Why ‘no win, no fee’ solicitors are taking on councils over social housing

Council tenants in England whose homes are plagued by leaking roofs, subsidence, damp and mould are turning to legal firms for help.
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We’ve been investigating these disrepair claims.
There’s 4 million estimated social homes in England.
They’re getting old - many of built in the mid 20th century - and as councils struggle to keep up with repairs, ‘no-claims’ solicitors have been getting involved.
Freedom of Information data obtained by Channel 4 News from 50 English Councils, shows since 2020, nearly 17 thousand legal claims have been made by social tenants, through solicitors, against their council because of the conditions they’re living in.
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  • @user-fd5qx9hr6q
    @user-fd5qx9hr6q15 күн бұрын

    true, if councils did their jobs properly in the first place they wouldn't be moaning about opportunistic lawyers pouncing on them.

  • @shukriiii
    @shukriiii15 күн бұрын

    Living in england sounds like a death wish

  • @geraldcochlan676

    @geraldcochlan676

    14 күн бұрын

    Hard to feel sorry for a country that has voted Tory for the last 14 years. What did they expect?

  • @h0td0gwater

    @h0td0gwater

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@@geraldcochlan676aw thanks man, we clearly all wanted them🙄🙄

  • @Age_Of_Aquarius84

    @Age_Of_Aquarius84

    13 күн бұрын

    Living anywhere is tough right now. The world is changing and its not for the better.

  • @derekwhite2929

    @derekwhite2929

    12 күн бұрын

    With the dark narcissistic not to mention necrophilic torturies holding the reigns for decades it's more likely a death sentence; regardless of whatever you wish for. The victims of the infected blood scandal for example were sold the lie of an inquiry leading to justice, it'll soon be publishing the results of how massive a deceptive distortion that idea was/is!

  • @QueenBoudicca125
    @QueenBoudicca12514 күн бұрын

    It's not just councils, it's private landlords too. They don't want to spend the money on the upkeep of the properties.

  • @ryantate6447

    @ryantate6447

    14 күн бұрын

    If everyone just owned there own property

  • @Age_Of_Aquarius84

    @Age_Of_Aquarius84

    13 күн бұрын

    ​@ryantate6447 not a reality for many given today's over inflated housing market

  • @Whatif623

    @Whatif623

    13 күн бұрын

    I looked at renting a flat. 750 pounds a month private. On first glance I could see what a state the plaster was on the walls. The price is bad enough. It's disgusting that they're able to get away with it.

  • @Whatif623

    @Whatif623

    13 күн бұрын

    I wonder why​@@Age_Of_Aquarius84

  • @ryantate6447

    @ryantate6447

    13 күн бұрын

    @@Age_Of_Aquarius84 comes down to people circumstances and choices

  • @sonyse2t5
    @sonyse2t515 күн бұрын

    Councils are a disgrace....😮 The money they get from government and local tax where does it go? CEO fat cat salaries! Sue them😮

  • @felixarbable

    @felixarbable

    14 күн бұрын

    goverment used to own stuff, then it privitised everything. now it needs to rent everything including social housing. theres a layer of profit that never exsisted before. hence more council tax for less services and landlords ETC pocket the difference

  • @lisas8233

    @lisas8233

    14 күн бұрын

    And national government has strangled the funds that go to local governments. Blame Westminster.

  • @onx99

    @onx99

    13 күн бұрын

    The Tory government has been giving less and less moeny to Labour councils to make them look worse, there a lot of news about it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKuls9irodjUoJs.html

  • @Nellia.20x
    @Nellia.20x15 күн бұрын

    This is appalling the councils have the money to spend on building new roads but not on houses 😠

  • @aden1337

    @aden1337

    15 күн бұрын

    And cycle lanes

  • @h0td0gwater

    @h0td0gwater

    14 күн бұрын

    Your council can build new roads?! My council is bankrupt😂

  • @Nellia.20x

    @Nellia.20x

    13 күн бұрын

    @@h0td0gwater what council is that?

  • @patrickfegerline

    @patrickfegerline

    10 күн бұрын

    It’s capitalism welcome

  • @marcus.H

    @marcus.H

    9 күн бұрын

    @@patrickfegerline how is government spending capitalism?

  • @reachandler3655
    @reachandler365510 күн бұрын

    As a former council tenant, it's no surprise to me that people are resorting to involving lawyers to get repairs carried out.

