People Are Sleeping in Cars and Streets… Even Full-Time Workers Can't Afford a Home

[00:00:00]Uh, cold night last night. No doubt about that. That's my stuff there, which I'm halfway through clearing up.

[00:00:07]>> Intentionally homeless.

[00:00:10]Nope, not at all. We can't afford to [ __ ] live here anymore.

[00:00:15]>> I'm living in a van because I can't afford to rent a house or a flat.

[00:00:20]>> This isn't a lifestyle choice. It's desperation. It's working people sleeping in vans AND CARS BECAUSE RENT HAS BECOME A JOKE. The housing market is absolute trenches at this point.

[00:00:32]>> Actually, what this issue is about is a lack of homes and a terrible cost of living crisis.

[00:00:38]>> Have a better chance meeting the king than buying a house in the UK.

[00:00:42]>> We were made homeless by the landlord, not ourselves.

[00:00:47]>> What's the council doing about this, man, at the moment?

[00:00:50]>> Nothing at all.

[00:00:50]>> Nothing.

[00:00:51]>> The raw truth is I'm completely homeless. I'm hurting and it's a brutal mental struggle just to keep my head above water.

[00:01:00]>> Where do they expect us to live? In like a little ants nest or something around now and you're going to see like all the tents that are lined up. So look, >> this is [ __ ] So basically the government have [ __ ] us.

[00:01:18]>> Welcome back to broken Britain. For most people there was once an understanding.

[00:01:23]work hard, pay your bills, do the right thing, and no matter how difficult life became, at the very least, you'd have a roof over your head. But across Britain, that promise is beginning to disappear.

[00:01:36]Rents are rising faster than wages.

[00:01:38]Councils are overwhelmed. Waiting lists stretch for months, sometimes years. And increasingly, people with full-time jobs are finding themselves priced out of the housing market altogether. Families are living in temporary accommodation.

[00:01:53]Parents are sleeping in cars. Working people are turning to food banks while desperately trying to keep a roof over their heads. This isn't unemployment.

[00:02:01]This isn't people refusing to work.

[00:02:04]These are ordinary Britons doing everything society asked of them and still finding that it's no longer enough. Today, we're asking a question that should alarm every person in this country. How can you work full-time and still have nowhere to live? Let's talk about it.

[00:02:21]I moved to London and I'm homeless. I have nowhere to live. I have no money.

[00:02:26]I'm currently sharing a bed with my friend. And this is really, really hard.

[00:02:30]When you hear people move to London, you always hear people talk about all the good things, like all the friends that they're making, how many opportunities they're getting. No one talks about the reality of trying to find somewhere to live, trying to find a job, trying to make friends. It's so stressful. And so much of me just wants to run away and go somewhere else, somewhere that's going to be easier because this is horrible. I am literally homeless. But I know I will find somewhere to live. I know that this is temporary. So if you're going through something similar, you don't have anywhere to live, you don't have a job, you don't have friends, you are just really, really struggling. Me too.

[00:03:05]You're not alone. I might look like I'm okay on the outside. I was literally crying on the tube today. I had to wear my sunglasses on the underground because I was crying. Everyone is struggling and you're not alone. It's okay to not have it all figured out, but it will be okay.

[00:03:21]I'm not going to be homeless for much longer. Hopefully, nothing is more humbling than flat searching in London.

[00:03:29]The housing market is absolute trenches at this point. I don't even know what's been going on lately, but it's like everybody is fighting too nail to just grab one tiny box. ON TOP OF THAT, THE PRICES THEY ARE listing and the rooms they are offering are not matching.

[00:03:43]Guys, I kid you not. I saw a flat that was being rented out for, let's say, 1,500.

[00:03:51]But this is where you need to learn how to read. If you read between the fine lines, you will see where THE CATCHES ARE. THAT 1,500, you're not sleeping on the bed. You're going to sleep on the couch. And that's because in that £1,500 flat, you're still going to be living with two other people. Even it was a one-bedroom flat. The audacity of landlords these days. Do they think we are fools? One thing I'm NOT IS DESPERATE. I WOULD RATHER KEEP MY MONEY IN MY POCKET OR sleep in a dog's kennel.

