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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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  • @missmorris6450
    @missmorris6450 7 днів тому +95

    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 6 днів тому +2

      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 6 днів тому +1

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

    • @Professional_Youtube_Commenter
      @Professional_Youtube_Commenter 6 днів тому +2

      @@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 3 дні тому +2

      She doesn't pay it

    • @tofurakhanom2644
      @tofurakhanom2644 3 дні тому +2

      You mean housing benefit paying

  • @byblispersephone2.094
    @byblispersephone2.094 9 днів тому +90

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

    • @jonmould2946
      @jonmould2946 7 днів тому

      Freeloaders coming over taking all the social housing.

  • @wattbenj
    @wattbenj 11 днів тому +173

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

    • @daughterofenoch677
      @daughterofenoch677 9 днів тому +24

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

    •  9 днів тому +5

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

    • @user-ew4dm2zy9n
      @user-ew4dm2zy9n 9 днів тому +3

      😂😂😂

    • @GermaicanExperience
      @GermaicanExperience 8 днів тому +7

      We are already envying them

    • @Jai-Barnes
      @Jai-Barnes 8 днів тому

      💯💯💯‼️‼️‼️‼️

  • @deanneblack3439
    @deanneblack3439 9 днів тому +78

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

  • @MrBomuch
    @MrBomuch 11 днів тому +110

    bro London is a nightmare

    • @Sol-ui2if
      @Sol-ui2if 9 днів тому +3

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

    • @daughterofenoch677
      @daughterofenoch677 9 днів тому

      Hmmmm...
      Madame illusion

    • @CarlBland-tn1jo
      @CarlBland-tn1jo 9 днів тому +2

      Afghan u mean it's not london

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 7 днів тому

      Wait until Labour get in, double migration and everything flatlines

  • @samanthalewis8563
    @samanthalewis8563 9 днів тому +73

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

  • @Sol-ui2if
    @Sol-ui2if 9 днів тому +43

    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 8 днів тому +2

      We need to find some.

    • @souxcasa
      @souxcasa 6 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 5 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?

  • @shayrautha
    @shayrautha 7 днів тому +22

    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 6 днів тому

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

  • @Isabellecherry13
    @Isabellecherry13 10 днів тому +69

    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.

  • @kellykreqeli8924
    @kellykreqeli8924 11 днів тому +56

    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 10 днів тому +6

      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 7 днів тому +1

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

    • @Enoch-nn1id
      @Enoch-nn1id 6 днів тому

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

  • @jhjhjhjhjhjhify
    @jhjhjhjhjhjhify 10 днів тому +94

    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 10 днів тому +15

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

    • @Lifelongloser
      @Lifelongloser 10 днів тому +2

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

    • @TheGirlInGlasses
      @TheGirlInGlasses 10 днів тому +9

      If you can’t afford London you shouldn’t be there. Many in London are immigrants and aren’t native to the U.K. There are many parts of the U.K that are far more affordable. Council/subsidised housing should not exist in London.

    • @jhjhjhjhjhjhify
      @jhjhjhjhjhjhify 10 днів 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 10 днів тому +10

      Where's her husband?

  • @annaclarke7643
    @annaclarke7643 11 днів тому +147

    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 10 днів тому +33

      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 10 днів тому +26

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

    • @colleenpeck6347
      @colleenpeck6347 10 днів тому +12

      Three children from 3 different fathers, probably.

    • @LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts
      @LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts 10 днів 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 10 днів тому +6

      Or how about not being MARRIED first 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @victoriab6063
    @victoriab6063 9 днів тому +41

    Some of the comments on here - absolutely unbelievable 😔

    • @KaKA-mt2ei
      @KaKA-mt2ei 7 днів тому +20

      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 6 днів тому

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

  • @IDRIS-wl3qy
    @IDRIS-wl3qy 10 днів тому +24

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

    • @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu
      @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu 8 днів тому +1

      I think you mean terraced

    • @IDRIS-wl3qy
      @IDRIS-wl3qy 8 днів тому +1

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

  • @MissTeeTime
    @MissTeeTime 8 днів тому +15

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

  • @BaybieK
    @BaybieK 4 дні тому +3

    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??