  • @CherryTree186
    @CherryTree18614 күн бұрын

    Don't we all want a free house 🙄

  • @R2D2C3POSKYWALKER
    @R2D2C3POSKYWALKER14 күн бұрын

    I worked with the council, and I have seen how corrupt they are. Here is what I suspect, and it should be investigated. They send their contractors to repair the work, but they never inspect the work the contractor completes. They even know the contractors are charging extremely high prices for a repair job, for example, replacing a vintage tap with a cheap £20 one, which works for a few months but charges over £150 for it and then the cost of labour etc etc. Councils pay high prices for simple jobs which could have been done properly at a much cheaper price. I suspect the staff will take a cut from the contractors. If you raise the issues of corrupt contractors, you are suppressed. Even the contractor labourers say they know the job they are instructed to do is shoddy, but that's what they were instructed. It's like syndicates where everyone makes money on the cost of the tenants. They particularly target single mums and older tenants. It's good that the wolfs are after them.

  • @RachelCollins-bw3ld

    @RachelCollins-bw3ld

    14 күн бұрын

    I suspect you are right. Thankyou for raising your suspicions. I live in a council house. My boiler has been condemned. It would cost £150 in parts to repair, which I have offered to pay for myself. However, my council landlord and the heating contractors are insisting I have a whole new electric system fitted, at a cost of thousands. I've been without heating since January as I just want the £150 repair done on my boiler. I'm a council tax payer. I'm trying to save the council money! But, unfortunately, it seems I'm not allowed and the heating contractors will get the big job of a complete install as I cannot get permission to pay a local company to do the repair. My new roof also leaks and directs rainwater into the wall cavity so the internal kitchen wall is permanently wet. There was no inspection of my roof after the contractors got their money. My old roof didn't leak. I try to do most repairs myself because the contractors are awful but the roof and boiler I'm unable to do.

  • @patrickfegerline

    @patrickfegerline

    10 күн бұрын

    @@RachelCollins-bw3ldno win no fee go for it

  • @Frederique41
    @Frederique4115 күн бұрын

    So why private landlords get away with it?

  • @stuartwilson1190

    @stuartwilson1190

    14 күн бұрын

    Because most people have no where to turn so they can get away with it Because there will always be someone else

  • @CCOMAT

    @CCOMAT

    14 күн бұрын

    Because what they do is evict the tenant has soon as they make the complaint. You have to give landlord reasonable time to fix it, which means that you can't sue until atleast 3-6 months is given. So to bridge this gap they evict you, remarket the property and the cycle continues.

  • @patrickfegerline

    @patrickfegerline

    10 күн бұрын

    Money talks don’t thank me

  • @TheSuperPsychoKiller

    @TheSuperPsychoKiller

    3 күн бұрын

    Because landlords are MPs.

  • @XxTheAwokenOnexX
    @XxTheAwokenOnexX15 күн бұрын

    It's about time no win no fee solicitors held councils to account 👊

  • @Jonnyicey

    @Jonnyicey

    14 күн бұрын

    It's about time solicitors get replaced by AI so they stop bleeding the system of money

  • @LauraSnow-in3nx
    @LauraSnow-in3nx14 күн бұрын

    It breaks my heart for these little children because they’re being brought into a situation. That’s just so sad. I refuse to have children for this exact reason

  • @ripeager9338

    @ripeager9338

    13 күн бұрын

    But how does this situation affect your cats?

  • @kojo1959
    @kojo195911 күн бұрын

    It’s the height of a chutzpah that these councils are bemoaning the fact that a lot of the tenants make a claim. They forget the destruction caused by the mould and damp to the health and personal properties of the tenants.

  • @marcoose777
    @marcoose77715 күн бұрын

    Lawyers are obviously fine upstanding citizens who are deeply offended by the social injustice (or they're ambulance chasers), but without the threat of legal consequences nothing changes. Those legal letters that resolve inaction from rogue housing authorities, how much are they and who pays?

  • @colinsace1
    @colinsace113 күн бұрын

    I had a damp infested bathroom and the tub was corroded I’ve been reporting it for years… But recently they come out had a look and ripped the whole lot out and started again treated all the damp and now it looks like a completely different room! No damp , no mould , no smells and it’s all because of reports like this one that it finally got done they also fitted all new attic insulation and treated the mould by the front door so I can now finally carpet and paint my hallway after 10 years 🎉😊

  • @sturmgewehr449

    @sturmgewehr449

    11 күн бұрын

    are you renting and/or living in council housing?

