'We're trapped': Homelessness rises among working people in England | ITV News 

The root of the problem is that houses are seen as investments, not homes for people. Until that changes, nothing will improve.

You know there is something systematically wrong when people working full time cannot afford home.

I was at the gas station and noticed a car full of belongings and a lady with her dog. I gave her $20 and she just started bawling and was extremely grateful. When I was in my 20’s I was homeless for 2 months and lived in my car. I know how it feels to be in that situation.

The fact that there is already an excessive amount of demand awaiting its absorption, despite how everyone is frightened and calling the crash, is another reason why it is less likely to occur that way. 2008 saw no one, at least not the broad public, making this forecast, as I'll explain below. The ownership rate was noted to have peaked in 2004 in the other comment. Having previously peaked in the second quarter of 2020, we are currently at the median level. Between 2008 and 2012, it dropped by 3%, and by the second quarter of 2020, it had dropped from 68 to 65.

And they wonder why people aren't having children! We can't even live

The government is a disgrace. How can hardworking people be left homeless. The government should be ashamed of themselves. The government need to start treating hardworking people with respect

Back in the day, when I purchased my first home to live-in; that was Miami in the early 1990s, first mortgages with rates of 8 to 9% and 9% to 10% were typical. People will have to accept the possibility that we won't ever return to 3%. If sellers must sell, home prices will have to decline, and lower evaluations will follow. Pretty sure I'm not alone in my chain of thoughts.

People need to realize its the government, councils, and greedy landlords are the problem. Its not down to people not working and/or being lazy. Everyone deserves to have a place to call home.

Housing shouldn't be a competitive market, people like Nicole need an affordable house. It's insane.

Everyone is saying move out of London.. the problem isn’t just in London.. it’s everywhere!

it’s hard to nail down specific predictions for the housing market is because it’s not yet clear how quickly or how much the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation and borrowing costs without tanking buyer demand for everything from homes to cars.

Our previous landlady told us she wanted to live in the property, then the 2 faced woman let it out again, we were paying £925, it's been relet for £1,400, absolutely disgusting 😡😡

Same thing happening in Australia. Forget neoliberalism, this is neo-feudalism.

This government does not care about it's own people shameful

Seeing people like these 3 who seem sensible, sociable and willing to work, yet can’t find proper accommodation is alarming! That should put off many thinking of living in the UK.

I'm 58 years old and really feel sorry for these young people who are struggling to make it today's economy. Most of them will never know the good life. I can understand why birth rates are falling all over the world. I certainly wouldn't bring a child into this world nowadays.

This is happening all over the world. In Toronto, Canada where I live, a one bedroom apartment is $2500-3000/a month. The fact that there is very little affordable housing for lower middle, working class and folks at or below the poverty line in so many countries is criminal. I am a supply teacher and make a decent living, and I can't get an apartment to save my life. I now live in a room in a condo sharing with a couple and their baby, paying 40% more than my original rent. I was evicted, to no fault of my own, by my landlord because they want more money for my studio apartment.

Housing is a basic human need. If you work full time and still can’t afford it, then what is the point in going to work knowing it isn’t going to be enough for even the rent? Never mind having enough for small luxuries.

When my Mum married my Dad he earnt £2000 a year. With that wage he bought a £3500 house. That house is now worth ten times my annual wage and it is not in a wealthy area. My grandparents bought a house for £1000, cash on the nail!

This problem is sadly happening all over the world in the last year and a half , the cost of purchasing a property or renting is insane the governments need to act QUICKLY.... From Australia

We had a two bedroom rental for 10 years in Cambridge, we both worked full time, we paid the bills and rent on time in full. One day, he didn't renew the tenancy. We had two cats at the time, and 3 months to find the money to clean his flat, find another flat that would take pets, and pay the new deposit and moving costs. We found somewhere in the nick of time that took pets, in a village near Cambridge. We couldn't afford Cambridge anymore. Our rent is going up every year, our bills are through the roof. Our cats are dead now, and it may be, working full time, we will become homeless, because we cannot keep up with the ever increasing rent. Until rents are capped and bills are capped at reasonable prices, or pay goes up every year by 15%, working full time equals homelessness.

Outrageous, the money England spent in the King’s coronation while we are in crisis. It is not acceptable!!!!

My son still lives at home he is 42 there is absolutely nothing out there …

The incompetence and corruption that runs through this administration are getting more ridiculous. I feel for people with disabilities not getting the help they deserved. Thank you Arleth Toledo, imagine investing $1000 and receiving $4,300 in a few days

Rent is ridiculous in the UK, rent needs capping. If you’re on under £40k a year it’s almost impossible to live on your own with other utilities and essential shopping.