[00:04:16]At least my pride will be there.

[00:04:19]>> Why is life so bloody hard at the moment? I mean, seriously, come on.

[00:04:26]What is wrong with this government? We are losing money left, right, and center, and they are just giving it away.

[00:04:35]I'm living in a van because I can't afford to rent a house or a flat.

[00:04:43]It's just ridiculous. This cost of living crisis is getting absolutely out of control. I went to the shop today. I bought a handful of things and it cost me £49.

[00:04:55]It's just ridiculous. And that was in Littleles.

[00:05:03]What are we going to do, guys? What are we going to do if they keep putting the prices up?

[00:05:12]When I bought my van in February, I filled her up with diesel and it cost me 100 quid.

[00:05:18]I filled it up the other day and it cost me 130 quid.

[00:05:23]130 quid. That's £30 extra because they are now charging almost £2 a liter for [ __ ] diesel.

[00:05:39]>> It's just not I don't know what to say about it. I don't know what to say about it.

[00:05:44]>> When did homelessness get rebranded as a van life? This isn't freedom. It's homelessness with a filter. I'm Shannon and I rant about the UK because IT IS ACTUALLY ON SOME [ __ ] This isn't a lifestyle choice. It's desperation. It's working people SLEEPING IN VANS AND CARS BECAUSE RENT HAS BECOME A JOKE. Only landlords are laughing. People with jobs, PEOPLE PAYING TAX, PEOPLE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT AND STILL WASHING THEIR PETROL STATION LIKE IT'S NORMAL. HUH?

[00:06:10]This is what happens when there's no social housing. When affordable housing means affordable. If you earn six figures or living delusion, rents a favor. WAGES ARE STAGNANT. WAITING LISTS ARE A DECADE LONG. COUNCILS ARE BANKRUPT. LANDLORDS ARE THRIVING.

[00:06:26]ABSOLUTELY THRIVING. So people adapt not because they want to, but because the systems made them. They live in vans, cars. They live in a situation that get ROMANTICIZED ONLINE BECAUSE THE TRUTH is too grim to say out loud. This isn't resilience. It's fast survival. This isn't a LIFESTYLE TREND. IT'S A POLICY FAILURE. SO LOUD YOU CAN HEAR ME [ __ ] RATTLING. A country where people who can't afford a roof ISN'T RESILIENCE.

[00:06:51]IT'S BROKEN. SURVIVING BRITAIN SHOULD mean sleeping in a [ __ ] vehicle. I'm too loud to be ignored. He fall off for more chaos.

[00:07:00]I'm sorry, but what in the actual f I'm trying to stop swearing, but what in the actual f is going on with the housing and rental at the moment?

[00:07:14]Like, I just I can't get my head around it. I get sent alerts to me when there's like new properties up for rain and stuff like that cuz I want to move ideally a house. If I want a house 2 to three bedrooms is about 2,200 that's decent.

[00:07:33]I I I I just Where do they expect us to live? In like a little ants nest or something cuz I literally kid you not.

[00:07:42]Yeah. I saw a property on right move.

[00:07:45]You know the things that people get done like built in the back of their garden?

[00:07:49]I don't know what it's called. You know, one of them little shed shack things up for rent for 1,100.

[00:07:57]One bedroom. The cheek of it. I don't understand what the f is going on.

[00:08:07]No, I'm not happy.

[00:08:10]I just I'm in shock. This needs to get sorted, mate, because I'm just going to move abroad. I'm done.

[00:08:18]I'm done. I'm out of here.

[00:08:20]>> Buying a house in London, impossible.

[00:08:23]Forget it. I have a better chance meeting the king than buying a house in the UK. LIKE, IT'S THAT HARD. I'M AT WORK LOOKING FOR HOUSES. I'M MEANT TO BE SERVING PATIENTS, BUT I'M LOOKING AT HOUSES. And I'm looking everywhere for these houses. And you know what? I find in my budget a garage for 195,000. I can't I CAN'T EVEN GET A HOUSE. LIKE, I AM DEPRESSED. I I JUST WANT TO BUY A HOUSE. I JUST WANT to have MY OWN PLACE.

