Line 18: UK's housing crisis won't be solved by more homes 

Respect to the elder gentlemen with the big house. He's worked hard, raised his family and now he just wants to enjoy his home. He's living the dream and he in no way should feel guilty for that.

Why would that man feel guilty if he owns the house?

What a load of misdirection, there are so many homes in london empty, but owned by people living in other countries, there is no housing crisis, theres just greed.

Where I live on a council estate they nicked half the houses down to build new affordable housing, but instead of that they knocked the houses down and built detached luxury homes, that none of the locals can afford

Plenty of empty homes and apartments. It's just not profitable for the Uber rich landlords to rent out to ordinary working people.

I don’t really comment, however this really annoyed me. I live in London where the council have sold the majority of land to international property developers. They build big apartment complexes and sell/rent them at prices, working class people cannot afford. For example, a 1 bedroom apartment for £300,000. People can not afford these places and they cannot afford to move, and they rather be cramped in houses. If the council were more considerate of the people who live in London, issues like this wouldn’t happen. Oh and btw, these property developers are complaining these apartments they have built are empty but they refuse to decrease the price. So, it’s not like there aren’t places in London - it’s that people cannot afford them!

Life was like this in the Victorian age dangerous overcrowding, poor sanitation, lack of basic facilities

did he really ask the man if he feels guilty for living in a decent house?

The lady in livapool moaning about al the flys should try cleaning her kitchen, that is the likely cause

That older fellow worked hard, and paid for every square inch of that lovely house, via the toiling of his own brow. Why in the hell should he feel guilty for now having more bedrooms and space that an outside critique might suggest he does not need. And who determines if he 'needs' it or not? The gall of some people amazes me! Kick the asses on every one that owns a car with four seats and four doors if they dont have a family of four! Is that gonna be next??

One of the richest country in the world and this government cant work with local councils across the UK to resolve this issue. shameless, sickening . The tale of two cities smart developments and decay housing not just in Liverpool but across most populate towns and cities across this land. Why interview people interview local councils and government ask them what they are going to do to resolve this issue. We all work hard and all desire to live comfortable.

I own a home at 20 in the uk. But it's on wheels as it's the only thing I can afford by myself working a full time job. I could rent but I'll never be able to afford to buy somewhere. So I live in my van and saving for a nice plot of land.

Working hard and raising your family in your house of choice is NOT a reason to feel guilty.

Why do I get the feeling that being poor in Southern Europe is more fun than being poor in England?

The housing crisis will be solved by more homes; the right homes in the right places. To think otherwise it preposterous.

Respect to the man for working hard since 15

2019 and I don't see British government solving this issue. Ridiculous.

I live in social housing. They don't come with flooring, some are do-upers. But it is do able. Some of these people expect there arses to wiped. Decoated and new flooring the houses can look really nice. Facebook, gumtree, chairty shops, upcycle. Pintrest is a wealth of ideas. Even youtube for DIY help. She could get some overalls some gloves on get the neighbours to clear up the the mess. Even the councils will come and collect things!

In 1997 I was responsible for the maintenance of social housing with oversight of about 7500 units. All modern and about 15% of the estate was “voids” and when I asked the manager why he said; “We are in a declining market”. We were, I demolished 30+ vandalized houses and single person flats because there was no point renovating them to add to our empty stock. So on my beat we had just short of 1200 houses and flats literally going begging. This surplus was not confined to Manchester and existed in several other city’s with the possible exception of London which has always differed from the rest of England and Wales. Of course all social commentators scream, "It's Thatchers fault for selling all the Council houses!" They are blissfully ignorant of the actual reason Thatcher’s government pushed the sale of Council houses. Selling them was economic common sense because the cost of modernising 50-year-old Council houses was more than new build. In shifting the cost to the new owners she was not selling off an asset but disposing of a liability. Back then we had all the social housing we needed and then some. One of the reasons we have people sleeping on the streets is because the common lodging houses crudely called doss houses were phased out in the 1980s. We had that many empty flats the residents were encouraged to take up vacant flats For over 60 years governments have used the birthrate to forecast education and housing requirements. This gives five years warning of education needs in any area and allows them to plan accordingly while feeding the figures through gives notice of housing requirements. The question is did they stop looking at the birthrate or has something happened in the late 1990’s to throw their calculations completely out? Now what could that be?

Council houses that cant be put on the private market would help

Can't believe they said this 4 years ago and it's even more true now

No Such thing as a housing shortage. Just too many people, Largest co producer cement. Also increased pollution of all types. Sewage production, traffic, water shortage, Hospitals, Doctors... Infastructure. France around same population and 5 times the land mass. 300k net immigration plus per year. About time we woke up and smell the coffee.

It'll be solved by less people coming here!!!

