And they have the lawyers and money behind them and are not in bits about losing their homes. Homes not Units. The whole thing could be handled with a degree of care and concern, but laughing in the council meeting was all they were about.
social cleansing this is what this is called,. A desirable location with £ signs written all over it. And, in their little private clubs deals are struck and bank balances grow, with secret handshakes. It stinks of in-house corruption.
Grow up Mandy, you’ll never change. Mel Deane always said you were stuck in your ways but I gave you the benefit of the doubt. He’s back in Longford now
And the alternative is that they don't do any redevelopment and people live in post WWII slums... What are you going to say then, that the council don't care about the people living there? Can't win with some people.
It was Thatcher’s disastrous policy of letting councils sell off their housing stock, not only to tenants but property developers, and not allowing them to build like for like. Meanwhile, with the huge influx of people into Boroughs, they are unable to provide housing and rely on private landlords, who can kick out the tenant simply for complaining too often about urgent repairs needed. People on zero hour contracts or minimum wage simply cannot afford the new shiny private homes being built. Yes, there are people on benefits who play the system, but others do not, yet they are at the sharp end, homeless in hostels etc because the private rents in decent properties are simply unaffordable.
Totally the politicians doing this. People don't realise the implications of these developments and the council don't see their role as being there for poorer people who can't afford £500k apartments. They should be firstly having a duty of care to those living in the borough, whether home owners or tennants, and then develop with the best interests for everyone, not just the rich. This is money driven, the council got a crap deal £3, that will go a long way! Obviously, they got rid of pesky poor and old people, people that may require services from the council, so I guess - job done. A good documentary and should be put on TV ever 6 months, so people will be aware when this sort of thing comes to their area.
This is happening all over London. The council neglects their estates letting them rot, I saw it happening then sells the sites off to private developers at a knock down price. Bloody disgusting.
Exactly right its the same with Grenfell they could have easily spent far less refurbing the place rather then knock it down whihc costs alot more to rebiuld
fred durst .. difference between West Hendon + all other London council estates is that Grenfell was set on fire with a big loss of residents that died in the burning Tower. It is being touted by media/council that 72 residents died but in truth the number was 300-400 ...... In the early days following the catastrophic fire, firemens reports on finding dead people was 200 on about the lower half of the Tower 😡😭😡😭😡😭😡😭
Unfortunately this happens everywhere. I'm originally from Berlin...same fucking story. I've been living in L.A. for the past 10 years and its the same over here as well...
So let me get this straight, they're building new buildings selling/renting for more then the people who live there can afford. And just kicking them out with less payback for their properties. This is so sad the rich once again screw the have-nots.
They mostly will be renting (non secured tenent). They're getting some money for this and they should be happy. But they can whine on TV in the hope they get way more.
@@garyfrench6536who “mostly will be renting” ? and why does that make any difference to the people shown who bought their properties decades ago and are being offered nowhere near enough to, even if they wanted to, buy one of the proposed new homes? I take it then that you have put yourself, momentarily, in their shoes and that your home is to be demolished with you receiving no where near enough to purchase like for like…you’d be perfectly happy, grateful even, to receive what they’re being offered? Hmmmm
These councillors need to be jailed and their corrupt bank accounts and homes seized. They are lying thieving corrupt criminals and need to treated as such.
Same with our councils in Australia, Political party to start with run them and they all have property developer mates, it’s corruption world wide, disgusting
How can something be called "good for the residents" when the residents who have lived there all along can no longer afford to stay? At the VERY least they deserve a fair, real price for their homes. This is greed, pure and simple. The same thing is happening in cities in my country.
While I certainly don't begrudge the long term tenants being relocated, I do feel that those who choose to purchase their homes, (possibly thinking it would give them a bit more security) have lost out the most. Nobody has offered them a strength swap to the new building.
You guys in England have a queen with a very large palace perhaps every homeless person should move there and kick her royal ass out of her palace and move in. After all the tax payers of England and other nations have for years supported these parasites.
@@totalrecall8385 Lol 25p a year. £5 in my tax paying lifetime. Give me a break. As buckingham palace is a grade I listed building and it’s owned by the state, the repairs on it would have to be carried out anyway with taxpayers money. Ignorant American, what a surprise.
@@belladonna9227 You're so right! A 90yr old that's never had a job yet is a billionaire. How did that happen? I don't think Americans are the ignorant ones here..
@@Serf_dom you cretinous fuck if you think she didnt have a job, what a plank. shes done more for this country than your slime will ever. go fuck yourself. love, the uk.
I grew up in the deep countryside where community spirit is high and everyone helps one another. When thinking of London I assumed it was quite a hostile and lonely place to be. However, after watching this and seeing everyone pulling together, it’s just like home. These little communities are like a village and I can only imagine how painful it is having that ripped away from you and having no control over it. This film has opened my eyes and taught me an awful lot. I’m heartbroken for all involved here. I hope happiness has come back into their lives in their new homes and surroundings.
Not necessarily...there are some small communities in London with people who actually look after each other...and its lovely and refreshing to see in this day and age
That was their way of disrespecting them without saying anything,says a lot about the empathy they have as human beings.Each and everyone that laughed should take a long hard look at themselves.
I grew up on this estate from birth to 18. It was lovely, we had places to play & be real kids, making dens, going in water, canoeing, running from 1 side of estate to the other. Many of us had family there, we had community. Most people worked. That's what these were for, affordable homes for working class. We grew up appreciating nature. We had community centre & Marquin, parties & fetes. It's all been stolen..... Now the remaining tenants who were put into Bullfinch are surrounded by busy roads, where are the kids to go? That councillor was criminal.
Do you ever consider the other side of the story ? The developers have homes and families too, considerably bigger houses too & they take heating & maintenance of tennis courts etc
@@senecaknowledge2274 i hear that but all some of these people were asking for is a fair deal which I don't think they got. Not against people being successful and making profit but not trampling over people to get it
Unfortunately this is happening all across London. They just want it to be a playground for the rich, forgetting that working class people are the foundation on which this country was built.
in 5 years this place will be ænother millíonaies row...the working class re being stiffed and we sit and täke it..next the nhs privatized...mark my words.
@11.35 minutes. ''A duty to house the tenants that were there before 2002. They (The Council), are building them a separate block away from the water''. I call that Social Cleansing!!!
Hervey Bay Rubbish Removal ... very true .... Even the numbers that died being touted by media/council are lies. 72 has been touted but firemens reports on finding bodies were 200 in the lower half of Grenfell Tower a couple or so days after the fire .. The numbers are meant to be 300-400 .. Re fire deliberately being started were very dubious. It is meant to have been a faulty fridge with the tenant just upping and leaving without putting the fire out or phoning 999 never to be seen again, interviewed, or held accountable !?!???? This all seems to me to be very dodgy so I too would ask if this was an accident ..