[00:08:47]I CAN'T. BUT THEN THERE'S BASTARDS.

[00:08:50]THERE'S TRUST FUND BABIES FLIPPING HAVING 10 HOUSES. I JUST WANT A HOUSE.

[00:08:54]If I even put me and my girlfriend salary together, we still can't get a house that good. There's a better chance I GET A FLIPPING RV AND LIVE THAT. AND I'M NOT EVEN going to lie. An RV is not a bad shell. I might start doing that soon. So to my girlfriend, he might be living in a house that moves around a lot. I'm currently staying at my mom's house for the next well I've been staying for the last few days for the next few days as well and it really upsets me that I've lived here my whole life. I'm 32 on and off. Obviously I've moved abroad and I've moved to South London or whatever whatever it really upsets me that I won't be ever be able to afford to live where I'm from. I can never get a counselor flat even if I wanted to, even if I tried.

[00:09:34]And like I have to like learn a whole new area every single time I move. Like I'm just currently walking around my area. And it's just like it's really sad that like I'm walking past where I went from and I won't be able to like have my kids here and you know raise a family here and tell my kids, "Oh, I went to school there." all my kids go to the same school as I did.

[00:10:01]That's not going to happen.

[00:10:03]It's actually really sad. And like when I even look at rent for like a studio is like two grand where I grow up and god forbid my mom passes away that cow house is going.

[00:10:17]So it's like really bittersweet man.

[00:10:20]Every time I come to the ends it's actually really sad. I'm here on Lord Street, which is the main street in Liverpool, full of the biggest businesses and shops in the world. But if we go over here, we've got someone living in a tent right in the middle of our city center. And we need to deal with this issue. And it's much more complex than just what we see in front of us here. Actually, what this issue is about is a lack of homes and a terrible cost of living crisis which has been made worse by this government. What we need to do is bring more homes back into use to help people who find themselves in situations like this. That's why the Lib Dems in Liverpool want to bring derelict homes back into use. 10,000 derelict homes, 14,000 people on a housing waiting list. That's wrong. I used to come to England many years ago before I actually moved here. Every single time I have come here, the homeless situation is getting worse. You used to be able to walk the city. I'm in downtown right now in Deansgate. Now, literally every couple of blocks you see a homeless person, which tells me that we have a huge housing crisis going on in Manchester, which the irony is that they're constantly building. Look at this.

[00:11:39]They're constantly building all of these highrises. Who's living in these highrises in Manchester?

[00:11:46]>> Uh, cold night last night. No doubt about that. Uh, that's my stuff there, which I'm halfway through clearing up.

[00:11:52]Hard work at the moment. Feel quite uh I don't know, quite heavy. Um, just ground cog. Um, quite demoralizing.

[00:12:03]sat down um asking uh uh you know um posing for food at the moment uh or money uh outside uh waitress uh this review.

[00:12:14]>> Did you manage to get anything?

[00:12:17]>> Yeah, that's it. I I've got a few quid.

[00:12:19]My mother's coming up.

[00:12:21]>> Um but how's your day been so far anyway?

[00:12:23]>> Hard.

[00:12:23]>> Hard. Yeah. Did you gather Did you manage to gather anything? I mean when you w >> got to get another five and now so I can get him for the night.

[00:12:30]>> Yeah. It's hard, isn't it? What's the council doing about this man at the moment?

[00:12:33]>> No.

[00:12:34]>> Nothing at all.

[00:12:35]>> Nothing.

[00:12:35]>> It's difficult, isn't it? When you're single and younger families and stuff, >> it is really difficult surviving on the streets, man. I I I do empathize with you, man. It's um >> it's hard work, especially in this heat.

[00:12:46]>> Yeah. But the thing about this country is when it's cold, it's really cold. And then when it's warm, it can be warm as well. But uh she won't be long when anyway, man. So whenever she comes, I'll give you some money. Yeah.