Why would he feel guilty

Oh so it's illegal for 16 people to live in a small house but NOT illegal to put people out on the streets? I know what's more dangerous. 😩😩😩😩

Well giving immigrants council houses & benefits will never cause housing crisis will it? 🤦🏼‍♂️🤪

Kensington has 628 properties that have been unoccupied for over two years. Multiply that across the capital. The house are there .

Money, money. It's a rich man world.

Flies are attracted by food, they lay their eggs on it, clean your flippin house, i have black mold in my bathroom and my bedroom, i clean the walls and i dont have flies apart from a few in summer which everyone has

I mean really it doesnt take a genius to figure out that we need more AFFORDABLE housing thats the problem obviousLy in places where its needed NOT LIKE THAT PLACE IN SCOTLAND. no jobs there obviously no need for houses so thats not a crisis. Problem is in london they have these new builts way more expensive then other homes so whats the point. Also limiting foreign buyers would help but the govt don't want that do they.

Problem of housing is, To many peoples wanting FREE housing, without the need to work.

This isn't the fault of the guy in the big house so he shouldn't feel guilty for taking up space. Although the line "Iv'e worked hard to get this" irritates me a little... isn't the teacher/nurse/police officer working hard too? We just have an unfair system that doesn't distribute wealth throughout the UK.

Australia, Canada and New Zealand don't have these issues. Then again, those countries have proper control over their borders.

This is unf ckingbelievable. Why would a house owner have to feel guilty for having a bigger home? Get that diabolical queen out of Buckingham Palace and give the Palace to the British people. Make it a beautiful housing complex.

looks like the ghost towns of East Ayrshire would be perfect to re-home many of the refugees and immigrants to UK

The old man with the nice house shouldnt feel guilty for working hard and doing right by himself and his family

No mention of greedy landlords

Interesting its okay for the council to put several people in overcrowded place but if someone else dose its a crime?

The thing is aswell the new homes they build are over expensive for people

The woman moaning about the rubbish i would have rung the council and got it shifted people expect others to do everything lost the ability to act on problems themselves as we live in a nanny state if somthing is dirty clean it

Why do the people in the UK seem to think that it is the government's job to build houses?

That single mother saying she’s “entitled”. No love sorry nobody is entitled to anything if they don’t put the effort in.

In my town a homeless migrent has more rights to the housing stock than the locals.been that way for years.

Part of the problem is the UK planning system. It's a pain in the arse for developers to actually build houses as it can take them years to get permission for schemes. It has to be relaxed. Additionally, if the government reduced corporation and income tax for areas outside London, such as Cardiff, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow etc, then firms would move offices further north to take advantage of the tax incentives, taking people and jobs with them which will reduce the house prices down south

A mixture of mass immigration and greedy politicians

They need to stop investment companies buying properties

I have been on the waiting list for a house since 2015 im homeless and sofa surfing yet people who have been on the housing list a lot shorter than I have have been housed

the problem is that a lot of people own 3+ houses. They're pushing prices up.

1:47 this guy holding a baby, how can he bring someone into the world knowing they are going to live in such conditions?

My heart goes out to the older gentlemen who's the only one left on the block, he's been there in 27 years. What I don't understand is those who are currently struggling and continue to have more babies and expect Council housing to provide more room for them and they're expanded family.

Build a million houses. Good as none at all if nobody can afford them.

Building more houses could solve it, but you'd need to flood the market significantly. At the moment its done steadily as to prop up the current house prices. But if house prices are reduced by building more homes, private companies are less likely to build them to a certain standard.

i'm gonna rewatch london has fallen

That Scottish man who lives in the last terrace house made me want to give him a hug, he must be so lonely. The man with a big house shouldn’t feel anything, the area he’s in doesn’t have enough demand so the issue isn’t in his area but in Liverpool and London. The densely populated areas need to build up. We don’t have to spread out.

There are homes near where I live in Canada which have 6 bedrooms and are only used for holiday family get togethers.

Send refugees and people from abroad that are on benefits home... War is done... thats it

Decentralize and build good roads. Housing crises fixed. Oh wait that wouldnt benefit the rich. Not on the table.

Building more houses will not solve the housing crisis. The "affordable homes" that have been built are for those who can afford to buy a house, and they are most certainly in the minority. Many of these new builds are bought to let, with some individuals owning several houses in the same new developement. Greed, greed, and more greed. People renting the new builds are paying more per month in rent than they would have to pay for a mortgage on the same house, which contributes to keeping homeownership just out of their grasp. The Tory government are doing their best to return Britain to the days of slum housing and no NHS, and completely trash the wonderful things that Labour did for the people of this country.

wonder where the reporter lives and if he is giving up space in his home

I don’t think the older man should feel guilty about anything. He worked for his money and now he’s enjoying it. No shame in that. AND his taxes pay for social services so he really has no reason to feel guilty. Plenty of room for his grandkids to sleepover 🤷🏽‍♀️

A lot of what people are saying here in the comments might be true, but nobody mentions the fact that globalization is also a big factor in this crisis. Many people are moving to the big cities, leaving their hometown behind - this creates a demand for housing in big cities and leave homes empty in the country side. It's not a UK problem, it's a global problem - the question is, should big cities grow rapidly or should we try to stop globalization?