This is what a happening to me at the moment, The place I've grown up in is getting knocked down , This means I have to move out somewhere different. The place I've called home for last 26 years is going 😢
Jim lastname Look at what they’ve done to you! Relax no need for all that, he’s right and this is happening to most of us so instead of doing what you did, chill and remember we are on the same side!!
i have no idea why the state should have the right to be able to legally steal someones home from them when they have bought and paid for it. If you went to a car dealership, bought a car, took it home, paid for the insurance, the tax disk. MOT, put petrol in the tank and a few days later someone from the car dealership shows up and says, Excuse me, the car you bought from us, you own the car but we own the engine. Someone has offered to take your car, tear it apart and turn it from a vuxhall into a bentley, we want the car back and we will pay you half of what you paid for it and if you do not accept our offer the authorities will come in and take it from you against your will. Sounds outrageous right? These people have bought their homes, put who knows how much money and time into decorating them, paid bills for years to keep them running only to have Barnet Council sell the land out from underneath them to developers, force them out of homes that are legally and rightfully theirs and pay them a small fraction of what they are actually worth. Seriously something needs to change in the UK.
I hope the remaining buildings get saved. It reminds me of over here in Liverpool, we had a lovely estate in an area called Old Swan. Unlike in this film the residents did not speak up. So eventually they all got sold to a developer and torn down for a Tesco
the queens palace is a lot older than these apartments,but they dont kick her out,and say,well it cost to much for up-keep..so its all getting demolished..in the name of progress!
ditto its happened numerous times in Manchester too starting in the blair era and still continuing to this day..nearly all the council estates within a couple of miles radius of the city centre have been demolished and replaced with luxury apartments and townhouses!
Brilliantly done, and grace and peace upon all residents participating. For some, the illusion that council housing is 'your house' and for others the illusion that owning property on land you don't own is 'secure'. Life is tough, learn as much as you can. Lady at 39:00 nails it though - Council had a duty of care to plan for EVERY residents next location BEFORE handing over the land for nix 3 quid
Nothing new here. Same thing happened to my family and others when Barnet Council redeveloped Belle View Rd Promising that we would all be offered a new flat when it would be completed. We never were
These new developments usually end up being student accommodation or expensive/unaffordable apartments. I'm glad this group is standing in the way of stopping these upper class folks moving in.
I lived in Vancouver for a number of years, the exact same thing is happening their, the poor are being pushed out to the burbs because rich Chinese and Russians can spend ten million on an apartment they never live in. I grew up on a council estate in England when they still existed, decent homes for people who did the work the rich won’t do but now they don’t matter, it’s all about the money. It’s why I’m glad I live in Austria now where social housing is thought of as essential as there are jobs that are not well paid but the people deserve a decent home. The UK is going the same way as North America, sod the poor, support the middle class and Uber rich and that’s all that matters.
A huge problem caused by pushing lower income families out to the suburbs is the strain it puts on city businesses. All the lovely restaurants and hotels….who staffs them? A hotel cleaner can’t afford to live in the city they work in, and if they are moved far away, getting to work is pretty impossible. This is happening in Nashville right now. Our rents are sky high, and our public transportation system is not very robust..
This does not only happen in the UK, it's happening everywhere in Europe.....in The Netherlands (were I live), in the city, they ripping down council houses one after the other and what do they build in return? Expensive housing for the very few rich!! And when it's still meant to be for the poorest; you can't afford it! It's a shame but it does happen in other countries too.....it seems to be the future I'm afraid..........
It’s odd really watching this was so depressing and for some reason made me think of Glenfield flats made me think maybe just maybe it was not an accident?
Pooperscooper Pooperscooper .. It was Grenfell .. and I too am very suspicious as to how the fire started. It is said that a fridge caught fire and the tenant apparently didn't try to put fire out or call 999 for the fire brigade. He is meant to have told a neighbour then upped and left !!????? To this day this man has not been interviewed, not held accountable and apparently not been found ????!!!!
Speculative real estate market based on greed. Everyone has to understand causes of homeless and mentally ill, unemployment and widening gap between the rich including politicians and the poor are caused by greed and evilness of have's. Their wealth is built at the cost of these people who have been exploited.
Rep: About 4/5 have eviction contracts. Council Leader: Are you winning? Rep: We are, about 8 left. Council Leader: Are they trouble? Rep: A couple. (realize they’re being filmed) Council Leader: Oh, look at that hill over there. Hilarity.
London is no longer a option for the poorer class ....sadly the government know this and its all part n parcel of the bigger plan. Divide the population.. Very sad. I was in a temporary accommodation ...fought for 9 years to make it my permanent home. Don't ever give up!
It's such a strange mentality because London, like any other place, still requires low-paid workers. Baristas, waiters, road sweepers, cleaners, delivery drivers, bus drivers, supermarket staff, bricklayers - they all need somewhere to live. London not only squeezes out the low-waged, but even the median income bracket. £30,000 where I live will be above the local average salary and allow you to comfortably buy a three-bedroom house. In London it would eat up a huge bulk of your disposable income in rent alone, leaving you unable to save up anything while at the same time being ineligible for council housing (which is, in any case, dwindling and has waiting list longer than my arm). Only the rich and the socially housed can afford to live in London. In 20 years the withering away of those in between will be ever more noticeable. And as this documentary shows, even the socially housed aren't as home-secure as they might've thought they were.
@@elgee6202same as York now. Mostly min wage jobs yet the people doing that work can’t afford to live there. Being priced out by elite apartments that locals clearly couldn’t afford on the wages paid.
Thank you for your video about Hendon estate . When i come through i think of the tenants as where i live in Childs Hill there is development going on. Im in a tower block since the 80s
I worked in Tower Hamlets. I remember much better treatment for leaseholders/freeholders. There was a choice. You could be rehoused and only get a small amount of money or you could take your money and buy somewhere else. I have to say quite a few people moved to Essex to be near their sons and daughters. The ones that stayed were rehoused.
All that greenery going and being replaced with bricks and the prices for the luxury ones with a view how expensive are there great documentary it is what it aims now a new world for many people
I forgot to add that people who were moved in after the decant date were all on assured shorthold tenancies remaining on the waiting list. So properties were used as temporary accommodation.
The bottom line for every council is maximising profit. The profit does not come from affordable housing but from private sales. No amount of opposition will change that. It's not about people it's about profit.
No problem with them knocking down and redeveloping run down estates to put new housing up, but the current tenants should be given a home in the new blocks on the same terms as they had before- and the extra new homes should be for first time buyers and families, not property investors.
An utter disgrace. And I say this as someone firmly on the Right of politics. The legislation on compulsory purchase orders needs to be comprehensively revised and the circumstances in which they're allowed to take place restricted. Where they have to happen, homeowners should be compensated with the market price plus 25% for the inconvenience. Social tenants should all - no exceptions - have to be rehoused in a like-for-like home with the same terms and type of tenancy.
What seems absolutely absurd is that there are far worse condition estates all across the UK. Council housing in genuinely really awful condition that actually does need to be removed and replaced. This estate looks like it was in actually quite acceptable condition and in no need to be replaced.