  • @user-gv6kd9sv6j
    @user-gv6kd9sv6j 8 днів тому +22

    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 7 днів тому

      Sad but true

    • @boyblunder8889
      @boyblunder8889 5 днів тому +4

      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 5 днів тому

      I grew up in that exact place, honestly atrocious

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 2 дні тому +1

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

  • @sirloin8745
    @sirloin8745 11 днів тому +55

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

  • @abenatalks
    @abenatalks 8 днів тому +24

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

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 7 днів тому +4

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

    • @cal5566
      @cal5566 6 днів тому

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

    • @InputArchive
      @InputArchive 6 днів тому +4

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

    • @seansmith445
      @seansmith445 6 днів тому +5

      @@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 5 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)

  • @ynwa3476
    @ynwa3476 9 днів тому +29

    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 7 днів тому

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

    • @ynwa3476
      @ynwa3476 7 днів тому +3

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

    • @Bringon-dw8dx
      @Bringon-dw8dx 7 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 7 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 6 днів тому

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

  • @tombassman
    @tombassman 6 днів тому +17

    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 День тому

      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 День тому +1

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

  • @Sawk_King
    @Sawk_King 8 днів тому +38

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

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 7 днів тому +1

      Homeless on the streets would give right arm for that accommodation

    • @firey9998
      @firey9998 6 днів тому

      Exactly

    • @jordansmith2380
      @jordansmith2380 6 днів тому +1

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

  • @mrmeldrew693
    @mrmeldrew693 7 днів тому +26

    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 7 днів тому +3

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

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 7 днів 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**

    • @zudopowa
      @zudopowa 7 днів 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 5 днів тому

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

    • @mrmeldrew693
      @mrmeldrew693 5 днів тому

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

  • @xredden07
    @xredden07 6 днів тому +12

    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 6 днів тому +1

      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.

  • @lg5819
    @lg5819 7 днів тому +7

    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 2 дні тому

      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.

  • @kiya1385
    @kiya1385 8 днів тому +12

    People are sat here blaming people for doing what humans doing having children and trying to live and the whole 'don't have kids' thing is so complex because some can get pregnant and the father stays until birth and by then it's too late to do anything the child is born can we not sympathise with this mother who is being forced to live in a life sized bin for crying out loud. We do not know anything about this woman apart from a mere insight into the shocking living conditions she ended up in. People are forgetting even those who work make good incomes are still struggling financially one way or another why is it that CHEESE costs £4.50 and is locked up in a plastic box???? Is that normal??? Look at the bigger picture people!

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 2 дні тому +2

      The issue is she’s complaining. Yes, it’s human rights to have kids but if you choose to, you have to face the consequences and take responsibility instead of complaining what the world is doing to you. My parents saved money and had family plan before having my siblings and I. My dad suddenly became very ill and can’t work at all. Did I mum complaining about life? No, she took care of my dad, my grandparents and us with a full time job, paid the medical bills and mortgage at the same time.

  • @dragonfire4957
    @dragonfire4957 7 днів тому +9

    As compared to where in Africa?

  • @RichardEnglander
    @RichardEnglander 11 днів тому +39

    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.

    •  9 днів тому +10

      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 6 днів тому

      That's probably where she could get help..

  • @F4TiMA.
    @F4TiMA. 8 днів тому +7

    Heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking(!)

  • @delgriffithification
    @delgriffithification 7 днів тому +9

    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 6 днів тому +1

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

    • @delgriffithification
      @delgriffithification 5 днів тому +3

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

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 2 дні тому

      @@NCHLTIIever heard of portable or temporary lights?

  • @latorregolf
    @latorregolf 7 днів тому +5

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

  • @majedismail5429
    @majedismail5429 10 днів 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 10 днів тому +10

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

    • @daughterofenoch677
      @daughterofenoch677 9 днів тому

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

    • @Mina-ti9nh
      @Mina-ti9nh 8 днів тому

      ​@@emilydavison2053 🤡🤡🤡

  • @bernieb7135
    @bernieb7135 8 днів тому +7

    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

  • @juanita5154
    @juanita5154 9 днів тому +23

    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 7 днів тому +7

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

    • @lolathelonewolf
      @lolathelonewolf 7 днів тому +4

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

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 7 днів тому +1

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

    • @emmajanewatts4388
      @emmajanewatts4388 День тому

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

  • @Elle-vm3ge
    @Elle-vm3ge 3 дні тому +1

    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 🙌

  • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
    @user-bi8ko7kc6h 2 дні тому +1

    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.