  • @colinsace1

    @colinsace1

    8 күн бұрын

    @@sturmgewehr449 housing association renting

  • @larsthorwald3338
    @larsthorwald333815 күн бұрын

    Don't take up hobbies you can't afford...including parenthood.

  • @Jonnyicey

    @Jonnyicey

    14 күн бұрын

    The reason why we have so much immigration is because people can't afford to have kids. I would prefer to support families and have less immigration but maybe that's just me.

  • @lisas8233

    @lisas8233

    14 күн бұрын

    Or being a landlord, more relevantly.

  • @user-gj7ew2sm5u
    @user-gj7ew2sm5u15 күн бұрын

    That's why M Thatcher had them sold as councils couldn't afford to repair them . Many sold at that time we're in dreadful state.

  • @arcan762
    @arcan76215 күн бұрын

    Where's the dad?

  • @peterwickett9088

    @peterwickett9088

    14 күн бұрын

    🏃💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨

  • @CherryTree186

    @CherryTree186

    10 күн бұрын

    Changed gender, pregnant or dead.. God knows

  • @ddt6003
    @ddt600314 күн бұрын

    councils are kind of like a dollar store employees, criminally underfund by the overhead yet expect to perform all the duties, with the saving grace coming from volunarteers at times to ease their loads

  • @gorgu08
    @gorgu0811 күн бұрын

    Easy way to avoid litigation is to keep properties livable

  • @fernandopestana3383
    @fernandopestana338314 күн бұрын

    This is ridiculous, get rid of the overpaid staff and maintain homes properly. The councils and Nhs in the uk have plenty of money but they waste it!

  • @MacrobianNomad

    @MacrobianNomad

    14 күн бұрын

    Honestly this isn’t talked about enough, the amount of useless middle management positions in councils and the NHS is ridiculous. Some made up apparatchik positions that only exist to make decision making longer while receiving £25k+ a year!

  • @fernandopestana3383

    @fernandopestana3383

    14 күн бұрын

    @@MacrobianNomad I'm in London and a basic job pays over £25,000, these fat cat management are on over £70,000 plus!

  • @HakzKhan
    @HakzKhan15 күн бұрын

    If we brought our own house then we had to fix it ourselves

  • @patrickfegerline

    @patrickfegerline

    10 күн бұрын

    If you can afford house I bet you can afford refurbishment

  • @marcus.H

    @marcus.H

    9 күн бұрын

    I fixed my mum's council house when stuff broke. They don't forbid you repairing stuff. They often are willing to help you fix stuff or even do it themselves

  • @scottparker6869
    @scottparker68692 күн бұрын

    It's about time, for the past 2 decades, social housing providers have been ignoring the issues with unsafe housing. If councils think it is a waste of thier money paying legal fees, why not just repair their properties as the need arises, it owudl be much cheaper

  • @toadinthehole8085
    @toadinthehole808514 күн бұрын

    These toilet never have the central heating on and keep the windows closed all the time because they never have the heating on.

  • @bdcalling1391
    @bdcalling139115 күн бұрын

    How does a solicitor retain as a fee?

  • @LewisRhymes
    @LewisRhymes15 күн бұрын

    That floorboard could be fixed for £2, wood and a coule of screws, simple really, the fact that she expects it all to be done for free is astounding! People need to maintain there homes regardless if they own it or not. Common sence and a little pride goes a long way! 😉 Id be more concerned that her child has no carpet or paintes walls, she is absolutely mad to raise a child if she cant run a house!

  • @NorroTaku

    @NorroTaku

    15 күн бұрын

    Rent seeking is the scurge of capitalism Why am I paying a landlord thousands a month if they can't fix a simple hole in the ground

  • @snsn7251

    @snsn7251

    15 күн бұрын

    I have to agree. This is an excellent point.

  • @dongmingzhu666

    @dongmingzhu666

    15 күн бұрын

    Yes, a bit of Gorilla's glue will do. What the heck, she's making a meal of a loose floorboard? Next time she'll ask the council to change her light bulbs!

  • @SuziVlogs

    @SuziVlogs

    15 күн бұрын

    Told not to do it yourself in many cases because it could affect property values or insurance

  • @AnneAlready

    @AnneAlready

    15 күн бұрын

    There must be an agenda behind governments encouraging Poverty Mindset (if I don't have something it's because someone else is not providing it). Once you see how rampant it is you can not unsee it.