I love the guys voice doing the interviews etc, the music is really good too and the information is amazing. Great doc thanks

When they are just handed a house they should just be happy. Who I do feel for is the people who work hard and pay their own rent and bills that still can’t afford to rent their own place

Far more shocking than the large number of people sharing some small residences is the fact that cops are allowed to break into their homes as shown in this video.

It’s like the old Victorian slums

Why are all these immigrants coming to the UK to live in these tiny crowded rooms rather than live in their own country. How bad was it for them to think living in one room with a family is better than where they were before. Theres alot to this story that will take too long to report here. Not entirely sure why the main focus people in the comments is to praise the old rich man and not question the hell these other families are going through or have been through in their old country and why they feel better living in such horrid conditions.

Perhaps the sky news reporter can give he’s house up then I’m sure he’s on a fat salary since he’s so eager to imply that he should give up he’s house. 🏡

The title is misleading. In other countries people already knew that there are shrinking regions, where infrastructure is getting too expensive too keep and housing is more than enough. That doesn't change the fact that building a lot more homes in and around London would help to improve the situation there. Trying to make other regions more attractive for businesses can help in the long run, but is very hard to achieve, because attractive cities keep getting more and more of the economic pie.

Under occupation is an issue. But "bedroom tax" is evil. Both can't be valid points

I just want to hug the last man standing.

About 11% of UK homes - 2 or more beds - are inhabited by people who are old and single. A Government with a brain would look at opportunities for them to WANT to move and downsize.

Answer: land value tax! Smaller homes would pay more than bigger(couze less people on land than in tall building) that would lead to building taller buildings with more apartmants

Solve it? With enough housing for everybody, there would be no inflated prices! Can't accept that can´t we, a lot of rich people depend on the poor to pay large amount of money on rent, and interest on their real estate loan.

Poor millennials can't afford their own houses. Most of them approaching 30 and still living at mom's place. Real sad.

The building quality is so bad. Don't they have any laws against this. The contractors should be sued! Poor things. This is wrong. Period.! They should have a better standard of building homes.❤️

10 million immigrants in 20 years - that's a city the size of London, Birmingham, Bristol and Cardiff put together

Can anyone know the title of the surreal music (instrumental) right towards the end of the video?

The government insists on enforcing a central building solution of build build build based on clever desk statisticians and technology. The problems would be far easier solved to give each local authority autonomy to make decisions on new builds and investment. Yes some areas may need thousands of new homes, others need investment to refurbish existing stock but go back to basics and let each council plan for their own area and just maybe the right levels of housing could be achieved for all

Okay but where do people need to go when there's housing shortage and when they have a big family......?!

There are many reasons for this problem. People owning multiple properties either buy to let or third fourth homeowners. Alternative living is the only solution to this mass problem

The man shouldn't feel guilty, but the question highlights that we have an issue. We need space, and these houses are totally inefficient when it comes to that.

11:10 I don't know. Maybe wash your dishes?

Wow. Pretty heart breaking. I feel bad for the man whose housing block is marked for demo...

Well said Sky News! I uploaded a video on this very issue recently about how more houses will not resolve this problem

A true HOME is owning not renting.

Injustice, inequality of opportunities... and it seems to be an endless loop.

They should just knock down all the ugly houses and build new ones

And yet our government say let's have more "

Housing pricing got up wages staying the same is a problem in the states too. Wages when adjusted for inflation haven’t moved since the 70’s.

Building more homes certainly won't make the problem worse.

He should not feel guilty simply owning a bigger house but he should definitely not be involved in any NIMBY activity.

Okay so Scotland's house crisis won't be solved by building more houses but England's will.

Sky and there perfetic Multi culture intro.

strange how someone can get a free house and then moan about it

We need council houses, loads of them. They can find the money to build them if they want. They built thousands of estates after WW2 when the country was bankrupt, there's always a way.

The system in the uk is pathetic! Commit a crime and end up in prison! When released as homeless get housing priority! These people are the dregs of society and the government supports them both in prison and when released! Would all the knocked-off goods be sold to politicians at bargain price? This country going down hill fast!!!!

Ohhhh so the comments are not disabled for all sky news videos..... laughable 🤣😂

Screw anyone who says people should feel guilty for working hard and obtaining their home.

It’s happening in America more so than there. Our problem is greed. Investors are buying up older homes and apartments turning them into luxury living facilities. My wealthy new neighborhood has large new homes that empty for the past 3 years. LLC’s are buying up the properties and letting them sit as they begin to immediately appreciate in value. An average buyer cannot compete in this market. It should be illegal. Affordable housing is a no go in Florida. DeSantis isn’t addressing the issue at all.

Reminds me of accommodation in the 1960s