  • @kaxar6954
    @kaxar6954 9 годин тому +1

    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.

  • @CaratacusAD
    @CaratacusAD 8 днів тому +10

    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.

  • @jacobsonofhera
    @jacobsonofhera 5 днів тому +2

    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.

  • @firey9998
    @firey9998 6 днів тому +2

    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.

  • @L.Smith.
    @L.Smith. 6 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

  • @user-hs5pr5bt1v
    @user-hs5pr5bt1v 10 днів тому +38

    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.

  • @malcolmspeakman9699
    @malcolmspeakman9699 5 днів тому +1

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

  • @user-tm7ld1dx6f
    @user-tm7ld1dx6f 6 днів тому +4

    Britain is full

  • @greentroll9326
    @greentroll9326 7 днів тому +7

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

  • @peteraustin4077
    @peteraustin4077 10 годин тому +1

    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!

  • @KingCharles3
    @KingCharles3 11 днів тому +27

    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 11 днів тому +1

      Honestly

    • @danmurphy7338
      @danmurphy7338 11 днів тому +5

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

    • @TC8787-yq7og
      @TC8787-yq7og 11 днів тому +24

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

    • @apebass2215
      @apebass2215 10 днів тому +10

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

    • @user-vh3ot9xn1d
      @user-vh3ot9xn1d 10 днів тому

      @@danmurphy7338we don’t want yall either clown 🤡

  • @murielmoloney1043
    @murielmoloney1043 10 днів тому +37

    Where is the father

    • @GK222_
      @GK222_ 9 днів тому +6

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

    • @cheesedancy6926
      @cheesedancy6926 9 днів тому +1

      In de nik!

    • @mfjones9508
      @mfjones9508 8 днів тому +9

      Purposely out the picture so she get get free housing.

    • @thamithwala3011
      @thamithwala3011 7 днів тому

      Hopefully at work

    • @bunandcheese4445
      @bunandcheese4445 4 дні тому

      That’s what I said!

  • @emilymcintosh6953
    @emilymcintosh6953 10 днів тому +13

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

  • @christcombiccombichrist2651
    @christcombiccombichrist2651 10 днів тому +8

    more open border more saturated it is going to be.

  • @margaretha907
    @margaretha907 10 днів тому +14

    What a country!

  • @RandomVideosFirst
    @RandomVideosFirst 5 днів тому

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

  • @DT-rb7ro
    @DT-rb7ro 8 днів тому +8

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

  • @CaravelClerihew
    @CaravelClerihew 11 днів тому +26

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

    • @Nyx_999x
      @Nyx_999x 10 днів тому +4

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

    • @sexyhomeowner9345
      @sexyhomeowner9345 10 днів тому

      Ealing is not in central London.

  • @robertguildford
    @robertguildford 10 днів тому +23

    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 10 днів 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 10 днів 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 7 днів тому

      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 7 днів 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 7 днів 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.

  • @shibbymiyah6614
    @shibbymiyah6614 10 днів тому +35

    Please pray for her

    • @daughterofenoch677
      @daughterofenoch677 9 днів тому +2

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

    • @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu
      @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu 8 днів тому +1

      And me

    • @EE-uj6tw
      @EE-uj6tw 8 днів 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 7 днів тому

      You need to pick your friends wisely 🙏🏼

    • @moosky7344
      @moosky7344 7 днів тому +1

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

  • @TheSuperPsychoKiller
    @TheSuperPsychoKiller 3 дні тому

    Shipping containers as housing? That’s just disrespectful. People are not supposed to be treated as objects.

  • @Justin-jh4ym
    @Justin-jh4ym 10 днів тому +19

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

    • @LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts
      @LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts 10 днів 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.