  • @markpallister9882
    @markpallister988213 күн бұрын

    These days people think themselves so entitled ...Think yourselves LUCKY to have a roof over your heads......Many have to live WITHOUT SHELTER

  • @patrickfegerline

    @patrickfegerline

    10 күн бұрын

    Agree

  • @Hwgt888

    @Hwgt888

    5 күн бұрын

    Whose fault is that??

  • @stevenchan3822
    @stevenchan382213 күн бұрын

    Tenants have responsibility to take care of the property too

  • @patrickfegerline

    @patrickfegerline

    10 күн бұрын

    To some extent only dude

  • @eattherich9215

    @eattherich9215

    8 күн бұрын

    @stevenchan3822: the problems with leaks, damp and mould is because local authorities have failed to keep the building in good repair.

  • @laurab4868
    @laurab486812 күн бұрын

    The issue here is simple, there are too many people and not enough facilities and services to go around. Regards to camp and mould, there gets to a point where contractors and the council can do no more, because that house needs tearing down and rebuilding, there’s not enough homes due to the housing crisis and so they cannot tear down and rebuild the property because then the tenant has nowhere to go. I don’t think suing the council is the right way forward and it certainly is counterproductive. Councils are already going bankrupt as it is. We need more homes, and more apprenticeships available with attractive wages to train up an in house repairs team for the council.

  • @eattherich9215

    @eattherich9215

    8 күн бұрын

    The current state of dereliction is the result of decades of neglect.

  • @sunandanarayanan7016
    @sunandanarayanan701615 күн бұрын

    Louise can do a lot of her own repairs, she could paint and clean up the mess, sorry have zero sympathy for her, she appears lazy and entitled.

  • @edli323

    @edli323

    15 күн бұрын

    Yes, these are all simple repairs, few screws to fix the floor board and a lick of paint to fix the wall. If she doesn't want to be there then just leave

  • @laurateaho-white9654

    @laurateaho-white9654

    15 күн бұрын

    Does she have permission to make those repairs?

  • @ToxCcc

    @ToxCcc

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@laurateaho-white9654 yes as councils aren't responsible for floor covering eg. Carpet or laminate flooring and not responsible for painting or decorating

  • @peterwickett9088

    @peterwickett9088

    14 күн бұрын

    Lazy AF

  • @laurateaho-white9654

    @laurateaho-white9654

    14 күн бұрын

    @@ToxCcc I thought each council had their own rules when it comes to this sort of stuff.

  • @derby6263
    @derby626313 күн бұрын

    And this goes for housing association properties too. What about the private contractors they use to complete the repairs who are often owned or partly owned by the directors of the housing associations? They charge THOUSANDS for work on properties that should cost only a fraction. So these directors are using their own private companies to complete repairs at inflated prices meaning there's less money for work on other properties. They were sold properties from councils for £1 so they would invest in repairing old housing stock but all they have done is milk the system leaving tenants in homes that aren't fit for purpose.

  • @peterwickett9088
    @peterwickett908814 күн бұрын

    Council should put the tenants rent up to improve property quality ✅ job done 👍

  • @aidenalamo6262
    @aidenalamo626215 күн бұрын

    Council housing like that brings on social service agencies at the door with respect to the children that live in such conditions. I wonder if this video has had people call on the mother of her daughters profiled in this video to social services because of the conditions. Conditions like that here in the states would put a child in care over a neglect reason. Doesn't matter if it was a landlord's responsibility or not. Parents are expected to be perfect to keep social service workers out of their lives.

  • @MP24685
    @MP2468515 күн бұрын

    Ridiculous. Couldn't have put any of your own money into your housing situation no? The mum who's been given a home for greatly reduced price per month vs private renting and a mortgaged property, most of which she probably wont pay herself. Then had a kid in the property even though she spent four years arguing that it wasn't 'up to scratch' and needed fixing. Then brings a legal battle into the mix... Just another little flame to fire that is broken councils...