[00:13:00]>> Cheers, man. So, Muhammad, you're a refugee from Iraq. You've got five kids and you've just come on the borders about 10 minutes ago and you're homeless. Is that correct? Based on what you told me today, I've got a 5-bedroom house in Chelsea just for you. It's got a fitted in swimming pool. It's got a extension so you can build a bedroom for each child in the background. And we'll also give you around £3,000 in taxpayers money a month. How does that sound?

[00:13:26]Brilliant. Absolutely. It's all just for you. And that's what we do in the UK. We give people who pay nothing into the system everything. Okay. Yeah. All right then. So, if you just wait for an email and we'll give you the keys in about 10 minutes time and enjoy your new home.

[00:13:43]All right then. You take care. Bye-bye, Muhammad. Bye-bye. So, Lizzy, you was a doctor for about 10 years. Is that correct? And you've recently become ill because you've had a really bad mental health episode. And unfortunately, you're homeless because your husband left you and he didn't leave you any assets. Based on what you told me today, we can't help you, I'm afraid, because our policy says that you're not actually a refugee or an asylum seeker. So, unfortunately, we could get you into a HMO on Monday, but unfortunately, there is no housing option for you, even though you might actually get back into work and economically be active and, you know, contribute to the system in the UK. All right, then. I'm really sorry about that. You have my condolences, though, for your grandma who passed away last week as well. But no, I can't help you. Sorry. Okay, then. Bye-bye.

[00:14:32]So, you're homeless. Is that correct?

[00:14:33]You've got nowhere to stay. Absolutely homeless on the streets if I don't help you today. Is that correct? No friends or family you can speak to. They've kicked you out. Is that correct? All right. Based on what you told me today, I can't help you cuz it's actually 5:56 and I finish in 2 minutes, so I won't have time to refer you to any providers.

[00:14:49]But if you call tomorrow really early in the morning, I should be able to help you if you end up on my list and if I can get to you. Sorry that you're homeless. Nothing I can do. If you're an Afghan refugee or if you're an asylum seeker and you don't speak a word of English, I could have given you a full house today, but unfortunately you're not. So, we can't give you any help. Do are you a taxpayer? Have you paid into the system loads of national insurance contributions and you pay your tax?

[00:15:12]Yeah, definitely can't help you. Then we have to treat you like a piece of [ __ ] It says it right here in uh policy. So, we only help people who have no skills, who are absolutely sponging off of the system, and we give them everything they want, including a house, support with benefit system, and free housing. But unfortunately for you today, I can't help you. So, if you can sleep on the street or get a cheap hotel, that'll be great. And maybe we'll get you into a HMO on Monday. All right, then. Does that sound good? Lovely. You take care of yourself. Bye-bye.

[00:15:46]I love my jumper.

[00:15:49]The raw truth is I'm completely homeless. I'm hurting and it's a brutal mental struggle just to keep my head above water. But don't get it twisted.

[00:16:00]Being homeless doesn't mean I'm a [ __ ] bum. Right here in my car on my way to work, a full-time job actively executing to stack money to actively secure my new place. But here's the most frustrating part. I literally just hit monetization on this platform about a month ago. I am right on the edge of blowing this platform wide open and building my real empire. But instead of pouring every hour into my passion, into my content, creating for you guys, I have to give 40 plus hours a week to a day job just to survive. It sucks. It's exhausting. And it's not all ice creams and orgasms. But no matter how heavy the weight gets, I still run my routine. I'm sharing this with you because this platform is about the reality of the fight, not some fake polished profession. I'm not here asking for pity. I'm here showing you the work. I'm about to walk through the doors of my shift, and I'm still pushing forward.

[00:17:01]Stop running from the chaos. Own your struggle. Stick to your routine, and keep building your fortress. Much love and respect. Peace.

[00:17:12]>> I'm going to start creating content, but it's like a hidden lon and leads.

[00:17:16]I work full time 40 hours a week.

[00:17:21]The council fail me due to less breakdown and my family.

[00:17:27]I live in a tent.

[00:17:30]Go see the rest. It's a mess at the moment. I've been living in here 6 months.

[00:17:35]They can't help me cuz I'm not a priority. even though I can physically work everything else private rent sector's gone through the roof.