  • @swark5004
    @swark5004 8 днів тому +13

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

  • @evan
    @evan 6 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 6 днів тому

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

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 2 дні тому

      Then they’re going to live on the streets

  • @JoeDeeFitness
    @JoeDeeFitness 6 днів тому

    Wow, what a brave woman, stay blessed.

  • @Moon133.
    @Moon133. 10 днів тому +24

    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 10 днів тому +3

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

    • @skylarblacc1660
      @skylarblacc1660 10 днів тому

      ​@@phina8392💯

    • @fdm2155
      @fdm2155 10 днів 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 9 днів 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 7 днів тому

      ​​@@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

  • @nats2976
    @nats2976 22 години тому

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

  • @kelly9714
    @kelly9714 5 днів тому +1

    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?

  • @andonefly1
    @andonefly1 4 дні тому +1

    You have better there, then some people in Luton flats believe me

  • @AbigailBrown-wk7xl
    @AbigailBrown-wk7xl 7 днів тому +1

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

  • @bethanhamer.8669
    @bethanhamer.8669 5 днів тому

    Appalling ,expecting anyone to live like that . They have the nerve to charge 370 quid a week ! My mortgage is less than that ! Poor lady and thousands of others ,this country is broken

  • @robtheplod
    @robtheplod 7 днів тому +2

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

  • @are3na126
    @are3na126 7 днів тому +5

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

    • @Anon1370
      @Anon1370 7 днів тому +1

      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 6 днів тому

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

    • @user-bi8ko7kc6h
      @user-bi8ko7kc6h 2 дні тому

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

  • @Eporili
    @Eporili 5 днів тому

    That we expect families to live like this, says something about our society.

    • @Hail_To_The_King
      @Hail_To_The_King 5 днів тому

      It's not a societal issue, it's a civilization issue. There's a billion people in Africa, the British taxpayer cannot afford to house them

  • @MrMarkhall1
    @MrMarkhall1 2 дні тому

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

  • @apremji75
    @apremji75 День тому

    Nice to see a large tv there.

  • @tofurakhanom2644
    @tofurakhanom2644 3 дні тому +2

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

  • @Nothing19995
    @Nothing19995 7 днів тому

    Shouldn't it be restricted to purchase multiple houses for investment purpose...?

  • @cal5566
    @cal5566 6 днів тому +2

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

  •  9 днів тому +3

    This is an old video from 5 years, I can't believe these people are still living in these capsules.

  • @Christine-Tina
    @Christine-Tina 10 днів тому +2

    Bon courage ma sœur. Nzambe asunga bino. And thank you for your vulnerability in showing us your living conditions.

  • @AlanM22
    @AlanM22 5 днів тому +1

    Everyone pretending that the housing crisis is some kind of mystery sack all the blocker planners and replace them with people who realise we live in a free market society not in the Soviet Union allow high quality housing to be built on a vast scale all over London problem solved.

  • @Helen-ge5ng
    @Helen-ge5ng 7 днів 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 6 днів тому

      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

  • @cakesaregood5176
    @cakesaregood5176 9 днів тому +15

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

  • @josephjackson5330
    @josephjackson5330 7 днів тому +1

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

  • @Optimised7
    @Optimised7 7 днів тому +3

    Why did she have 3 children?

    • @mangadud
      @mangadud 7 днів тому

      Who is gonna pay the taxes when you are retired and old?

    • @Optimised7
      @Optimised7 7 днів тому +4

      @@mangadud so this was her thought process when she had 3 children?

  • @Obatala_Vibez
    @Obatala_Vibez 10 днів тому +5

    The films are coming true

  • @Outdoorshuntingshooting
    @Outdoorshuntingshooting 4 дні тому

    Net migration is far too high, this is why there is no housing available.

  • @historian3290
    @historian3290 6 днів тому +1

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

  • @katherinegreen-we1ec
    @katherinegreen-we1ec 9 днів тому +20

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

    • @ynwa3476
      @ynwa3476 9 днів 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 8 днів тому +7

      Exactly, getting pregnant is not compulsory

    • @jimthompson9370
      @jimthompson9370 8 днів тому +1

      @@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 7 днів тому +1

      ​@@ynwa3476 You live in London by choice.