  • @thebeesnuts777

    @thebeesnuts777

    15 күн бұрын

    You are 100% right, they could easily document 📄 the issues and photograph then fix it themselves then bill the council, it's called helping your community, moaning single mothers that's all I see

  • @MP24685

    @MP24685

    15 күн бұрын

    Or they could just suck up the cost... Maybe out half of the cost... Too much rides on the council to have to fix things, that's why it doesn't get fixed

  • @benshaw5910

    @benshaw5910

    14 күн бұрын

    @@thebeesnuts777 tried that (have photos and videos since 2013) and I was threatened with eviction as you (the tenant) are not allowed to make any alterations or improvements to the property, I offered to pay for the roof but no, not allowed… I’m trying to help my community by stopping Sheffield council from wasting money, my flat isn’t the only one, we’ve had 15 scaffolds up around here in 3 months and it looks like they are going to waste more money by doing the same on them roofs that they did to mine, approx £80-90k wasted on this in 10 years, I’m trying to stop them doing the same on all the other properties around here but it’s hard when everyone involved with the council can’t admit there is a problem and are that pathetic when they do come to fix things, they can’t ✌️

  • @thebeesnuts777

    @thebeesnuts777

    14 күн бұрын

    @@benshaw5910 Major jobs they probably won't but the smaller issues I'm sure they will but yes there is corruption in the council just like the post office scandal , anything connected to the public pot people get greedy , our councilor's are corrupt too many under the table payouts for lucrative contracts

  • @endrefidje5698
    @endrefidje56988 күн бұрын

    The councils in England are going broke due to illegal mass immigration into England. Things might get even worse for these tenants ... 🙄😔

  • @teresawilson3893
    @teresawilson389311 күн бұрын

    The government housing in England is so gross! The attitude is just be thankful you have a roof! And oh ya we raised the property taxes!

  • @DocLanky.
    @DocLanky.15 күн бұрын

    Good. Great in fact.

  • @dondraper2488
    @dondraper248813 күн бұрын

    You think the father would do more around the house….

  • @michaelpyatt831
    @michaelpyatt8316 күн бұрын

    I’ve got an idea, stop giving council chief executives outlandish salaries. Also jail them for reckless endangerment of children ,, councils squander money on stupid decisions and ego projects too much. They mollycoddle the people don’t need the money and ignore those who pay their council taxes and too many backhanders are going around

  • @ldn876
    @ldn87615 күн бұрын

    🙄🙄🙄🙄 but it's private landlords that people pick on.

  • @kiriakoz

    @kiriakoz

    15 күн бұрын

    Why not both?

  • @laurateaho-white9654

    @laurateaho-white9654

    15 күн бұрын

    They both suck.

  • @elaine8417
    @elaine841714 күн бұрын

    Your 4 Yr old learned to say that from you dear

  • @YourLocalGP

    @YourLocalGP

    14 күн бұрын

    That is generally how children learn

  • @sadface1807
    @sadface18079 күн бұрын

    My property had mold. I spent £1.99 on some mold and mildew remover. I no longer have mold.

  • @eattherich9215

    @eattherich9215

    8 күн бұрын

    No, you are masking the problem. You can't fix a poorly insulated home with mould remover.

  • @sadface1807

    @sadface1807

    8 күн бұрын

    I moved in, had a mold problem so I went around targeting all the walls and since then haven't had any problems. I think the councils aren't the only problem the tenants are for not cleaning and letting it get so bad their kids are hospitalised

  • @benshaw5910

    @benshaw5910

    8 күн бұрын

    Sounds great, well done you 👏 Btw, mould has a U in it, just like useless, that has U in it too

  • @derekwhite2929
    @derekwhite292914 күн бұрын

    Mine is too unsafe for me to live in and couldn't even get through this process to get compensated, although I did register for it.............................. nothing happened! I'm far too ill for it to matter now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @benshaw5910

    @benshaw5910

    14 күн бұрын

    Sorry to hear that Derek, you in the UK,? try and contact them again and explain the situation

  • @derekwhite2929

    @derekwhite2929

    12 күн бұрын

    @@benshaw5910 Currently feet are actually weeping both blood and water which's being completely ignored, so I've got somewhat more immediate problems to contend with! Becoming one of the current tsunami of 'excess deaths' due to the 'non-vaccines' following the 'bioweapon' (covid19 pandemic) is paramount! Build an Island that's a combination work/death camp, built maintained populated and run by the death camp's own inmates = Brilliantly evil psychosocial engineering, with the emphasis on the psycho 👀 🙈👎🤦‍♂️👀👍👀👎👀👍👀👎👀

  • @eattherich9215
    @eattherich92158 күн бұрын

    Take these slumlords to law. Tenants are paying rent to live in a hovel. Rackmanism never really went away.