[00:17:47]So here's my content. I will update daily.

[00:17:52]People understand what it's like to live in Britain in the current housing market.

[00:17:59]Our tenency is up at the end of the year and we we want to stay here, but like I said, if we do get pregnant this year, we probably can't have a baby here. It's not that big. And I said cuz he put our rent up last year and I said they put our rent up again. We're not staying here because it's a nice flat but it's a two-bedroom tiny flat and we we paid 1,200 quid a month. So I'm always right seeing what it's about.

[00:18:20]Gen said this before. I'm from there. I will sl one cuz I'm from there. Say something over a grand. You want me to pay above a grand to live in Gart? Suck your dusty [ __ ] mom. Just looks like an house.

[00:18:34]Harrap street. I know. Harrap Street 1,50 actually suck a dick actually that's actually chica I'm I'm offended over a grand to live in M18 I said to my wife we're going as an actual bar and bread manion I'm going to get priced out of mate I've been looking at old I can't live in old I don't want an o post it's too far it's butters but I think we're have to [ __ ] him if we want to stay around Manchester We're going to have to move to [ __ ] Olden because what are these prices actually hanging cuz every [ __ ] and the mom is moving to Manet. Get out. Get out. We can't afford to live here ourselves anymore. And you little bastards [ __ ] swimming up from down south putting our up a billion quid. We can't afford to [ __ ] live here anymore.

[00:19:27]I'm from Manchester.

[00:19:30]I'm going to be pissed off. I live in OldM soon. You were forced kids to sleep out on the street in freezing conditions whilst you clocked off and you went home to sleep in your nice warm house with your kids.

[00:19:46]People wonder why I give local authorities such a hard time. But then local authorities decide to go and allow kids as young as four to have to sleep out in the freezing cold in December, homeless, sleeping rough after refusing them help and assistance when their families presented themselves as homeless. This has been happening not just in London, but also in places like Birmingham, too. Not only is it a moral disgrace, it's also illegal. So, when does the law start to apply to some of these local authorities and staff members? And not only that, for one, after this has even happened, how are those staff members even being allowed to remain and work in the public sector?

[00:20:25]You were forced kids to sleep out on the streets in freezing conditions whilst you clocked off and you went home to sleep in your nice warm house with your kids. At what point do we draw a line in the sand and say enough is enough? For the last few weeks, everyone's been talking about this monkey in Japan that's being bullied by other monkeys.

[00:20:45]But where is that same energy and same vim when it comes to directing it towards an issue like this? The fact that we've got kids in one of the richest countries in the world having to sleep on the pavement and being refused help defenseless kids. And the thing is I know if I go to the those same staff members that made the decision and thought was acceptable and ask them would they allow their kids to live like that? Would they allow their kids to have to sleep out in the freezing cold on the street and refuse them helping assistance? They will turn around and say no. So my question is why is it not fine for your kids but for those vulnerable families coming to you for help you think it's fine and it's acceptable.

[00:21:22]>> Can someone please tell me why there are so many [ __ ] British families being made homeless? Right. This is [ __ ] So before I start, everyone please share this post and get it around. Right. It's [ __ ] [ __ ] what they're doing.

[00:21:40]Yeah. They're just [ __ ] they're just chucking people out in the streets like so basically the government have [ __ ] us right. So currently at the moment I'm trying to source and acquire some land.

[00:21:54]I'm then going to get hold of some static caravans and I am going to create not a holiday park but a safe haven for British people that are being chucked out on the streets. British families, right? Not [ __ ] you [ __ ] British families who are on their ass because the government have [ __ ] us.

[00:22:17]Right.

[00:22:19]So obviously right now I do Tik Tok shop right? So everything that I make from here look right I've got a job right I'm lucky that right I got a job.

[00:22:35]So everything that I make from here, I am going to [ __ ] put in towards that and getting that going. Yes, it is my mission and yes, I will succeed at it.

[00:22:48]We have to help each other, right? The government, they sold us out. They have [ __ ] sold us out well and truly. So if we can't help each other, then what the [ __ ] are we? Yeah. Like seriously, what are we?