Roman Bukins .. very true Roman .. I watched a property programme the other night where developers went to Hong Kong looking for buyers for property here in London that wasn't even in the building stages yet !!!!!!!!!. The rich Chinese have been buying up London properties, leaving them vacant for investment purposes. The Heygate Estate Elephant & Castle. 1600 flats all tenants forcibly evicted by Southwark council for "regeneration purposes" bought by an Australian Development company called Lend Lease, tarted up and every single flat sold to foreign investors. For a long while the whole estate was left empty for investment purposes. The estate next door the Aylsbury Estate, much much bigger than Heygate has now also been sold off to property developers. Lend Lease is buying up, I heard that after Heygate Lend Lease were looking at North London Estates in Haringey !!??!!?? ... No one who lives on any London council estate is safe now from council sell offs, developers, foreign investors etc etc that's the truth of today ..... In total to date, 6 London council estates have now been sold off to private developers, all tenants forcibly evicted 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 ....
You are so right. I can't believe people don't see this. The people of England can't even rise up above their government - because they let them have their guns. This is happening all over the world. In the U.S.A. it is "Imminent Domain".
a guy with an old faulty fridge.....and nobody let it burn....you moron...did you not see the teams of firefighters than went in when everyone else was running out to rescue people.......
Sam da Silva .. the man with the faulty fridge disappeared without trying to stop the fridge burning or even calling 999. He told his neighbours and did a runner. To this day he has not been found, interviewed or questioned ... This is the same as the paltry numbers that have been touted by media and the council. 72 were touted as dead but in the first couple of days the firemen were saying that 200 bodies were found in the first half of the building. The true number has been stated by the fire brigade, who incidentally have been made to keep quiet, is 400 dead .....
@@cosm1cstar Humans have accidents. Cheap flammable cladding applied with gaps ( chimney for fire) so fire slread quickly. Mis-sold by lying cladding companies Celotex Greenspan Arconic, baddly applied, poor project decisions by lKensington and Chelsea and poorly written building regulations.
@@cosm1cstar BBC did good piece on youtube where they followed up on rumours of number of dead. If 400 why weren't people askung about extra missing people? Could be slightly more than 80 but not enough evidence for 400 missing even if people were illegal migrants.
It is Right wing run government and councils that are doing this to the poor people. London is not the old London it used to be. It has become heartless city. A grey city only for the rich. Talk about cleansing process. That's what they've done. Shame.
History repeating itself. I lived in Pollard Road, one of the streets that were demolished to make way for the West Hendon Estate. We were moved to Longford Court, Brent Street. Our flat was on the 9th floor. We had a bathroom instead of the tin bath that was kept in the garden and brought in on Sunday evenings. At the time, my parents felt it a positive move, we had much better living conditions...Central heating for a start and we had fitted carpets throughout from Cyril Lord! Now I belive it was a mistake to demolish the housing stock and relocate so many families. Everything from Cool Oak Lane to the Silk Stream bridge went. I have very fond memories of my childhood in Pollard Road...Happy days.
The buildings are grotty down there, they need replacing. That guy may as well have said, The people down there are grotty, they need replacing. Unbelievable.
Greed is the worst trait of humanity. It's the cause of all misery, I'm convinced. And sociopathic politicians. I don't understand being able to take someone's family home from them and toss them out in the street, or make them sell for a fraction of what it's worth. It's absolutely criminal.
Right, so not only are you all being forcibly removed from your community and homes. You are not even being offered adequate compensation for having to give up your home to purchase something similar in the local area? Oh yes, councils at work here. Whenever they appear in public they should be forced to don burglar masks so they at least look the part. This is legalised theft, pure and simple. Alot of people on here are making it sound like they think this is problem confined to Britain, it is not. This is anywhere politicians do something 'for the good of the people', whenever that phrase is heard you can bet its the exact opposite that will be the end result.
Shaun Mccaughan The second part of the comment is true, but there are varying degrees of “selling out” the social housing stock. Spain has a much larger problem in this area, with social housing being sold off in order to be “enhanced” by private developers who then sell them for their profit, all the while the actual supply is not improved in the least. From this documentary, it seems the UK is not far, but these are the “worst” examples is social housing management in Europe.
Debbie Marlow what free ride Debbie? These are human beings who live in the fifth richest countries in the world and look at the way the governments and councils treat the poor people. These people are not getting a free ride at all 'they are being pushed out in favour of the middle classes. Money still talks loudest in the country that calls itself great. Where is your empathy Debbie?
Where d'ya live Jen C? ..cos i was involved in the fight to save West Hendon estate. And i live on another estate. I cant afford a mortgage..how can I? This house would cost me £410,000 its in a terrible condition and its only 2 bedrooms. Ive tried living outside London but the people just wont accept Londoners -somehow, being close to government means you are as guilty....So if you live some where this doesnt happen..please tell me cos there are a lot of us needing to get out.
LeeTubular I may well be taking you up on that. It gets much worse here, ill have no choice. Im hearing of Londoners getting attacked..as if Westminster ask us what to do! Ha! That would be some hope!
Does shared equity also mean shared real estate taxes and insurances? Does it mean shared repair costs? I can see a trap later for the heirs in that the co-owner controls the price on a sale. It would be even worse if they are the only ones allowed to buy the other owner out.
Shared ownership is a con - you (the proportions vary but for example) buy half, rent half - but have the privilege of paying for 100% of the repairs! The developers love it!
As well if you default on the rent for more than 2 months you can lose your home. Shared ownership is ok if you’re a trainee professional and know your salary will go up to buy the rest out. Otherwise it’s just glorified renting.
There is more to this story and important facts are being omitted. The property became run down because monies were not set aside for upkeep and repair of the common areas. That cost is the responsibility of the owners through assessments based on the size of your flat and that was clearly being underfunded. Through neglect the value of the property suffered and could not be saved. At that point the value of the units were diminished greatly. Look at the Barbican housing complex and those units are expensive because a lot of money is charged for the unit + common area maintenance.
Where I live in the U.S. the condominiums were built in a hurry with cheap materials. Everything in the unit breaks and needs to be be fixed by shelling out more money. The screens are very hard to get off the window. The grime that builds up on the sliding door has broken the tiny rollers on the sliding screen. Each little thing costs so much more to repair or update.
I don't understand this. This is England, yes? There are functional inhabited buildings that are hundreds and hundreds of years old but they can't maintain buildings put up in the 60s? Yeah... okay.
zammmerjammer depends on the build quality...how well designed and built and the quality of materials used. These buildings from the sixties look like huge concrete cinder blocks; that is cheap and easy to build housing on a mass scale...not exactly quality or built to last...this development is in a nice location close to nature...private real estate; except in rare and unusual circumstances will go to the highest bidder. If these people do not own the homes they live in; they are vulnerable to the wishes of those that do own the property and it is basic property rights for the owner of a property owner to choose to sell or not to sell, as they please.
Couple things - these buildings from the 60s were cheaply built, quick jobs, cheap products, immediate profit and were not income generating. Contrast that with buildings that are centuries old, built to last, and are currently maintained by the owners or entities that profit off them.
ementormike well even something cheap can go on almost for ever if proper maintenance is done to it. If you don't then it slowly goes down hill till it's beyond savings. It's the councils fault for not approving proper maintenance to keep it from falling apart.
they should all be given one of the new flats. "it's grotty down there" well dip your hands in to the council coffers and spend some money sprucing it up
It's just simple math, the U.K. has opened it's borders, 140,000 a year move into London just from E.U. alone, London needs to build, that' means tiring down the old and debilitated and making room for more smaller and compact units.