  • @Rob-uv8bu
    @Rob-uv8bu13 күн бұрын

    Lucky you got one. Can't get on housing list yet people who should not be here get housed

  • @maciejchoromanski1302
    @maciejchoromanski130215 күн бұрын

    Counterproductive? Finally justice been served - without it they would never even lift a finger. This is sad reality you can only execute your right this way 😅

  • @edli323
    @edli32315 күн бұрын

    If council can't afford 100 houses for example then they should reduce to the number they can afford.

  • @ToxCcc

    @ToxCcc

    14 күн бұрын

    Which has been happening since the right to buy scheme started that's why waiting lists for council housing is in the 10,000s

  • @kevinwilliams1768
    @kevinwilliams176815 күн бұрын

    this is unacceptable

  • @seanrm
    @seanrm15 күн бұрын

    Louise wants to be careful what she wishes for...there are many thousands out there who would jump at the chance of a council property - and would probably take better care of it than her.

  • @MrSebastianBlake

    @MrSebastianBlake

    12 күн бұрын

    It breaks my heart to say this but I do agree with you. 😢

  • @ludovician
    @ludovician15 күн бұрын

    Wait I am a bit thrown off. She has been living in council housing for 8 yrs but her daughter is 4 yrs old. So she brought her daughter into council housing. Quite the mess indeed.

  • @NeverStopRolling

    @NeverStopRolling

    15 күн бұрын

    shes had 4 years to find a job like...

  • @shanzaybutt4334

    @shanzaybutt4334

    15 күн бұрын

    Lazy woman feel bad for tax payers, whom money been used without their permission.

  • 14 күн бұрын

    how she going to buy her own home?

  • @MrSebastianBlake

    @MrSebastianBlake

    12 күн бұрын

    I noticed that too. I was like hmmmm. Strange but I’ll allow it. The point is she’s lucky cuz if she was in private rental sector she would be homeless. Unfortunately she need to sort out the issue herself. Which I think painting won’t be tooo hard

  • @christophery8927
    @christophery892712 күн бұрын

    6:30 - obviously they want the money! When the council go bankrupt then help will be gone.

  • @eattherich9215

    @eattherich9215

    8 күн бұрын

    Councils could avoid litigation if they kept their properties in good repair.

  • @harryman01
    @harryman0114 күн бұрын

    They can do DYI simple 😂, that don’t work so what a great time investment

  • @AbigailBrown-wk7xl
    @AbigailBrown-wk7xl13 күн бұрын

    Its not just council houses it is private iswell. They don't want to repair the houses. These places are not fit for animals let alone humans. Vulnerable children are diying . There needs to be more protection for tenants. A Docter will explain the severe health implications its no joke . The council and landlords need to do better

  • @connieh6136

    @connieh6136

    10 күн бұрын

    You will also find repairs are just a quick cover up when indeed there are major costly problems,like needing a new roof ,subsidence to old buildings,rising damp one thing leads to another costly repair ! The problem sometimes lies in the cost of maintaining these very old buildings especially if you privately own one and having no funds for major repairs!

  • @tomaszek21r
    @tomaszek21r14 күн бұрын

    Ben... You aint single mother ... ohhh i have mould on walls... in free flat... oh I have mould no body want to do something about it... come on mate ... watch video , try do it yourself...

  • @benshaw5910

    @benshaw5910

    14 күн бұрын

    Free flat? Even offered to pay for the roof repair myself to get it fixed correctly but was told by the council that was against regulations, so they continued wasting tens of thousands.

  • @tomaszek21r

    @tomaszek21r

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@benshaw5910 completely forgotten about that fact...regulations... yes Agree council is waste of space....

  • @Dr.Stacker
    @Dr.Stacker13 күн бұрын

    Zero sympathy for social tenants..... expecting the world for no input

  • @benshaw5910

    @benshaw5910

    8 күн бұрын

    Who has no input?

  • @Dr.Stacker

    @Dr.Stacker

    5 күн бұрын

    @@benshaw5910 Social tenants in most cases, not all, most...Leeching the benefits systems and expected more and more rights handed to them, All whilst they or thier partner work cash in hand :)

  • @98dannyj
    @98dannyj14 күн бұрын

    Can we help? Is there maybe a Gofundme?