[00:23:03]So please share this post, right? get it around. If anyone wants to message me, private message me, yeah, they got any ideas on how we can get this going quicker, I'm [ __ ] up for hearing it.

[00:23:16]Right. Like I said, at the moment, I am looking at getting a piece of land somewhere and just to get a start, just to get some people off the [ __ ] streets, families off the streets. Yeah. Um, so listen, right, share this. Get it out. Let's get this going. Right. It's my passion and I will [ __ ] do it. It's [ __ ] what they're doing. So, let's come together.

[00:23:43]Yeah. Right. Let's get this [ __ ] sorted.

[00:23:46]The quicker I can get this going, the more families I can help sooner rather than later. Yeah. It's [ __ ] seeing people on the streets. I'm even going to set one up hopefully um a smaller one with um storage containers for veterans, right? No one's doing nothing to help. So, let's get together, right? Let's get this on.

[00:24:11]Share my posts. If you see any of my Tik Tok shop posts, right, share them, repost them, right? Let's get this on.

[00:24:21]Peace. Power to the British people.

[00:24:24]Right now, there are over 1.3 million households on England's social housing waiting list. And at the rate we're building, the charity shelter says it would take 119 years to house all of them. And even the people meant to be building the homes are saying they can't afford to. According to a new report from the housing charity shelter, England needs 90,000 new social rent homes a year for the next decade. And last year, councils delivered less than 2,000. And the number of households living in temporary accommodation has hit over 134,000, which includes more than 176,000 children. So, when we're hearing about a housing crisis, this is actually what it looks like. Families stuck in B&Bs and hotels for months or even years. The government has a target of 1.5 million new homes by the end of this parliament. The problem is the system we have isn't built to hit that and definitely not to make them affordable. Most new housing in England is built by private developers who are businesses and they need to make a profit. And right now even they're struggling. Berkeley Group, which is one of London's biggest house builders, announced earlier this year that they halted all new land purchases because they say that costs are up and the prices people can afford to pay for flats haven't risen anywhere near as fast. For example, in London, only around 3,200 homes started construction in the first 9 months of last year. To put that into perspective, that's about 5% of the government's annual target for the capital. And even when these new homes do get built, who can actually afford them? Last year, the government cut to London's affordable housing target. Developments used to be required to make 35% of homes affordable to qualify for fasttrack planning. That's now been cut to 20%. The housing secretary's argument is, would you rather have 20% of something or 35% of nothing? So, the result is fewer affordable homes per development in a market where most people are already priced out. So, what does the charity shelter say should happen? Well, their main argument is that we need a council house revolution. Shelter says that the only way to get councils building again is for the government to write off a 29 billion housing debt that was passed on to local authorities back in 2012. And the government has done something like this before. If you remember in 2020, the government wrote off 13.4 billion pounds of historic NHS debt to help the health service. But the question is whether the government can do it again but for housing. Because right now, even if Labor hits that 1.5 million target, the math still doesn't work for people trying to find somewhere they can actually afford to live. The question I have now after looking into this is whether the government is willing to do something bigger than just hit a number, but actually fix what's broken. That's it for today's daily briefing. One headline a day worth your head space.

[00:27:19]I'll see you tomorrow. So, right now I'm by Warren Street and like the state of homeless is ridiculous. I'm going to turn around now and you're going to see like all the teds that are lined up. So, look, we're starting here and we're going all the way back down.

[00:27:39]It's actually crazy. Um, and when you go to sleep, you're going to your warm bed.

[00:27:45]Um, and these people actually literally has to put up tents to sleep. We know how cold it is. Um, you know, and this is the state of the country. There's not enough housing.

[00:27:58]um you know some of the housing is being kept facts. Yeah. And there is more housing that could be offered to people but it's not being offered. Um, but yeah, you know, even if we can't help with the spa safe I can't speak now because I'm a bit emotional with it. Um, even if we can't help with like um a place of stay like can we not help with like something to keep them warm, the tents, bags, whatever the case may be. You know, I will probably come out and maybe get some hot food. Maybe, you know what I mean? Some hot food. I'm not too far down the road. I'm not sure where I'll stop. This is a problem. I might be able to stop there. But yeah, um, listen, you never know someone's story. You never know someone's story. We don't know why these people are here. You know, people will speculate things. Yeah. But we actually don't really know their story.