Richie which is the laughable thing now, because of Britain is leaving the EU everyone is moving out and London will no longer be the financial hub of the EU.. Karma is a %%itch..
How do they get away with this decade after decade. If you have purchased something then it is yours by law, how can they get away with daylight robbery? Shameful...
Sarah Reid it's all due to a tear enducing succession of sham governments who all one way or another helped to create the insecurity which is making these poor people's lives an utter misery.. It is situations like this that enrages many people.
The truth is that you don't "own" your home. You got a mortgage and you're paying it and you have a piece of paper that says you "own" the home, but if the city or county wants to do something with the land that your home is on (build a highway, for example), you'll be offered a sum of money for your property and if you don't accept it then the home will simply be expropriated. Likewise, if gold or coal or oil is found on your property, you'll be offered a buy-out which, again, if you don't accept it, the property will simply be expropriated by the authorities and you'll have to walk away. You "own" your home UNTIL the city or county want that piece of land for something, then you become nothing but a number to them.
More people in America need to start doing this...median incomes of around 35k and all the houses upwards of 250k...and it's always the same story...well the Californian will buy it or the New Yorkers aor so on and mean while the life long dwellers are priced out of buying and the forced out as rents rise...people need to rise up against having their homes stolen by greedy builders and outsiders willing to pay unreasonable prices!
I would like an update on these people and how their lives are now . For the government to tell you that you aren’t going to own your own home and to be happy about it makes me sick !
A great documentary and I agree with the residents. However, what people living in any government sponsored housing (or even private landlord owned rentals) should understand is that the game (the terms of your living) can change at any point in time and there isn't much you can do about it. Your homes? Well they're really not 'your homes'. They're either owned by the government or private developers. The best you can do is save as much as you can and prepare to move should the need arise. I agree that the developers should be challenged - $12M worth of land for $3? Yes, something shady happened there
Social Housing: Housing provided for people on low incomes or with particular needs by government agencies or non-profit organizations. She has had 45 years of Social Housing, yet, the Government is ripping her off, the property is being stolen from them. Long-term Assistance Can Be Disabling, Crippling.
@ Sylvia Alexander, so she has to be grateful and just shuffle off quietly - cap doffed of course in deference to the rich and powerful. The lady I think you are referring to had actually bought the leasehold to her flat.
Ok, say there was no council houses... Where the hell would I live then? Because what you had before is 5+ families CRAMMED in one apartment. Fancy that elitist shill?
@Shannon Gasparatto I agree with you mostly but we can't get rid of the working class since at the end of the day someone has to work the chip shop and drive the bus. But we can make it more comfortable. And I am not talking about free continental trips, a house be it a tudor mansion or a post war prefab: is home.
I don't understand some of the financial and ownership issues: These people bought these homes, maisonettes, flats. They are now being evicted by the council. How is that legal? Are they being offered reimbursement for the properties they bought? Does the council own the buildings in their entirety? What about the people that bought these properties, what do they own? Anyhow, this is so disgusting. How can these people just be thrown out?
this happened in the east end...and communities disappeared...they will edge everyone out except the rich eventualy ..i lived there for 17 ys and it was a rich diversity of culture..albut that was 39 yrs ago...but already the rot was setting in
If you hear 'regeneration' is happening on your estate just know that they actually mean 'gentrification' is happening on your estate.
yep
It made me angry when those business men sat at the back of the courtroom laughing. Totally inappropriate for any reason.
And they have the lawyers and money behind them and are not in bits about losing their homes. Homes not Units. The whole thing could be handled with a degree of care and concern, but laughing in the council meeting was all they were about.
Evil in suits
I was shocked at that
That said it all...low ..🙁
@Donnell Okafor yes indeed, you are one of those people 😂😂😂
I would love a follow up of what happened to these poor people
GREED IS WITHIN EVERY CITY COUNCIL IN THIS COUNTRY
said it all when the councilor was on the balcony and asked about vacating other tenants he asked "how many are trouble" ?
social cleansing this is what this is called,. A desirable location with £ signs written all over it. And, in their little private clubs deals are struck and bank balances grow, with secret handshakes. It stinks of in-house corruption.
Grow up Mandy, you’ll never change. Mel Deane always said you were stuck in your ways but I gave you the benefit of the doubt. He’s back in Longford now
@@senecaknowledge2274 It was well said by Mandy actually
And the alternative is that they don't do any redevelopment and people live in post WWII slums... What are you going to say then, that the council don't care about the people living there? Can't win with some people.
It was Thatcher’s disastrous policy of letting councils sell off their housing stock, not only to tenants but property developers, and not allowing them to build like for like. Meanwhile, with the huge influx of people into Boroughs, they are unable to provide housing and rely on private landlords, who can kick out the tenant simply for complaining too often about urgent repairs needed. People on zero hour contracts or minimum wage simply cannot afford the new shiny private homes being built. Yes, there are people on benefits who play the system, but others do not, yet they are at the sharp end, homeless in hostels etc because the private rents in decent properties are simply unaffordable.
@@wheresthecomedyspiritualit7113 Yes, on reflection I’d tend to agree
The only reason this goes on is because our pathetic politicians are in the pockets of the developers.
A Honey Monster Pathetic politicians due to pathetic voters. No much we can do about it, is there?
True. That's fact. Deals already done no amount of opposition will change the regeneration ofLondon.
Totally the politicians doing this. People don't realise the implications of these developments and the council don't see their role as being there for poorer people who can't afford £500k apartments. They should be firstly having a duty of care to those living in the borough, whether home owners or tennants, and then develop with the best interests for everyone, not just the rich. This is money driven, the council got a crap deal £3, that will go a long way! Obviously, they got rid of pesky poor and old people, people that may require services from the council, so I guess - job done. A good documentary and should be put on TV ever 6 months, so people will be aware when this sort of thing comes to their area.
This is happening all over London. The council neglects their estates letting them rot, I saw it happening then sells the sites off to private developers at a knock down price. Bloody disgusting.
Shameful
Exactly right its the same with Grenfell they could have easily spent far less refurbing the place rather then knock it down whihc costs alot more to rebiuld
fred durst .. difference between West Hendon + all other London council estates is that Grenfell was set on fire with a big loss of residents that died in the burning Tower. It is being touted by media/council that 72 residents died but in truth the number was 300-400 ...... In the early days following the catastrophic fire, firemens reports on finding dead people was 200 on about the lower half of the Tower 😡😭😡😭😡😭😡😭
Unfortunately this happens everywhere. I'm originally from Berlin...same fucking story. I've been living in L.A. for the past 10 years and its the same over here as well...
I grew up on this estate. Heart breaking watching this
So let me get this straight, they're building new buildings selling/renting for more then the people who live there can afford. And just kicking them out with less payback for their properties. This is so sad the rich once again screw the have-nots.
They mostly will be renting (non secured tenent). They're getting some money for this and they should be happy. But they can whine on TV in the hope they get way more.