  • @splottcardiff3993
    @splottcardiff399313 күн бұрын

    Simply means councils will now reduce housing stock levels even further. Agreed the standards need to be acceptable, but this will simply increase street homelessness 😢, and encourage profiteering - I wonder why PRS landlords are not persued…. 🤔 . Councils in the UK have been underfunded in the Housing sector for decades. Its about time Central Government took this issue seriously 🤦‍♂️

  • @Jonnyicey
    @Jonnyicey14 күн бұрын

    The problem is our country doesn't have enough money and the people who hardly contribute have higher standards / expectations than can be maintained

  • @stuartwilson1190

    @stuartwilson1190

    14 күн бұрын

    So you think poorer people should just accept these standards

  • @Jonnyicey

    @Jonnyicey

    14 күн бұрын

    @@stuartwilson1190 well they could do something about it themselves but if they are intent on handouts then they better accept it because our economy is only going 1 way

  • @stuartwilson1190

    @stuartwilson1190

    14 күн бұрын

    @@Jonnyicey so what your saying is a poor person should just accept poor standards & take what they are given

  • @Jonnyicey

    @Jonnyicey

    14 күн бұрын

    @@stuartwilson1190 People who feel passionately about it like you could volunteer to pay higher taxes to help the poor?

  • @stuartwilson1190

    @stuartwilson1190

    14 күн бұрын

    @@Jonnyicey so again what your saying is your poor so just accept your conditions regardless of the quality of them.

  • @bbuzz1687
    @bbuzz168714 күн бұрын

    Councils need to charge a full rent as the government is no longer paying the subsidy which keeps social housing cheap. This is why councils and HAs cant maintain the housing stock. Suing them takes money away from other services.

  • @onx99
    @onx9913 күн бұрын

    Everyone say thank you to the Torries and Israel for making everything about them. We send more money to Israel then we spend on our own people, British people.

  • @Spaceman-jk5fb
    @Spaceman-jk5fb15 күн бұрын

    Husband & Wife must work, think carefully have many children you can afford, Never be poor,Never be disabled, Never be separated or divorced, always follow the right path in life.

  • @CherryTree186

    @CherryTree186

    10 күн бұрын

    Like life is full of sunshine rainbows and unicorns ✨️🦄 🧚☀️✨️

  • @christophery8927
    @christophery892712 күн бұрын

    Strange. People are offered help and then they bite the hand that feeds them.

  • @annaclarke7643
    @annaclarke764314 күн бұрын

    What is it with people, expecting other people to provide them with housing etc. Residents need to accept that more is expected of them to manage their lives. There is just not the money around as before. Broken Britain is the new reality.

  • @benshaw5910

    @benshaw5910

    14 күн бұрын

    If there’s not enough homes to buy or way too expensive why not rent? And if you can rent off the council why not? Still has to be paid for by the tenant, not everyone is out of work in council properties. Part of the reason Britain is broke is because of the likes of councils wasting so much fixing THEIR own properties that are being rented from them

  • @user-go1pl4ot8k
    @user-go1pl4ot8k15 күн бұрын

    انَا اختكمَ مَن اليمَن وّالَلَه ماتكلمتَ الَا من جوّع وًّمَنَ ضَيَقَ الَحَالَ انَا وًّامَيَ وًّخَوًّاتَيَ تَشَرَدَنَا مَنَ بَيَوًّتَنَا بَسَبَبَ الَحَرَبَ نَحَنَ فَيَ حَالَهَ لَايَعَلَمَ بَهَا الَا الَلَهَ حَسَبَنَا الَلَهَ وًّنَعَمَ الَوكيَلَ فَيَ مَنَ اوًّصَلَنَا الَى هَاذا الَحَالَ 💔💔وًّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ مَا كتَبَتَ هَذا الَمَنَاشَدَهَ غَيَرَ مَنَ الَضَيَقَ وّالَفَقَر يَاعَالَمَ حَسَوّا فَيَنَا ارَجَوّكمَ وّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ رَبَ الَعَرَشَ الَعَظَيَمَ انَه الَاكلَ مَا فَيَ عَنَدَيَ بَالَبَيَتَ وًّالَلَهَ يَا اخَوّانَيَ انَهَ خَوًّاتيَ بَقَعَدَوًّ بَالَيَوًّمَيَنَ مَافَى اكلَ وًّالَلَهَ وًّضَعَنَا كثَيَرَ صَعَبَ نَحَنَ 6 نَفَرَ دَاخَلَ الَبَيَتَ وًّابَيَ مَتَوًّفَيَ وًّلَا يَوًّجَدَ مَنَ يَعَوًّلَ عَلَيَنَا وًّسَاكنَيَنَ فَيَ بَيَتَ اجَارَ لَانَسَتَطَيَعَ دَفَعَ الَاجَارَ الَلَيَ بَاقَيَ عَلَيَنَا ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين من الحرب انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 15 الف يمني والان علينا 45 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي وخواتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه خواتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم 00967717415667 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير ساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خيرا،.،.،:^:؛^:🎉°~°~^~°^π√^π√~π~√~√~π^~^~π~π~√√~~ππ~π√~~^^°^°€€لب🎉🎉❤❤🎉.....،....،....،.

