flat feces in the laundry room and other homeless people occupying the space or assaulting her teenage son moving her children from school to school and not knowing where they will go ??? WHAT WHAT!!!
    AND PAYING HER RENT A LARGE PORTION OF HER PAYCHECK HOW FAIR IS THAT... ERYTHROBATIC😢😢😢