I hardly think homeowners are the "have-nots"
@@garyfrench6536who “mostly will be renting” ? and why does that make any difference to the people shown who bought their properties decades ago and are being offered nowhere near enough to, even if they wanted to, buy one of the proposed new homes? I take it then that you have put yourself, momentarily, in their shoes and that your home is to be demolished with you receiving no where near enough to purchase like for like…you’d be perfectly happy, grateful even, to receive what they’re being offered? Hmmmm
@@HaggisMuncher-69-420 ridiculous statement, have you even watched the programme in it’s entirety?
These councillors need to be jailed and their corrupt bank accounts and homes seized. They are lying thieving corrupt criminals and need to treated as such.
Absolutely!
Send them to the 19th century, PENNYLESS. Give them a taste of that Victorian negligence. That is the only fitting punishment.
EXACT SAME AS IRISH ELECTED COUNTY COUNCILLORS SCUM SCUM
It starts with the government it is the same in my country.
Same with our councils in Australia, Political party to start with run them and they all have property developer mates, it’s corruption world wide, disgusting
How can something be called "good for the residents" when the residents who have lived there all along can no longer afford to stay? At the VERY least they deserve a fair, real price for their homes. This is greed, pure and simple. The same thing is happening in cities in my country.
While I certainly don't begrudge the long term tenants being relocated, I do feel that those who choose to purchase their homes, (possibly thinking it would give them a bit more security) have lost out the most. Nobody has offered them a strength swap to the new building.
You guys in England have a queen with a very large palace perhaps every homeless person should move there and kick her royal ass out of her palace and move in.
After all the tax payers of England and other nations have for years supported these parasites.
@@totalrecall8385 Lol 25p a year. £5 in my tax paying lifetime. Give me a break. As buckingham palace is a grade I listed building and it’s owned by the state, the repairs on it would have to be carried out anyway with taxpayers money. Ignorant American, what a surprise.
@@totalrecall8385 Have you ever been to Buckingham Palace? It really isn’t that big - the White House is probably bigger!
@@belladonna9227 You're so right! A 90yr old that's never had a job yet is a billionaire. How did that happen? I don't think Americans are the ignorant ones here..
@@Serf_dom you cretinous fuck if you think she didnt have a job, what a plank. shes done more for this country than your slime will ever. go fuck yourself. love, the uk.
This upset me watching this. Such lovely people treated like s#=t by the b@@@@@d council. I wish them all luck and happiness.
At 51 mins I’m in tears... horrific. No secure retirement for them 😢 SHAFTED!
My heart goes out to them all...
I grew up in the deep countryside where community spirit is high and everyone helps one another. When thinking of London I assumed it was quite a hostile and lonely place to be. However, after watching this and seeing everyone pulling together, it’s just like home. These little communities are like a village and I can only imagine how painful it is having that ripped away from you and having no control over it. This film has opened my eyes and taught me an awful lot. I’m heartbroken for all involved here. I hope happiness has come back into their lives in their new homes and surroundings.
Not necessarily...there are some small communities in London with people who actually look after each other...and its lovely and refreshing to see in this day and age
It only is like this in communities where white people still exist.
Am so sad to see this as all have to look for new places to go as I grew up there myself
Look at all the kickback politicians laughing during the meetings I would think that would be a sign as to what they think to the residence
That was their way of disrespecting them without saying anything,says a lot about the empathy they have as human beings.Each and everyone that laughed should take a long hard look at themselves.
I grew up on this estate from birth to 18. It was lovely, we had places to play & be real kids, making dens, going in water, canoeing, running from 1 side of estate to the other. Many of us had family there, we had community. Most people worked. That's what these were for, affordable homes for working class. We grew up appreciating nature. We had community centre & Marquin, parties & fetes. It's all been stolen.....
Now the remaining tenants who were put into Bullfinch are surrounded by busy roads, where are the kids to go?
That councillor was criminal.
One of the heart breaking moments was seeing Cindy in her new place looking utterly destroyed 😥
Do you ever consider the other side of the story ? The developers have homes and families too, considerably bigger houses too & they take heating & maintenance of tennis courts etc
@@senecaknowledge2274 i hear that but all some of these people were asking for is a fair deal which I don't think they got. Not against people being successful and making profit but not trampling over people to get it
@@juliet7703 You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, collateral damage.
I don’t know why? She’s in a brand new flat
@@LemonspongesBecause she’s lost her community.
Unfortunately this is happening all across London. They just want it to be a playground for the rich, forgetting that working class people are the foundation on which this country was built.
in 5 years this place will be ænother millíonaies row...the working class re being stiffed and we sit and täke it..next the nhs privatized...mark my words.
pearl harbour fucking hell, you can read the future
@11.35 minutes.
''A duty to house the tenants that were there before 2002. They (The Council), are building them a separate block away from the water''. I call that Social Cleansing!!!
Z
What angers me is that the buildings are being made for the private sector and that they dont care about the previous tenants
Makes you wonder if Glenfell towers was an accident!
it was started by a faulty fridge
Plus the council were at fault for buying cheap non fire resistant materials which otherwise could of prevented the fire..
Hervey Bay Rubbish Removal ... very true .... Even the numbers that died being touted by media/council are lies. 72 has been touted but firemens reports on finding bodies were 200 in the lower half of Grenfell Tower a couple or so days after the fire .. The numbers are meant to be 300-400 .. Re fire deliberately being started were very dubious. It is meant to have been a faulty fridge with the tenant just upping and leaving without putting the fire out or phoning 999 never to be seen again, interviewed, or held accountable !?!???? This all seems to me to be very dodgy so I too would ask if this was an accident ..
@@cosm1cstar 72 know habitants. Flats like these are full of people subletting and overcrowding.
@@Adam-jf6gs Plus Celotex, Kingspan and Arconic were aware the product was missold for flats over 18 metres and fire tests were rigged to pass.
This is what a happening to me at the moment, The place I've grown up in is getting knocked down , This means I have to move out somewhere different. The place I've called home for last 26 years is going 😢
Same thing any time, anywhere : The oppressors oppressing the oppressed!
UN's Agenda 21 in full flow
Jim lastname Look at what they’ve done to you! Relax no need for all that, he’s right and this is happening to most of us so instead of doing what you did, chill and remember we are on the same side!!
i have no idea why the state should have the right to be able to legally steal someones home from them when they have bought and paid for it. If you went to a car dealership, bought a car, took it home, paid for the insurance, the tax disk. MOT, put petrol in the tank and a few days later someone from the car dealership shows up and says, Excuse me, the car you bought from us, you own the car but we own the engine. Someone has offered to take your car, tear it apart and turn it from a vuxhall into a bentley, we want the car back and we will pay you half of what you paid for it and if you do not accept our offer the authorities will come in and take it from you against your will. Sounds outrageous right? These people have bought their homes, put who knows how much money and time into decorating them, paid bills for years to keep them running only to have Barnet Council sell the land out from underneath them to developers, force them out of homes that are legally and rightfully theirs and pay them a small fraction of what they are actually worth. Seriously something needs to change in the UK.
The smile and shifty eyes of that councilman, even he KNOWS hes lying. Something says hes lined his pockets.
Heartbreaking stories with really nice background music, thanks for posting
The poor thinking they would win or have rights, this is not a documentary, it's a tragic comedy.