  • @quwipyui6519
    @quwipyui651914 күн бұрын

    World Bank said that Poland will be richest than UK in 2025 congratulations guys in UK vote for conservatives

  • @Jonnyicey

    @Jonnyicey

    14 күн бұрын

    Its 2030 not 2025 but that's never going to happen, Poland wont maintain 3-4% growth.

  • @eattherich9215

    @eattherich9215

    8 күн бұрын

    '... we all know how to stop the demand.' Build more social housing.

  • @NeverStopRolling
    @NeverStopRolling15 күн бұрын

    2:30 "my little one who is 4 saying mum i dont want to live here and its heartbreaking"... 2:53 "louise has been asking the council for 8 years"... doesnt take a genius to see the problem here just keep your legs closed hun stop expecting others to pay for your life 🙄🙄🙄 ❌🚼

  • @MrSebastianBlake

    @MrSebastianBlake

    12 күн бұрын

    Harsh words but there any element of truth that I can’t disagree with

  • @bitcoincryptofreedom3652
    @bitcoincryptofreedom365215 күн бұрын

    Buy bitcoin now to get rich, and the houses are in poor condition. Just get rich lol.

  • @laurateaho-white9654

    @laurateaho-white9654

    15 күн бұрын

    Just get rich 😂, good one.

  • 14 күн бұрын

    these 'no win no fee' are vultures vast majority of mould/damp is from tenant lifestyle, i know i was a disrepair surveying manager for 2x London councils, of 124 cases that I worked on only 4 were legitimate and went anywhere near a court or compensation payments due to structural, landlord neglect, etc, not a bad record if I do say so myself..!

  • @09098754544
    @0909875454414 күн бұрын

    Brexit means Brexit

  • @user-go1pl4ot8k
    @user-go1pl4ot8k15 күн бұрын

    انَا اختكمَ مَن اليمَن وّالَلَه ماتكلمتَ الَا من جوّع وًّمَنَ ضَيَقَ الَحَالَ انَا وًّامَيَ وًّخَوًّاتَيَ تَشَرَدَنَا مَنَ بَيَوًّتَنَا بَسَبَبَ الَحَرَبَ نَحَنَ فَيَ حَالَهَ لَايَعَلَمَ بَهَا الَا الَلَهَ حَسَبَنَا الَلَهَ وًّنَعَمَ الَوكيَلَ فَيَ مَنَ اوًّصَلَنَا الَى هَاذا الَحَالَ 💔💔وًّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ مَا كتَبَتَ هَذا الَمَنَاشَدَهَ غَيَرَ مَنَ الَضَيَقَ وّالَفَقَر يَاعَالَمَ حَسَوّا فَيَنَا ارَجَوّكمَ وّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ رَبَ الَعَرَشَ الَعَظَيَمَ انَه الَاكلَ مَا فَيَ عَنَدَيَ بَالَبَيَتَ وًّالَلَهَ يَا اخَوّانَيَ انَهَ خَوًّاتيَ بَقَعَدَوًّ بَالَيَوًّمَيَنَ مَافَى اكلَ وًّالَلَهَ وًّضَعَنَا كثَيَرَ صَعَبَ نَحَنَ 6 نَفَرَ دَاخَلَ الَبَيَتَ وًّابَيَ مَتَوًّفَيَ وًّلَا يَوًّجَدَ مَنَ يَعَوًّلَ عَلَيَنَا وًّسَاكنَيَنَ فَيَ بَيَتَ اجَارَ لَانَسَتَطَيَعَ دَفَعَ الَاجَارَ الَلَيَ بَاقَيَ عَلَيَنَا ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين من الحرب انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 15 الف يمني والان علينا 45 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي وخواتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه خواتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم 00967717415667 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير ساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خيرا،.،.،:^:؛^:🎉°~°~^~°^π√^π√~π~√~√~π^~^~π~π~√√~~ππ~π√~~^^°^°€€لب🎉🎉❤❤🎉.....،....،....،.