I rent in the US in California. I can empathize with what these people are going through. I feel like I am 1 paycheck away from being homeless and constantly worried about receiving an eviction notice. People who don’t have to struggle are cruel and judgmental preaching that if you can’t afford to live where you do, just move. It is truly shameful that good people who are working are paid so poorly that they can not afford to live in a decent home. It’s amazing to me that some view housing as a privilege that must be earned.

I live in Colchester too, rented a 1 bed house for 7 years & handed in my notice a couple weeks ago. I'm simply done. I'd rather be homeless, and walk our beautiful country till it naturally takes me, than be a systematic slave to this completely corrupt economy that dies alone, paying for places I can barely live in & never wanted for another 40 years. (Which they'll probably arrest me for as wildcamping is also illegal). It's even worse for Independants that have no family or support structures to rely on for a Care Of Address or guarantor. As an independant we literally have NO chance. I'd love to live in a van, but in order to live in that van I'd have to rent or own a home just to use for the address, it's absurd. So if you as a dependant, who has family or friends that support you, & you still feel trapped, just imagine how trapped independants feel. For example: The couple in this video who live in the renovated caravan, are only able to do so because someone is supporting them and letting them use their care of address. If they didn't have that, they'd be straight street homeless.

Why nobody is mentioning that councils all over UK are buying multimillion properties (hotels) to house boat people but then say to locals there's no social housing for locals? That's happening in my town!

I live in my Van full time on the farm where I work and I've never been happier,,all the money I earn is mine to do what I please with,no rent,no bills,more security than renting a dilapidated freezing cold dump th should be condemned. First time in my life I was able to save money, enough to buy another, bigger van you can keep your bricks and mortar, I was just funding someone's lifestyle and paying extortionate bills for non existent services . never felt so trapped in my life, but now I'm free and better off than I've ever been in my life

In Sweden, rents among commercial landlords are regulated and don't depend on supply-and-demand. The rent for a 2 room apartment is not more than 1/3 to 1/4 of your net income even if you have a low-paying full time job. I am not a fan of regulations but when it comes to something as basic as a house it's a good thing.

I’ve struggled in London’s for over 10 years, house sharing. Terrible houses, dirty tenants. At the end I had an anxiety and depression. Until I found a partner to live with. Such a nightmare and it’s not from now. The economy depends on low income people but they are barely surviving

Does anyone not believe that sooner or later this will all result in violence!

Thousands of more council houses need to be built in high homeless areas especially where people are working. This is so unacceptable.

Full time workers are suffering. The government are shocking

Was working myself whilst homeless until I received a phone call telling me I have temporary housing but would have to stop working because the rent is £320 a week for en-suit bedroom. It's all by design as we move into very dark days

Things are no better here in Canada. I pray for us all to find places to live and to keep being fed...keep going. Take care ❤

We moved out of London 3 years ago and moved North. We were able to rent a 3 bedroom house for next to nothing but, we are aware that we could do this as we are remote workers. Rent in London and around it is insane and I feel awful for these people 😢

Thank you for bringing awareness to these important issues

I'm very grateful that I have a council house and sorry to see so many hard working people living like this.

Its corporate greed that is driving inflation and making the poor poorer.

There are still too many empty homes which have just been adandoned, there's one property in my area, 2 council houses, now joined together but never finished and still stood empty years later.

Nicole’s story is really strong - it’s incredibly tiring to be managing short and long term life admin as well as working all day…and it’s admin you have to do to be safe We don’t talk about this enough

Full time wages that don't cover basic housing is indicative of a broken system, and it's only getting worse.

12 months on and things are worse. My landlord just gave notice they’re selling my place. I’m now looking for something else but prices are more than double of what I can afford fully employed working 12 hour shifts. It’s insane!!

It’s not lack of houses , we’re over loaded in Britain too many people now 😮 I work in emergency accommodation and all tenants are foreign. Education and health is also in turmoil dame problem

It's just very very sad to see this situation in the UK.

I can’t imagine working all day, then finishing exhausted but having no place to back to when you’re done.

I remember when Maggie Thatcher allowed tenants to purchase a huge percentage of the Council-House stock which they then mostly sold on for a profit. This single action accelerated the need for housing and it's got much worse since then - due to governmental (both sides) gross neglect. Perhaps the best thing they could do is mix with the immigrants landing on the south-coast!