I hope the remaining buildings get saved. It reminds me of over here in Liverpool, we had a lovely estate in an area called Old Swan. Unlike in this film the residents did not speak up. So eventually they all got sold to a developer and torn down for a Tesco
the queens palace is a lot older than these apartments,but they dont kick her out,and say,well it cost to much for up-keep..so its all getting demolished..in the name of progress!
ditto its happened numerous times in Manchester too starting in the blair era and still continuing to this day..nearly all the council estates within a couple of miles radius of the city centre have been demolished and replaced with luxury apartments and townhouses!
Brilliantly done, and grace and peace upon all residents participating.
For some, the illusion that council housing is 'your house' and for others the illusion that owning property on land you don't own is 'secure'. Life is tough, learn as much as you can. Lady at 39:00 nails it though - Council had a duty of care to plan for EVERY residents next location BEFORE handing over the land for nix 3 quid
Nothing new here.
Same thing happened to my family and others
when Barnet Council redeveloped Belle View Rd
Promising that we would all be offered a new flat
when it would be completed.
We never were
Its all about money they don’t give a toss about people
cradleygirl exactly, doesn’t matter who or what you are, if you don’t have the money, you have no rights! Sad and disgusting!
Perfect example of Dudley council
These new developments usually end up being student accommodation or expensive/unaffordable apartments. I'm glad this group is standing in the way of stopping these upper class folks moving in.
They do this in York. Nothing for locals but always plenty of room for new build student studios and elite plush apartments that few can afford.
Why are those monsters in the courtroom laughing? When I saw them do that, the word strangulation came to mind.
Those cnuts need a punch on the jaw and that old fck of the head of the council
I lived in Vancouver for a number of years, the exact same thing is happening their, the poor are being pushed out to the burbs because rich Chinese and Russians can spend ten million on an apartment they never live in. I grew up on a council estate in England when they still existed, decent homes for people who did the work the rich won’t do but now they don’t matter, it’s all about the money. It’s why I’m glad I live in Austria now where social housing is thought of as essential as there are jobs that are not well paid but the people deserve a decent home. The UK is going the same way as North America, sod the poor, support the middle class and Uber rich and that’s all that matters.
Its a joke. The uk has held power in ways that other countries can only dream of but unfortunately that was used to raise fools who prioritise money.
A huge problem caused by pushing lower income families out to the suburbs is the strain it puts on city businesses. All the lovely restaurants and hotels….who staffs them? A hotel cleaner can’t afford to live in the city they work in, and if they are moved far away, getting to work is pretty impossible. This is happening in Nashville right now. Our rents are sky high, and our public transportation system is not very robust..
This does not only happen in the UK, it's happening everywhere in Europe.....in The Netherlands (were I live), in the city, they ripping down council houses one after the other and what do they build in return? Expensive housing for the very few rich!! And when it's still meant to be for the poorest; you can't afford it! It's a shame but it does happen in other countries too.....it seems to be the future I'm afraid..........
It's all about money ,
eventually they will come for private property aswell
It’s odd really watching this was so depressing and for some reason made me think of Glenfield flats made me think maybe just maybe it was not an accident?
Pooperscooper Pooperscooper .. It was Grenfell .. and I too am very suspicious as to how the fire started. It is said that a fridge caught fire and the tenant apparently didn't try to put fire out or call 999 for the fire brigade. He is meant to have told a neighbour then upped and left !!????? To this day this man has not been interviewed, not held accountable and apparently not been found ????!!!!
Pooper Scooper Why catch a building on fire when they can just throw the people out like rubbish ?? I think it was a tragic accident
This is so unbelievably shocking!! I feel so bad for these people!
Speculative real estate market based on greed. Everyone has to understand causes of homeless and mentally ill, unemployment and widening gap between the rich including politicians and the poor are caused by greed and evilness of have's. Their wealth is built at the cost of these people who have been exploited.
My nan's in this vid No joke she's cindy
Your nan is still pretty.
Tracey Tracy Dawson she looks lovely
Marilyn Willett she is
Wisepersonsay Very well said. Damn right!
Rep: About 4/5 have eviction contracts.
Council Leader: Are you winning?
Rep: We are, about 8 left.
Council Leader: Are they trouble?
Rep: A couple.
(realize they’re being filmed)
Council Leader: Oh, look at that hill over there.
Hilarity.
That statement said all you needed to know. Utterly disgusting
哇贏啊
Well just showed them for their greedy selves
Leave the people there alone.
This makes me sad and then looking at these smug developers ...make me MAD. :(
London is no longer a option for the poorer class ....sadly the government know this and its all part n parcel of the bigger plan. Divide the population.. Very sad. I was in a temporary accommodation ...fought for 9 years to make it my permanent home. Don't ever give up!
It's such a strange mentality because London, like any other place, still requires low-paid workers. Baristas, waiters, road sweepers, cleaners, delivery drivers, bus drivers, supermarket staff, bricklayers - they all need somewhere to live.
London not only squeezes out the low-waged, but even the median income bracket. £30,000 where I live will be above the local average salary and allow you to comfortably buy a three-bedroom house.
In London it would eat up a huge bulk of your disposable income in rent alone, leaving you unable to save up anything while at the same time being ineligible for council housing (which is, in any case, dwindling and has waiting list longer than my arm).
Only the rich and the socially housed can afford to live in London. In 20 years the withering away of those in between will be ever more noticeable. And as this documentary shows, even the socially housed aren't as home-secure as they might've thought they were.
Like NYC was going. After BLM riots people are leaving and not coming back.
@@elgee6202same as York now. Mostly min wage jobs yet the people doing that work can’t afford to live there. Being priced out by elite apartments that locals clearly couldn’t afford on the wages paid.
If theres one thing you learn in this life it is to be flexible
Always the little people getting messed about.
Thank you for your video about Hendon estate . When i come through i think of the tenants as where i live in Childs Hill there is development going on. Im in a tower block since the 80s
I worked in Tower Hamlets. I remember much better treatment for leaseholders/freeholders. There was a choice. You could be rehoused and only get a small amount of money or you could take your money and buy somewhere else. I have to say quite a few people moved to Essex to be near their sons and daughters. The ones that stayed were rehoused.
Denise G- Hill
All that greenery going and being replaced with bricks and the prices for the luxury ones with a view how expensive are there great documentary it is what it aims now a new world for many people
Heartbreaking to own your home then be forced to see at a rate far below market value. Losing friends and family .
I forgot to add that people who were moved in after the decant date were all on assured shorthold tenancies remaining on the waiting list. So properties were used as temporary accommodation.
The bottom line for every council is maximising profit. The profit does not come from affordable housing but from private sales. No amount of opposition will change that. It's not about people it's about profit.
No problem with them knocking down and redeveloping run down estates to put new housing up, but the current tenants should be given a home in the new blocks on the same terms as they had before- and the extra new homes should be for first time buyers and families, not property investors.
If only.
An utter disgrace. And I say this as someone firmly on the Right of politics. The legislation on compulsory purchase orders needs to be comprehensively revised and the circumstances in which they're allowed to take place restricted.