[00:29:02]Okay. And for me, you know, there's always a story behind homelessness, um, and having to sleep on the street. Someone does not just sleep on the street for no reason.

[00:29:14]I promise you that. So, there's always a story behind it, you know. Before we judge, before we judge, we must listen.

[00:29:21]Yeah. And to listen, we have to ask questions, you know. Um, and to ask questions, we got to speak to people. And a lot of times, people won't speak to to Taiwanese people. and they think, "Oh, no, they're above them." Or I don't know why cuz I don't see it. So, but you know, people have their conceptions and opinions. That's up to them. But to me, we are all human beings. We all God's creations and we should all look after each other. So, let me know your thoughts. A couple days ago, I said, "I really hope to God the UK does not end up like LA in terms of housing because it is so unaffordable over there." But it's like, what really is the difference? The only thing is we haven't started doing these stupid pod rooms where there's like four beds stacked on top of each other and people are paying $1,500 a month and you're sharing the room with nine people. But Bristol has settlers. It said 600 vans lined up of people just living in the back of camper vans. Not because they want to, not because they're gypsies, but because they can't afford a house.

[00:30:22]So I watched those scan news. Inside the city, hundreds of van dwellers call home the hidden side of the cost of living.

[00:30:28]Make sure you guys follow me as every single day I talk about interesting documentaries and news stories that nobody else is talking about. This is happening in Bristol in Brighton and these councils like especially the council in Bristol is saying look listen it's getting too much there's 600 people living in camper vans we're going to evict them and a lot of the people who live in that area like they live in their houses they're complaining about the camper vans being a bit loud cuz some people have generators they're complaining about them being is eyes because of solar panels and some are just complaining because it's like we don't want camper vans in our areas and I just feel so bad that okay I understand you don't want noise pollution but I feel so bad that the council's solutions are not we're going to try and help these people find houses cuz a lot of people they're not trying to stay in a campan because they want to. It's because they've got no choice.

[00:31:12]The rent is ridiculous. But the council's first thing is we're going to start putting eviction notices and kicking you out. Where are they going to go? Where are these people going to go?

[00:31:19]They're just going to have to end up living on the street. There was also suggest suggestions that they're going to start building sites where these people can leave their camper vans. But the site is not big enough for 600 people. They were mentioning the fact that some people who live in these camps don't have toilets. So, they're just pooing everywhere and we everywhere and it's too much. But it is sad that this is how the council decides to solve things. This just makes me so sad because Los Angeles is exactly like this. It's exactly like this. But now they're also saying that you're going to rent $1,500 a month to share a room with 9 10 people. A room. It makes me sad that houses just can't be affordable.

[00:31:59]They just don't want to make them affordable. You've got greedy landlords.

[00:32:02]The whole system is just greedy. The whole system is basically prioritizing profit instead of building enough houses and making houses a necessity. Welcome back to Wheelies of the Day and I think this is the third day. Today we're going to talk about council housing and social housing in the UK because dear god it is about to end me. Now, I know there's a national shortage of social housing and council housing, but I can tell you in my area there is exactly zero council homes and very few housing association homes, but there's a whole bunch of poor people and private rentals are over a grand for a studio flat. Yeah, you work that one out. So the homelessness process in this country if say you are privately renting this is the only direct experience I have privately renting landlord wants to sell the house you're served to section 21 you are served at section 21 you then have to wait for that to expire they are usually somewhere between 2 and 3 months then you have to wait for the landlord to get a repossession order so that means taking you to court and you getting a CCJ on your records because if you leave the property prior to that you are considered to be wait for it intentionally homeless?

[00:33:18]No, not at all. We were made homeless by the landlord, not ourselves. And we just don't want a CCJ on our records for doing nothing [ __ ] wrong. Especially, this gets to me because we have been perfect tenants, and this is the fifth time this has [ __ ] happened to us, and I'm done. Tenants have like zilch rights in this country. We say we have rights and in theory we have some, but somebody else can just decide you don't get to stay in your home anymore on a whim for absolutely no valid reason whatsoever.