Good reporting of the actual problem that doesn’t just focus on “families with young children” or single mums. Single people working full time in a decent job are continually screwed year after year because of this ridiculous housing situation!! I used to think when I was a child that when I grow up I’ll be able to buy a house. It’s no longer a dream… I’ve just recently come to terms with the fact that it’s almost impossible, even if I could financially afford it while single it’ll be an uphill battle to even get a look in when 100s of people are bidding on the same house!

Meanwhile Richie Rishi spends £10k heating his swimming pool every year

This is happening the world over! So distressing to see people going through this! When are we going to get decent honourable people in government to tackle this problem!?!?

It took 4 months for manchester city council to put a street homeless refugee into a hotel after constant complaining ! The poor man could have died as we got into winter ! I'm proud to say he is now in a hotel ! God bless him and every homeless person

This is a crime! It’s everywhere. My wife and I are lucky, but my heart goes out to people who just can’t get ahead. My parents took having a home as part of life. We truly need more random acts of kindness, God bless ‘em.

We need a revolution in Uk. The salaries are miserable. I have a degree and got 2 year experience in project management and 36k is nothing, young people cannot live alone they need to share houses, cannot save cannot enjoy life. It’s frustrating the government is trying to keep everyone poor

Also BAN AIRBNB!

renting a room at a hotel where I live is unfeasible as a daily expense. Most hotels charge between $300 and $500 a night My wages are much lower than that even before taxes.

The fact that they're full Time workers is really sad. Need council homes and private rent lowered. People can't cope with this. A full time worker should be able to afford a roof over their head.

In London they ask for a minimum income of 60k. It’s disgusting, because you can afford some flats on 35k or 40k. But they have made it so hard.

Managing money is different from accumulating wealth, and the lack of investment education in schools may explain why people struggle to maintain their financial gains. I personally benefited from the market crisis as I embrace challenging times while others tend to avoid them. Well, at least my advisor does too, jokingly.

24 hrs in a day. Work 20, sleep 4, and repeat. You will no longer be homeless.

It's social cleansing.

🚩Have you all noticed how the richer countries such as America, England, Australia, New Zealand and France etc had stopped building social housing before the pandemic happened and now these countries have 'working class homeless people'. The wages don't go up but food, petrol, rents, transport fares, electricity, gas etc etc go up on a weekly basis. Let us get honest here, this is planned...this is no accident or fault of the pandemic. Social housing is being sold to investors and no new social housing is being built. Migrants are flooding in to these countries when they already have a housing crisis. Landlords have become greedy beyond belief and there is a rise in slumlords. The rents keep rising but there is bare to no maintenance done in these private rentals. It's getting very close to Anarchy cos noone is controling the unfair prices on things. Something's got to give and it wont be pretty.

I pay 1375 for rent for a one bedroom duplex. In Cali. No garage. No drive way. A very small bit of a patio and storage.

Yes, it's happening here in Canada too. It's the new WEF agenda.

This is pure GREED and you can blame it on anyone you like but at the end of the day it all comes down to greed ...... the wages are just the same as 3 - 4 years ago ( on indeed, total jobs etc ) but prices have grown like crazy.

That's me I'm on a full time apprenticeship and live in a hostel.Very tough to find affordable accommodation.

We have this exact same problem here in Ireland where I am, and I honestly wish we had someone like Daniel Hewitt reporting on the crisis here. You can tell he truly cares about this issue and makes it his utmost mission that all voices of people affected are heard. I have great respect for him. This is the reporting we very much need here in my country.

Non working people on social benefits don‘t have the best of lives, but get provided housing and have time for their kids. Working people on low wage are left alone when it comes to pay high rents, are left alone with expenses for their kids and don‘t have much time to spend with them. Sad world. And so many are asking why some lazy people don‘t want to work.

This is absolutely criminal. How are working people surviving?

Here in the states , the rents too damn high ! It's shameful.

The root of the problem is that the housing benefits have increased and also maintained high rents

Both the U.S. and Britain have the same problem-not enough housing available for working families.

More affordable accomodation for key workers needs to be built.

When realtors make 6k for a 100k home and only work 5 hours on the property over the span of 3 to 6 months, that’s way too much money.

Prayers for Nicole and for Lisa and her family too. They are all so devoted to their families and their work which makes me feel dreadful. May God protect them all.

It's the same here in the U.S.A. Luxury apartments have been popping up making affordable renting more scarce. It has become more about profit rather than giving someone a place to live. Sooner or later something WILL have to change.