Where they have to happen, homeowners should be compensated with the market price plus 25% for the inconvenience. Social tenants should all - no exceptions - have to be rehoused in a like-for-like home with the same terms and type of tenancy.
What seems absolutely absurd is that there are far worse condition estates all across the UK. Council housing in genuinely really awful condition that actually does need to be removed and replaced. This estate looks like it was in actually quite acceptable condition and in no need to be replaced.
How can people afford these types of properties nobody can
And yet, all of the private purchase ones available in that one building sold in a day.
They won't, it's all second homes for the Chinese and Indian elites.
Roman Bukins .. very true Roman .. I watched a property programme the other night where developers went to Hong Kong looking for buyers for property here in London that wasn't even in the building stages yet !!!!!!!!!. The rich Chinese have been buying up London properties, leaving them vacant for investment purposes. The Heygate Estate Elephant & Castle. 1600 flats all tenants forcibly evicted by Southwark council for "regeneration purposes" bought by an Australian Development company called Lend Lease, tarted up and every single flat sold to foreign investors. For a long while the whole estate was left empty for investment purposes. The estate next door the Aylsbury Estate, much much bigger than Heygate has now also been sold off to property developers. Lend Lease is buying up, I heard that after Heygate Lend Lease were looking at North London Estates in Haringey !!??!!?? ... No one who lives on any London council estate is safe now from council sell offs, developers, foreign investors etc etc that's the truth of today ..... In total to date, 6 London council estates have now been sold off to private developers, all tenants forcibly evicted 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 ....
They keep up 1000yr old estates for the royals but 70yr old flats for the poor, tear them down
Social cleansing.
You are so right. I can't believe people don't see this. The people of England can't even rise up above their government - because they let them have their guns. This is happening all over the world. In the U.S.A. it is "Imminent Domain".
The torie way
I wonder who caused the grenfell tower fire and who let it burn !!
a guy with an old faulty fridge.....and nobody let it burn....you moron...did you not see the teams of firefighters than went in when everyone else was running out to rescue people.......
The council and the government were at fault for picking cheap non fire resistant materials which otherwise could of prevented the fire..
Sam da Silva .. the man with the faulty fridge disappeared without trying to stop the fridge burning or even calling 999. He told his neighbours and did a runner. To this day he has not been found, interviewed or questioned ... This is the same as the paltry numbers that have been touted by media and the council. 72 were touted as dead but in the first couple of days the firemen were saying that 200 bodies were found in the first half of the building. The true number has been stated by the fire brigade, who incidentally have been made to keep quiet, is 400 dead .....
@@cosm1cstar Humans have accidents. Cheap flammable cladding applied with gaps ( chimney for fire) so fire slread quickly. Mis-sold by lying cladding companies Celotex Greenspan Arconic, baddly applied, poor project decisions by lKensington and Chelsea and poorly written building regulations.
@@cosm1cstar BBC did good piece on youtube where they followed up on rumours of number of dead. If 400 why weren't people askung about extra missing people? Could be slightly more than 80 but not enough evidence for 400 missing even if people were illegal migrants.
Money talks eh. "Everyone has a right to a beautiful home", yes, for the rich like yourself only.
Yes, for those of us who worked hard, we do deserve the best.
It is Right wing run government and councils that are doing this to the poor people. London is not the old London it used to be.
It has become heartless city. A grey city only for the rich. Talk about cleansing process. That's what they've done.
Shame.
I feel so soas and sorry for these poor lovely people. As for that smug faced slimey councillor.....
He's dead behind the eyes, not an ounce of humanity in him!
Heartbreaking
I was an Ambulance Man in Mill Hill and went to Hendon and the welsh Harp many times in the 80s and 90s. Sad to see what happened.
I wonder how much the developers have paid these so called council leaders....back handlers to the main councillors.
History repeating itself.
I lived in Pollard Road, one of the streets that were demolished to make way for the West Hendon Estate.
We were moved to Longford Court, Brent Street. Our flat was on the 9th floor.
We had a bathroom instead of the tin bath that was kept in the garden and brought in on Sunday evenings.
At the time, my parents felt it a positive move, we had much better living conditions...Central heating for a start and we had fitted carpets throughout from Cyril Lord!
Now I belive it was a mistake to demolish the housing stock and relocate so many families.
Everything from Cool Oak Lane to the Silk Stream bridge went.
I have very fond memories of my childhood in Pollard Road...Happy days.
Same thing happening in NYC ( Manhattan) they want the poor out .
The buildings are grotty down there, they need replacing. That guy may as well have said, The people down there are grotty, they need replacing.
Unbelievable.
The council should give residents like for like...for the trouble of evicting them.. after all theu want the land..
The biggest problem is that people think that council or government care...THEY DONT...
Greed is the worst trait of humanity. It's the cause of all misery, I'm convinced. And sociopathic politicians.
I don't understand being able to take someone's family home from them and toss them out in the street, or make them sell for a fraction of what it's worth. It's absolutely criminal.
May they burn in hell
So sad! Council sold the community out. Money was all they cared about. Oh wait they sold it for $3.00! Thanks for posting.
Right, so not only are you all being forcibly removed from your community and homes. You are not even being offered adequate compensation for having to give up your home to purchase something similar in the local area? Oh yes, councils at work here. Whenever they appear in public they should be forced to don burglar masks so they at least look the part. This is legalised theft, pure and simple.
Alot of people on here are making it sound like they think this is problem confined to Britain, it is not. This is anywhere politicians do something 'for the good of the people', whenever that phrase is heard you can bet its the exact opposite that will be the end result.
Shaun Mccaughan The second part of the comment is true, but there are varying degrees of “selling out” the social housing stock. Spain has a much larger problem in this area, with social housing being sold off in order to be “enhanced” by private developers who then sell them for their profit, all the while the actual supply is not improved in the least. From this documentary, it seems the UK is not far, but these are the “worst” examples is social housing management in Europe.
heartless very heartless and souless people 😡
sad sad but the free ride has to end at some time
Debbie Marlow what free ride Debbie? These are human beings who live in the fifth richest countries in the world and look at the way the governments and councils treat the poor people. These people are not getting a free ride at all 'they are being pushed out in favour of the middle classes. Money still talks loudest in the country that calls itself great. Where is your empathy Debbie?
Where d'ya live Jen C? ..cos i was involved in the fight to save West Hendon estate. And i live on another estate. I cant afford a mortgage..how can I? This house would cost me £410,000 its in a terrible condition and its only 2 bedrooms. Ive tried living outside London but the people just wont accept Londoners -somehow, being close to government means you are as guilty....So if you live some where this doesnt happen..please tell me cos there are a lot of us needing to get out.
LeeTubular I may well be taking you up on that. It gets much worse here, ill have no choice. Im hearing of Londoners getting attacked..as if Westminster ask us what to do! Ha! That would be some hope!
Debbie Marlow Free ride? With the developers paying just 3 pound for the land, who exactly is getting the free ride?
Does shared equity also mean shared real estate taxes and insurances? Does it mean shared repair costs?
I can see a trap later for the heirs in that the co-owner controls the price on a sale. It would be even worse if they are the only ones allowed to buy the other owner out.
Shared ownership is a con - you (the proportions vary but for example) buy half, rent half - but have the privilege of paying for 100% of the repairs! The developers love it!