[00:33:53]Boils my blood. Makes me want to scream.

[00:33:56]I [ __ ] hate it. My kids have lost their home that they've lived in for nearly a decade. Tally's lost the only home she's ever known because somebody else decided they wanted to have two houses and then decided that they didn't anymore.

[00:34:12]I think it should be like, you know, when you're having a buffet with your family, like everybody gets a play before somebody else gets a second one, right? Can we do that but with houses?

[00:34:22]Anyway, so after we get a repossession order, when baifts turn up at our door, we can go to the council literally with backpacks and say we have nowhere to sleep tonight, which is going to be really [ __ ] difficult considering all my medical equipment can only be moved by the people that actually own it and supplied it to me. So, I then will be put somewhere without all of my medical equipment. Yay. That sounds so fun. I don't know when. I don't know where. And what's make it really even more annoying even if we were then to come into some money somehow someway whatever like somehow get perfect job take off on social media and end up being a millionaire let's win the lottery all of that we then would have to stay in the council house for 6 years because we wouldn't have the ability to buy anywhere or privately rent anywhere because we'd have a CCJ on our record system is [ __ ] so that is my rant for the day it is obviously something very close to home that I'm very very [ __ ] angry about and I think a lot of you will be too. Let me know if you understand this situation. If you're going through this situation and if you happen to be disabled, why are all the disability accessible properties for over 65s? You cannot be disabled and young. You cannot be disabled and have a family in this country. And again, the weight for an accessible property in this country on social housing is 47 years.

[00:35:46][ __ ] Anyway, uh, love you all. Bye.

[00:35:53]>> Perhaps that's why this crisis feels different. Because for generations, there was an unspoken promise at the heart of Britain. Study hard, get a job, work hard, pay your taxes, contribute to society. And even if you never became wealthy, you could build a decent life.

[00:36:09]You could afford a place to call home.

[00:36:11]You could raise a family. You could look towards the future with some sense of security. But for more and more people, that promise is beginning to disappear.

[00:36:19]Today, people are working longer hours than ever before and still lying awake at night, wondering how they're going to pay next month's rent. Parents are skipping meals so their children can eat. Young adults are moving back in with their parents because home ownership feels impossible, and even renting has become unaffordable.

[00:36:38]Families are trapped in temporary accommodation, living out of suitcases with no idea where they'll be in a few months time. And some people are sleeping in cars after finishing a full day's work, trying to hide their situation from colleagues because of the shame and embarrassment they feel. Think about that for a moment. These aren't people refusing to work. These aren't people asking for luxury. They're nurses, carers, delivery drivers, shop workers, teaching assistants, office staff, ordinary people doing everything society asked them to do. And somehow it still isn't enough. People don't expect mansions. They don't expect extravagant lifestyles. They expect dignity, a safe place to sleep, a home where their children can grow up feeling secure. The reassurance that if they work hard and play by the rules, they won't be abandoned when life becomes difficult.

[00:37:31]Because when full-time workers are becoming homeless, this isn't just a housing crisis. It's a warning sign. A warning that something deeper has gone wrong. a warning that the gap between effort and reward is becoming too wide.

[00:37:46]And perhaps that's why so many people feel anxious about the future.

[00:37:50]Because if hard work can no longer guarantee the basics of a decent life, then what exactly are people working towards?

[00:37:58]What do we tell our children? That if they study hard and do everything right, they might still struggle to afford a roof over their heads.

[00:38:07]Britain has faced difficult times before, but nations are judged by how they treat ordinary people. Not the wealthy, not the powerful, but the people who keep the country running every single day. And maybe that's the real question we should be asking. How did we become a country where working people are sleeping in cars? And how much worse does it have to get before we decide that this simply isn't acceptable anymore?

[00:38:34]Because people can endure hardship when they believe better days are ahead. What they struggle to endure is the feeling that nobody is listening, nobody is fixing it, and nobody seems to have a plan. This is broken Britain.