The continual unchecked rising rates of Bank of England on properties is what is behind this. Owners are being forced to raise rents in order to keep up with payments. My neighbour, a pensioner on low income pension, was paying £94 on her interest only mortgage last year this time. This month she has to pay over £600! (Almost all of her pension) She's in her 70s and might soon have to join the homeless statistics. Shameful lack of regulation of price rises is behind it all. Our govt is not governing.

500,000 immigration figure last year. This is a government choosing homelessness for citizens to pump corp profits.

Life truly is bleak…… but don’t worry the politicians have given themselves a raise, and we have rich boy rishi who totally understands the struggles of the everyday person

I think the government need to take this ‘in work poverty’ issue really seriously. Unless you even earn over say £60k per annum, even 1 bed PRS is unaffordable in some cities. Rent can even be as high as £850pcm for some 1 beds.

They should invest in buying camper van first than house that cannot never be owned

Shouldn’t have voted against Corbyn then.

I wholeheartedly pray that these peoples hardship is eased 😔

instead of sending arms for proxy war, build homes for homeless and people on low wages.

Meanwhile there are people breeding 10 kids.

As a nurse I never was in a position to buy/own a home. Still haven't!

I’ve seen rents for shared houses go up 50% or more in less than 3 months. A room I once lived in went from £550 in 2019 to £800 in 2023 (45% increase) I moved as it wasn’t a good place. The room had just one electrical socket and it was cold. The shower didn’t work properly. In my current house rents have gone up 18% over 4 years. My wages in that time have gone up 16%. I’m one of the lucky ones as my last 2 pay rises were above average. But it I had not moved my rent would be unaffordable. In 2010 my mum said she needed a certain salary to cover the basics - mortgage, bills, and food. Adjusted for inflation I earn more than that now and can’t afford to rent on my own. We are going backwards as a country. We need council homes for everyone again. Sadly thatcher made everyone believe council housing is for a certain type of person. We need to bring empty properties back into use and stop the rise of holiday let’s, Airbnb, and second homes. We also need to build more council homes and in private investment builds set a quota of 60% affordable and the test is a person who earns less than 70% of an areas median wage being able to afford it

people employed and homeless should be given first choice of hotel accommodation over illegal immigrants that arrive almost every day from France.

Makes no sense why a property that costs $1600 to upkeep is being rented out for $4600. You don't need $2k in profit per month bleeding someone dry.

This is by design. It's not that the system is broken and needs fixing; the system is working as designed, and needs dismantling.

The country can do better than this and the country deserves better than this. We need to be governed for its citizens and not for its corporations.

The government needs to take this housing crisis seriously!!!!! BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES! AND SCRAP RIGHT TO BUY! I am in a hostel for nearly 2 years with my 3 children this issue should be at the forefront of any other issue’s Government is dealing with! People have no homes! While they rich MP’s and PM are comfortable with more than one home they own! Its not about reforming private rented sector its simply build build more affordable affordable homes!!!! When is these people gonna get it!

Chooosing to have kids on a low income and renting is ridiculous

It's the same here in the Netherlands. To little houses are build, prices are ridiculous and renting in the private sector is a big risk because the owners can cancel your contract an sell the home. It's one big neo liberal mess.

So sad, especially when people are working so hard & can’t get a home! This is sad. And must be extremely stressful. I thank my husband who died every day for leaving me well enough so I could stay in our home. As Europe is extremely expensive!

They are building thousands more houses ... But they are not for the british people i think you can all guess who they will be for 🤔

Indicative of a housing market out of control, exorbitant prices allowed to rise. Houses are homes not for investment. There needs to be laws to stop prices rising. They have already gone way to far.

My 10 year old daughter overheard me watching this and her reply was “they don’t have homes for UK people, so why do they give homes to the foreign people?” Good question sweetheart and she’s 10!

While attempting to save a deposit I've been renting a small apartment on the second floor within a South London house converted into 9 flats. The rent is over £2500.00 per month including zero. On top of rent, I have to pay council tax, water, electricity, gas bills etc. plus random £300.00 to Marsh and Parsons (the agents) every time they decide they want cash. They never tell me what the payment is for, only that if I don't pay I'll be thrown out. I paid 6 months rent in advance yet still needed a ton of paperwork to prove I could pay. How's anyone meant to save for a deposit? I've already spent £45,000.00 on rent in just 18 months 😭

Renting is dangerous 😢