The CHEAPEST Houses in Britain | "Damp, Grime And DEAD Flies Everywhere!"

Burnley, a town in the heart of Lancashire, was once at the centre of Britain's Industrial Revolution. Nestled within stunning views of the Pennine countryside, its textile mills became known around the globe.
Today, though, Burnley is better known for having the cheapest house prices in the whole of the UK where homes start from as little as £15,000. For landlords, this means bigger returns. But behind closed doors, we found residents were facing a different reality.
Rock bottom prices have seen outside investors snap up whole rows of housing. But does that investment come back into the town and its people? Some families are forced to choose between a life on the streets or living in houses riddled with rats and mould. Some are even sleeping in their cars.
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[@talktv]

Where should the next episode of Real Britannia investigate next?

[@John_Doe643]

Blackpool

[@Yirragee]

Tamworth Staffordshire. I lived there in 2005 and would love to see how its progressed please. I'm Aussie😊

[@melanytodd2929]

Are Chelsea Pensioners only the wealthy military gents? ( or ladies).

[@LilyGazou]

Talk to more people who are solving the problems. Intentional communities might work in these towns. You have a group of people willing to work together and receive a variety of benefits. Some people teach building repair to members who will gain marketable skills, for example. We have an older disabled guy with a van- he goes around and picks up other retired people who don’t have cars, brings them to the community pea patch ( allotments). Sometimes they bring their young grandchildren. Everyone gains from this- the old gent gets vegetables and social time, everyone gets sunshine and companionship. Another program matches students with older people who own homes. The student has very cheap room and board, the older people get help getting to the stores. We gave Habitat for Humanity- a group of people gets together to repair a home- the skilled people share their skills with the inexperienced. There is Camp Second Chance, a drug-free alcohol-free community south of Seattle. Local churches gather members to build tiny homes on the property. There is a shared kitchen and bathrooms, social workers help them find jobs, free buses, healthcare. I drop off books and clothes there that are given to me for this purpose. No drugs or alcohol are allowed- none of the residents want to endanger their places there so they are extremely motivated. It would be great if you posted contact info so people can donate to these organizations in Burnley. Thanks for your efforts.

[@GARY.94]

DEFINITELY BOLTON, just next door to Bury!.

[@asa1973100]

I grew up in a back to back house with one toilet for 30 houses and I’ll tell you something ( YOU COULD EAT YOUR DINNER OF PEOPLES DOOR STEPS ) scrubbed daily most of them …. THIS IS JUST PURE FILTH !

[@unusedsub3003]

People had a stake in society back then. The state has turned it’s back on people. The country is psychologically broken and is essentially a failed state. A lot of those people had severe physical and mental health issues. Britain is too useless to give them the help they need.

[@dONtf4CKwItHMemAN]

I bet the last thing you want to do is scrub doorsteps all day long?

[@unusedsub3003]

@@dONtf4CKwItHMemAN He’s never scrubbed anything, he’s never even seen the world he’s talking about. Just a boomer making noises it likes.

[@missmuffet3874]

@@unusedsub3003you are right. I was born in 1970 and I remember the terrace housing that my grandparents lived in. Yes a lot of people took pride in whitening their steps and their lace curtains but behind the door most were bloody filthy apart from the front parlour which was used for visitors only. The outside loos were scary. x

[@uniquevideosUk]

​​​@@unusedsub3003 I'm afraid I disagree! Because you forgot GenZ, but I'd say the worse are the most wealthy, who don't think that this exists in the UK, while waving the world in, thats ignorance to me.

[@beckyduffy6508]

I’ve lived in Burnley my whole life and I’ve not seen any community support, they look after “their own” meaning the people in their circle in that certain area it’s not a welcoming town at all. At that homeless man in this video near the end he isn’t homeless he was in the newspaper for pretending to be homeless

[@soniawoodley7805]

I dont feel there is an excuse for filth in a home as long as water comes out of the taps.

[@cacovelho]

100%

[@mogznwaz]

Agree. Showing pictures of dirty toilets does not elicit my sympathy

[@colinsace1]

Yes definitely some laziness going on there I have lived in damp properties in the past but I never lived like that definitely more they could do to keep it cleaner and tidier doesn’t have to be perfect.

[@melanytodd2929]

Damp is....damp? 🤷‍♀️

[@colinsace1]

@AHD2105 curious to where you are from with them rules? I got a Miele heat pump tumble dryer it’s like guilt free drying it’s so cheep to run. Most of are homes in the uk have cavity wall insulation and some have outside toilets 🚽 but that is an old feature that just comes with some old houses nearly all uk bathrooms are upstairs in the house next to a bedroom somewhere but there is some house that are still like this.