  • @skynet1.044
    @skynet1.044 6 днів тому

    Why anyone would willingly choose to live/stay in London is beyond me.

  • @MacrobianNomad
    @MacrobianNomad 3 дні тому

    Do you know until the “MPs expenses scandal” changed the law, we (the taxpayers) also paid for their mortgages?! That meant, some MPs from outside of London bought taxpayer-funded homes in London and now receive rent income from them while living in a rented property that we pay for because MPs need homes not far from the Houses of Parliament!

  • @levantos
    @levantos 9 днів тому +8

    I was wondering what her fascination with living in London is? Also where is the father? Like there's so many life decisions that most people wouldn't make here. Good for her for being tough and trying to work through it but that's no life for her children.

    • @mangadud
      @mangadud 7 днів тому

      How do you know what life decisions she made from a 7 minute documentary? Did you interview her?

    • @levantos
      @levantos 7 днів тому +2

      @@mangadud What she didn't decide to live in London? Does the government force all people new to the UK to now all live in London? Does the government force you to have children when in poverty? I'm guessing she wasn't forced into most of these decisions, decisions a lot of us here in the comments section probably wouldn't make.

  • @AT-gu8by
    @AT-gu8by 6 днів тому

    Those containers are not properly insulated.

  • @coderider3022
    @coderider3022 10 днів тому +21

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

    • @RogerMellie-yk3gw
      @RogerMellie-yk3gw 10 днів тому

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

    • @colleenpeck6347
      @colleenpeck6347 10 днів тому +1

      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 7 днів тому +1

      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

  • @Alan_GA
    @Alan_GA День тому

    The more we move "ahead" the more society is regressing back into Victorian type slum living for the massses in big cities like London.

  • @user-vv7hb8ok2f
    @user-vv7hb8ok2f 6 днів тому +2

    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 6 днів тому +2

      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.

  • @jliriano8543
    @jliriano8543 10 днів тому +7

    I’m sorry that she is going through this. Watching this in American. 😮 I just cannot imagine living in a country where they provide housing for you at reduced cost or for free. 😮

    • @myaccount9498
      @myaccount9498 9 днів тому +1

      They do provide in USA. Not shipping containers but social housing in apartments

    • @josephinebournes8212
      @josephinebournes8212 8 днів тому

      Please stop spreading lies about the US. In the States we have a robust social housing program called 'Section 8.' It's a federal program. Additionally, there are scores more state and locally-run programs that provide subsidized, rent controlled, and rent stabilized housing. Be grateful that you don't know anything about these programs.

    • @josephinebournes8212
      @josephinebournes8212 8 днів тому

      Stop spreading lies. The US offers a variety of social housing schemes. The most well-known one being the federal 'Section 8' program.

    • @aeiou9456
      @aeiou9456 3 дні тому

      Trying to sound smart, when your far from it.

  • @XX-zu6ot
    @XX-zu6ot 4 дні тому +2

    Better than living in a mud shack though I guess?

    • @aeiou9456
      @aeiou9456 3 дні тому

      Where you are living right! When are you moving?

    • @XX-zu6ot
      @XX-zu6ot 3 дні тому

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

  • @billypoole1
    @billypoole1 7 днів тому +2

    Dont live in london then. I couldn't afford to live in ealing so moved back home to the country

  • @Hayfever33
    @Hayfever33 6 днів тому

    The piano music makes me really sad. Oh well back to work

  • @mariotaz
    @mariotaz 6 днів тому +1

    ...and people think people are "sneaking" into the U.K trying to find a better life lol

  • @sundayboss3062
    @sundayboss3062 8 днів тому +4

    It's better than sleeping on the streets, get a job and pay for better housing. PERIOD.

  • @chrisedwards7371
    @chrisedwards7371 7 днів тому +1

    i gone into lits of uk homes people are sharing a house 5 rooms 5 strangers and pay rent share bathroom a nd kitchen. and thats allit of homes in uk london they have jobs and cannit afford rent a flat.shes lucky she has space a d pevensey