UK housing crisis: Life inside a decaying shipping container | Times Reports 

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.

@@Professional_RU-vid_Commenteryes I am having this issues now ….. it’s hopeless

@@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.

She doesn't pay it

You mean housing benefit paying

Poverty is everywhere in the world.

Freeloaders coming over taking all the social housing.

No Hope I hope they're somewhere better.

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

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

😂😂😂

We are already envying them

💯💯💯‼️‼️‼️‼️

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

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

Hmmmm... Madame illusion

Afghan u mean it's not london

Wait until Labour get in, double migration and everything flatlines

It's full of third world chancers.

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

It’s fine cause automation will take our place 😂

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

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

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

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.

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

Three children from 3 different fathers, probably.

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?

Or how about not being MARRIED first 🤷🏾‍♂️

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

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

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

@@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.

@@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)

I think you mean terraced

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

We need to find some.

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

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?

She doesn't even belong here.

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

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

@@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.

Where's her husband?

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.

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.

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

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

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.

You’re goddamn right

Full of…😂😂

Both political colours don't care.

Colonizers

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

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

@@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.

@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.

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

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. 🥺

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

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.

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

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

@@British_Cocoa No paradise on earth !

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

**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**

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

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

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

Homeless on the streets would give right arm for that accommodation

Exactly

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

@@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.

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.

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

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

shelter is a basic human right, not a thing u "deserve or don't".

Honestly

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

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

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

@@danmurphy7338we don’t want yall either clown 🤡

Social assistance replaced him as the father.

@@shauncameron8390you’re goddamn right.

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.

Her children were born here and are British. We don’t know about here status.

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.

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.

good luck with climate change migration. gon be 50 °C in those countries.

@@ryanslizzard7778 No it is not. The Chinese keep moving there and say it is cooler than where they were in China.

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.

That's probably where she could get help..

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

​@@phina8392💯

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.

@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.

​​@@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

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

In de nik!

Hopefully at work

That’s what I said!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

@@Ynalawthe Illegal migrants are staying in detention centres and hotels. That isn’t accommodation that every day Brits are going to stay in. It is true there are British people who have never worked a day in their lives and never plan to.

Sad but true

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

I grew up in that exact place, honestly atrocious

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

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

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

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

@@NCHLTIIever heard of portable or temporary lights?

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.

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

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.

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

It's reasonable tbh​@@NunyaHarmonee

@@NunyaHarmonee Gratefulness is not a right to be here or to accept the benefits.

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

And me

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

You need to pick your friends wisely 🙏🏼

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

They should stop the exploitation then please....

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.

@@Pride-lr9xd Giving them jobs you mean. Those poor don't need their metals and oil, they have no purpose for it.

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.

@@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.

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

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 😂

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.

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

Alternatively, just move to Russia, referring to many African countries that are pro-Russia and anti-West..

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

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

Same here in America. The accomodations broke the bank.

Be upset with the people that allowed it

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.

Colonizers

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

Then they’re going to live on the streets

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.

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

Yes, Putin wars...

@@BranislavB-hx9zy Exactly, they are putting people against him, but we all know where the evils “United” thrones is.

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

@@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.

It's better than what she could afford. It is the godly tax payer footing the bill. If that support was taken away where would she be? All rights must be earned.

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..................

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Exactly, getting pregnant is not compulsory

@@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.

​@@ynwa3476 You live in London by choice.

What’s your point

@@theSPUK901 The point is it is better than what she had from where she came from. Otherwise she would have gone back to the better place. Benefits are lovely, but need to be abolished.

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

Ealing is not in central London.

Where you are living right! When are you moving?

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

Costs money and the council is near bankrupt.

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

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

​@@emilydavison2053 🤡🤡🤡

You are right. She needs to stay with family. The taxpayer needs to be taxed less.

Please show us other people

Years ago people lived with kids in one room people need to take stock . Things are going back to those days as more people allowed in a overcrowded Island called Britain.

Be greatful? Are you having a laugh ...

@@FHi349go to London zone 1 at night.

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

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

Why don't you!

@@privateconcierge3375 You are barking up the wrong tree by not answering the question asked.

@@kynchan3332 Am I supposed to be frightened by your comment or you? I'm confused!

@@privateconcierge3375 Your logic has failed again.

Like if they took each container and made a bungalow with a small garden it would be more positive for the community, add more bus routes and a quieter area you would have a family be unified in dignity instead of stress.

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