[@matthewjames1114]

The lady that had 3 stokes should definitely have a council property. That's the kind of thing that I want my taxes spent on.

[@mogznwaz]

Agree. Physically fit working age people should NOT be getting their @rses wiped by the council - dirty toilets and putting your rubbish in a bin are YOUR responsibility!

[@ImranAli-qg8gk]

Yes. She needs free care and social housing

[@neeciiw7840]

Yesss I agree !! She should get pip and other benefits to help with her health condition and deffo should get a council house.

[@KazeHorse]

Think that any reasonable person would agree. The issue is never with the genuinely disabled getting support from our taxes, it’s the cheats and the frauds who just don’t want to work that are not only costing everyone dearly, they are making the entire concept of social support entirely unsustainable…

[@jdizzle1779]

But they are instead given to children of council tenants and foreign asylum. Country is in a sad state

[@miriam2909]

I thought if you were allocated a council house you had to maintain it, with exceptions like plumbing, water and structural issues. People have far too many other priorities these days, which I understand, but if you’re poor you have to adapt and sacrifice. Like someone else mentioned, some hot soapy water goes a long way to making a building livable.

[@jwsuicides8095]

I am disabled and "not allowed" to spend my money on basic and needed repairs because the council want to take the maximum possible to pay for the carers who come in to help me.

[@simonallan8927]

8 million a DAY for dingy men hotels ........it's a bloody disgrace

[@moosky7344]

That's why there isn't the money and councils going bankrupt and higher council tax, 3 billion annually just for those arriving uninvited

[@DavidRenwick-t1e]

It was 8 million a day years ago. I dread to think what it is now.

[@danielcunningham6727]

Yet you won't see them living like this like absolute pigs that seems to be a native problem.

[@Oddly1970]

That’s it blame Johnny foreigner what about years ago before that was an issue!!

[@DavidRenwick-t1e]

@@Oddly1970 Excessive immigration has been an issue for a very long time long time.

[@snowyowel7961]

Some people just not hygienic. People should clean up after themselves.

[@unusedsub3003]

Britain is a failed state.

[@ramadamming8498]

Er, that is nothing to do with fundamental structural damage or damp so bad everything is black and water running down the walls

[@snowyowel7961]

@ramadamming8498 Not all a lot of it is self-inflicted. My uncle rented a lovely bungalow to a couple it was in perfect condition till they moved in and started drying clothes inside.

[@unusedsub3003]

@@snowyowel7961 Good, your uncle should sell it then.

[@uniquevideosUk]

​@@unusedsub3003 😷😷😷

[@kaygibson8942]

Looks like the rental property that I had in 1999/2000. I had to clean it up but it needed investment. I handed it back in better condition than I took it on.

[@pheart2381]

That first property,it might have helped if they had bothered to do some housework.

[@marktrain9498]

Nobody knows how to do their own basic home maintenance anymore? Spackle and paint? Maybe buy a dehumidifier and window AC instead of that big screen TV?

[@beinspired1487]

Opening windows and airing out the home helps, hand washing clothes and bedding if you can not afford a washing machine or go to the launderette. I know it is hard work handwashing a families laundry, as I have had to do it on various occasions over the years. I think some people give up and stop to help themselves, as they see the problems heaping up and do not know how to deal with them.

[@manicmadpanickedman2249]

Question who cares and why are you gonna get upset about it

[@manicmadpanickedman2249]

Don't like it ... than move.... and if you can't move, ... blame the government and the land lords because that's who sets your price .... And also most "wealth" is merely attributable wealth because it is either people's misguided beliefs in a fake currency because money doesn't buy life And the rest is what they hold over your head You worship the power of money And pay for land that nobody had a choice to exist on And live under loaded gun because "loitering " aka standing around without an apparent purpose/aimless and "squatting" Is illegal and you will pay the tax Or else someone that you pay the salary for Will come to your door brandishing a big iron on their hip and waving a flashy iron in your face That says your rights end when you can nolonger keep up with our demands 100% of the "rich people's " wealth comes from you ... What is rich without poor ??? What was poor before a dollar ???: A*Bad manners maybe?? B* lack of proper education???? Or C* all of the above They depend on you believing that you have no value so they can make away with what you produce Sell it 100% mark up And then they give you 10% of your actual worth in "I owe yous" every dollar or monetary unit is not real wealth It is simply an "I owe you" that you give in exchange for the products goods and services that you produced and provided for 10% of what you made And then you're supposed to take and spend that on the products that you literally or mediforically worked all day to make at a 100% mark up and with your following it goes from 99% up to 100% of their "apparent wealth" is attributable to you ... Joy and satisfaction are the real riches in life that and knowledge That's why they keep secrets aka patents because upsell !!