As well if you default on the rent for more than 2 months you can lose your home. Shared ownership is ok if you’re a trainee professional and know your salary will go up to buy the rest out. Otherwise it’s just glorified renting.
Half a million,but look how poor the brickwork is!!!
adam hagerty These will look the same as the originals in 40 years time !!
I happily came to Canada to get away from this.
I did too!
13.00 ...😂😂😂 old lady reminiscing about days when she used to bask in the park in a 👙!!
Nostalgia.Com°°°°
There is more to this story and important facts are being omitted. The property became run down because monies were not set aside for upkeep and repair of the common areas. That cost is the responsibility of the owners through assessments based on the size of your flat and that was clearly being underfunded.
Through neglect the value of the property suffered and could not be saved. At that point the value of the units were diminished greatly. Look at the Barbican housing complex and those units are expensive because a lot of money is charged for the unit + common area maintenance.
Where I live in the U.S. the condominiums were built in a hurry with cheap materials. Everything in the unit breaks and needs to be be fixed by shelling out more money. The screens are very hard to get off the window. The grime that builds up on the sliding door has broken the tiny rollers on the sliding screen. Each little thing costs so much more to repair or update.
Yep sounds like the same situation in UK.
This estate looks like it was nice at one time. How much of the state of disrepair was caused by the council ignoring and deferring maintenance?
I don't understand this. This is England, yes? There are functional inhabited buildings that are hundreds and hundreds of years old but they can't maintain buildings put up in the 60s?
Yeah... okay.
zammmerjammer depends on the build quality...how well designed and built and the quality of materials used. These buildings from the sixties look like huge concrete cinder blocks; that is cheap and easy to build housing on a mass scale...not exactly quality or built to last...this development is in a nice location close to nature...private real estate; except in rare and unusual circumstances will go to the highest bidder. If these people do not own the homes they live in; they are vulnerable to the wishes of those that do own the property and it is basic property rights for the owner of a property owner to choose to sell or not to sell, as they please.
Couple things - these buildings from the 60s were cheaply built, quick jobs, cheap products, immediate profit and were not income generating. Contrast that with buildings that are centuries old, built to last, and are currently maintained by the owners or entities that profit off them.
yes..and what is your point???
ementormike well even something cheap can go on almost for ever if proper maintenance is done to it. If you don't then it slowly goes down hill till it's beyond savings. It's the councils fault for not approving proper maintenance to keep it from falling apart.
It smells like England and UK in general has been under occupation since WWII and a slow takeover has been going on ever since.
they should all be given one of the new flats. "it's grotty down there" well dip your hands in to the council coffers and spend some money sprucing it up
It's just simple math, the U.K. has opened it's borders, 140,000 a year move into London just from E.U. alone, London needs to build, that' means tiring down the old and debilitated and making room for more smaller and compact units.
Richie which is the laughable thing now, because of Britain is leaving the EU everyone is moving out and London will no longer be the financial hub of the EU.. Karma is a %%itch..
PUBLIC LAND SOLD TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AND FOR 3 POUNDS.
I wish trees bled, then maybe people wouldn't be so eager to cut them down.🪓
How do they get away with this decade after decade. If you have purchased something then it is yours by law, how can they get away with daylight robbery? Shameful...
Sarah Reid it's all due to a tear enducing succession of sham governments who all one way or another helped to create the insecurity which is making these poor people's lives an utter misery.. It is situations like this that enrages
many people.
Me included...
The truth is that you don't "own" your home. You got a mortgage and you're paying it and you have a piece of paper that says you "own" the home, but if the city or county wants to do something with the land that your home is on (build a highway, for example), you'll be offered a sum of money for your property and if you don't accept it then the home will simply be expropriated. Likewise, if gold or coal or oil is found on your property, you'll be offered a buy-out which, again, if you don't accept it, the property will simply be expropriated by the authorities and you'll have to walk away. You "own" your home UNTIL the city or county want that piece of land for something, then you become nothing but a number to them.
It is nothing but 'Theft' and no different than if a burglar emptied your house and got away with it. Swindlers....
because its part of the UN's Agenda 21
This was a great video..but also very upsetting...very sad..hopefully jo is ok...
i have to admit though....at the beginning i saw the building that was built 40 years ago and i thought the place looked dumpy
Leave their homes, and go where, exactly? Oh, sorry, they haven't thought about that!
More people in America need to start doing this...median incomes of around 35k and all the houses upwards of 250k...and it's always the same story...well the Californian will buy it or the New Yorkers aor so on and mean while the life long dwellers are priced out of buying and the forced out as rents rise...people need to rise up against having their homes stolen by greedy builders and outsiders willing to pay unreasonable prices!
I would like an update on these people and how their lives are now . For the government to tell you that you aren’t going to own your own home and to be happy about it makes me sick !
A great documentary and I agree with the residents. However, what people living in any government sponsored housing (or even private landlord owned rentals) should understand is that the game (the terms of your living) can change at any point in time and there isn't much you can do about it. Your homes? Well they're really not 'your homes'. They're either owned by the government or private developers. The best you can do is save as much as you can and prepare to move should the need arise. I agree that the developers should be challenged - $12M worth of land for $3? Yes, something shady happened there
Social Housing: Housing provided for people on low incomes or with particular needs by government agencies or non-profit organizations. She has had 45 years of Social Housing, yet, the Government is ripping her off, the property is being stolen from them. Long-term Assistance Can Be Disabling, Crippling.
Sylvia Alexander Yes exactly. So sad most of these dear people don’t realize it. Socialism does not work. England’s soul is gone.
@ Sylvia Alexander, so she has to be grateful and just shuffle off quietly - cap doffed of course in deference to the rich and powerful. The lady I think you are referring to had actually bought the leasehold to her flat.
Ok, say there was no council houses... Where the hell would I live then? Because what you had before is 5+ families CRAMMED in one apartment. Fancy that elitist shill?
@Shannon Gasparatto
I agree with you mostly but we can't get rid of the working class since at the end of the day someone has to work the chip shop and drive the bus. But we can make it more comfortable. And I am not talking about free continental trips, a house be it a tudor mansion or a post war prefab: is home.
Great 👍 show 👏
There is one simple solution that could work if greed wouldnt stand in the way. Offer all residents flats in new builds. And thats how it should be.
Is there any place for us poor people to go. London was made by poor people.
They knocked it down for the rich to buy the flats. Not for the unemployed.
The word is if you’re poor and live in London your moving to the midlands (Birmingham Wolverhampton) No more poor in London
Father Rob Well, London is a flashy whore up for sale to the biggest bidder ay ?
I don't understand some of the financial and ownership issues:
These people bought these homes, maisonettes, flats. They are now being evicted by the council. How is that legal?
Are they being offered reimbursement for the properties they bought?
Does the council own the buildings in their entirety? What about the people that bought these properties, what do they own?
Anyhow, this is so disgusting. How can these people just be thrown out?
this happened in the east end...and communities disappeared...they will edge everyone out except the rich eventualy ..i lived there for 17 ys and it was a rich diversity of culture..albut that was 39 yrs ago...but already the rot was setting in