[@manicmadpanickedman2249]

​@@beinspired1487 ha censored and didn't even say an insult or belittle didn't harras what seriously got that comment censored wow 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@manicmadpanickedman2249]

Ha again 😂

[@norahstuart9147]

People lived in poverty years ago but they kept their homes clean. There was no central heating and houses were often cold but i don't remember any dampness. Yes there was sub standard housing but people took pride in their homes and despite having nothing maintained them as best they could. What's happened to society?

[@OMG-seriously]

You have no idea what you are on about, people lived in slums the government then replaced them with brand new houses and some flats, there were good jobs and high standards

[@mogznwaz]

@@OMG-seriouslyBack then there was such a thing as working class pride - my grandparents didn’t have a bean but they always scrubbed the step, swept the path and kept their children clean and fed even if that meant going without themselves. There is ZERO excuse for sitting on your own filth unless you have a genuine disability. NONE. It’s not the taxpayers job to wipe your @rse for you

[@mogznwaz]

@@OMG-seriouslyWrong. Those brand new flats are now the new slums because of the people in them. They got given nice things and it didn’t work because some people are just useless and you can’t help them, they will always be a drain on society. Read Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s book ‘Infidel’ to get an insight on the fatalism of particular cultures too.

[@OMG-seriously]

​@@mogznwaz Muslim nations such Saudi Arabia and Dubai are super rich and high tech and many westerners fleeing to them to lead a good life so don't tell me to read ayan hirsi to make sense of why 100 year old man in a 100 year old house in run down area lives in poverty, what about the mostly white non Muslims on this program. Council houses have been deliberately run down by the councils

[@OMG-seriously]

​@@mogznwaz​ Arab nations such Saudi Arabia and Dubai are super rich and high tech and many westerners fleeing to them to lead a good life so don't tell me to read ayan hirsi to make sense of why 100 year old man in a 100 year old house in run down area lives in poverty, what about the mostly white non Muslims on this program. Council houses have been deliberately run down by the councils . Good quality truly affordable homes drive down house prices and most politicians are landlords so want to keep them high

[@KMac-r3i]

So it's mostly housing association and Council housing. It's mostly not private landlords.

[@torquilgordon8945]

To be fair to Derek as a fellow vetran Thank you for your service But fix your own front door .

[@Norfolkandchance886]

🤣

[@unusedsub3003]

This isn’t America. We don’t have to say “thank you for your service”. Also, the man looks like he has mental health issues. The state should fix his door.

[@LordranRavin]

Do not stain yourself by putting yourself on his level nor give him too high of a sense of validation. He is human refuse, made into a pathetic excuse of a man who will dictate how to be a soldier to real combat serving members with multiple tours. I do not insult the great non-combat personnel that help protect us, but Derek is not one of them. He served yes however he was dishonourably discharged for reasons I'm not 100% on, but know at least one reason is theft. He has never seen live combat and proudly lies about being an MP while showing a picture from when he ATTEMPTED to join. He brings shame to all real heroes of the military by using his short stint as if he's faced the horrors of war, crying "Oh woe is me to be dealt a fate I do not deserve" People need to know what a disgrace he is as a soldier, man, father and human being

[@LordranRavin]

​@unusedsub3003 I can atest to the fact he does know how to fix a door, he's, by his own admission, built a house and was a carpenter or more specifically a cabinet maker He's just to drunk, cracked out and bone idle to do anything himself

[@unusedsub3003]

@@LordranRavin I think Britain just makes people depressed and saps their motivation. It’s so awful 💀💀💀

[@edemontfort9482]

What a contrast to certain ones who are provided flats and free housing in nice hotels at taxpayer expense.

[@tellmemore8837]

Stop blaming other people, for your own unhygienic practices.

[@AnimaChristisalvame]

People need jobs aswell as houses. Just building more homes where there's no work makes no sense.

[@ChristineSharples]

Building houses provides jobs and don't forget a percentage of them are for social housing. I am on an estate with this idea fortunately most are nice but then there are the ones we're the police are called regularly. That's not in the brochure.

[@jwsuicides8095]

Many create their own jobs and work from home.

[@serendipidus8482]

Absolutely

[@serendipidus8482]

​@@ChristineSharplesit provides jobs ..no. I ireland we brought iver poles to build houses then because of the builders needing homes we built more homes and so on until the bubble burst and they all went home and now we have more empty and unfinished houses than homeless people. Building only provides a job for the months of building. People need jobs after those months.

[@jeanniemullinder9038]

Would you employ any of those people ??

[@mariewalmsley6143]

Victorian times again .

[@neeciiw7840]

💯

[@LisaJane-rv7sq]

Very much so !!!!

[@ramadamming8498]

Oh, it is nothing like the Victorian era, don't worry about that. In those days, you worked to have a bit of floor on a packed house and queued up for work the next morning. If there was no work, you were on the street. It was common to see dead people in the street who had frozen or starved to death. Or, those lame or injured or old, often just died in the street. Disease was rife, you could not drink water in cities so that is why 2 or 3% ale was special brewed and pubs opened at 6am so people could get their days drink. The disease, filth and squalor, as well as child slavery, such as cleaning chimneys or ship rivetting, meant children died all the time and were abused. No, that was more like Angola not 2024 in Burnley.

[@comealongcomealong4480]

@@ramadamming8498 I'd have you in doing 'Story Time' in British schools any day over the 'Bearded Fairy' brigade. An intelligent, decent society needs it's 'Memory Keepers', such as yourself here.

[@ramadamming8498]

@@comealongcomealong4480 Well ! We easily forget actually how rough, tough and foul it really was for 85% of people, especially in industrial towns and cities but also rurally ! People had zero rights. You could be turfed out of your rural cottage once the harvest ended at a moments notice and so on. Even rural areas good water was sometimes scarce - we are spoilt compared to those times, only 200 years ago

[@natashaj9169]

But they will give hotels and nice flats by the river to people off the boats..

[@catrionamackenzie1345]

Do what Scarboroufh does and introduce 'Selective Licensing', That way the council inspect the properties, If they failt to meet standards, the land lord is fined huge amounts of money,

[@lorrainebennett7528]

Shocking conditions but, as always, the poorest areas have the strongest community spirit.

[@Norfolkandchance886]

Only think I know about Burnley is the r8 riots so I don't think it's the case there

[@trueseeker262]

Hahah and your point they all broke?

[@jwsuicides8095]

@@trueseeker262 Could you write that in English, please? Thanks.

[@Lifelongloser]

Surprised the average property in Kensington and Chelsea is only £1.2 million

[@KazeHorse]

It’s an interesting calculation because I think that it’s combined house values at the time of sale and many of the properties there are investment properties that aren’t changing hands so the sold prices of the majority are skewed towards the past sold values. There are almost none for sale now below 1.5.

[@Clint-kr8zm]

Pooing on the toilet seat will attract flies

[@AutoAlligator]

Tell that to Dianne Abbott...

[@jmy1974]

@@AutoAlligatortell that to your mum

[@ultimatewarrior659]

Tell that to your daughter

[@DC3Refom]

​@@AutoAlligator🤣

[@dorotymehta]

There used to it, living who they rrally r.

[@stevenhull5025]

I lived in Cog Lane Burnley some years back. Nice neighbours. In my younger years during the 1960's, I was raised in a two up two down terrace up north. I don't remember anyone having a filthy house, mounds of garbage in the streets or overgrown front gardens. People had respect for themselves and the neighbours in those days. Nowadays, people don't give a sh*t. No matter how poor one is, it is no excuse to live like a pig.

[@clovermark39]

Such a sad sorry situation for our indigenous peoples.

[@biddiemutter3481]

It's appalling what landlords get away with.

[@elizabethtamp1537]

Some tenants are worse than swine with their filthy habits and don't care attitude pure vandalism of the property and endemic rent dodging. I could tell you things that would curl your hair.

[@paulwilliams5174]

The state which you are showing ,has nothing to do with bad housing or landlords. The filth is caused by the people who lived there.

[@elizabethtamp1537]

Very true. Generally, landlords want long-term tenants, especially those who don't wreck the place, pay the rent agreed and don't leave the house like a toxic council rubbish dump.

[@Red-Revolution708]

Tenants are not responsible for the worst damp problems I have ever seen. The properties are not fit to live in, it’s a massive disgrace.

[@Red-Revolution708]

⁠​⁠@@elizabethtamp1537 So very ‘Wrong’ tenant’s are not responsible for the terrible damp in those properties.

[@yamark02]

Back to the days of Rachman. Private slum landlords snapping up properties. Zero maintenance. Tenants complain they're evicted. Said slum landlords then use excuses to not pay back the deposit. I volunteered 5 years at an advice service. The worst landlords were people originsllt not from this country.

[@comealongcomealong4480]

@yamark02 👏 Please continue to tell what you know. Truthful testimony is powerful.

[@kjtaylor5948]

Not fit for humans. The council is a disgrace

[@KMac-r3i]

Join Reform UK.

[@debbiemaguire]

The woman who uses the outside toilet, lose weight you’d be able to get upstairs don’t make excuses.

[@dorotymehta]

There living how they r used to living. PPL in third world countries prefer outside toilets or fields.

[@SekhmetSecretWeapon]

so depressing and disgusting.... I feel sorry for anyone having to live like this anywhere. It's inhumane.

[@CJWFell]

Hang on its the way peope live as well. It does not cost anything to keep a place clean (and yourself). You can see how people live - if you can't wash up your dishes then....thats different to a roof falling in. It is also obvious that money needs to be spent on property. So Milliband wasting £22bn on Net 0 would be better off putting £1bn to 22 nothern regions/ Councils for housing and there improvement.

[@geena_gee]

The government really need to stop landlords being able to serve tenants with Section 21 (no fault evictions) tenants are scared to speak up about any repairs/damp etc and its wrong. So so wrong

[@pw4259]

I am a landlord the only people i let in are couples 80plus k a year. Good credit score . Not this lot my place be destroyed.

[@geena_gee]

@@pw4259 It can be difficult to know beforehand who are gona be good tenants and who aren't.

[@unusedsub3003]

Britain is grim 🤮

[@Wayne-fn1sw]

Most English people are running away from the UK to Australia 🦘 for the longest to invade.

[@unusedsub3003]

@@Wayne-fn1sw If they hadn’t been daft enough to vote for Brexit, they could have moved to the EU.

[@IngenerateIngenue]

Very sad how some folk live.

[@639viablecarrot]

My mothers words were always " soap cup st nothing) ie keeping yourself and home clean costs next to nothing. I feel sorry forbthese people but there not helping themselves 😮

[@robdubz1510]

I live in sussex we are supposed to be rich area, its across the whole 🇬🇧

[@HiDefi]

I don't get this council thing, if you're hungry you work, if u want better you get a better job, if there no work you move to a place whete there is. If you can't afford a house you get a flat, if you cant afford a flat in notting hill then you live in a house-share or with friends or family.....theres uc that gives you basic training skills, microsoft windows etc. I had a crap family and moved out at 16. I live in a minimal flat in london.

[@victoriacorcoran1258]

Unbelievable, watching from Australia. Has the Government totally let this happen?

[@melanytodd2929]

Yes.

[@Wayne-fn1sw]

Australia 🦘 is full of English people and Irish invaders leaving the UK for the longest to Australia.

[@ronamain8689]

Rat control!..get cats! Mouse control! Cats! How people can complain about mice is their own lazieness!

[@Littlepocketrocket81]

Definitely get a cat.

[@melanytodd2929]

👍👍👍🐱

[@unusedsub3003]

These people are incapable of looking after a house plant, let alone a cat ffs

[@Ruth58969]

Doesn't work. I've 4 cats and still have mice. My house is pristine too. They come in anyway. No excuse for filthy toilets, coookers and bedding tho.

[@unusedsub3003]

@@Ruth58969 I’m a cat owner too, I had the same problem. Once I cut down on the treats, the mice disappeared. But another disadvantage is vets bills. I’ve just had to be £90 for a course of medication because my old cat has gum issues.

[@andrealves4751]

Is always the landlord fault when I see this video I can easy identify so many social issues and why people are in this situation: alcohol, drugs, lack of structure, lack of basic education (keeping your house clean and tidy is the basic)... more the economical crisis we are in a big social crisis... increase of abuse, violence, drugs, anti social behaviour.... 20 degrees and you see kids in bikes with face covered ... thats when you think whats wrong with our society....

[@jacquelineloveselvis]

The shape of things to come for all once the invasion is completed.

[@JD-yv6ee]

Like Oldham 😢

[@pw4259]

These people will always blame other people apart from themselves., look like a lovely place to live but its some people that destroy the place

[@geena_gee]

If you live in a private rented property or a housing association property and you have damp and mould, report it to your local council, they have to come and inspect it and depending on the severity, they can enforce your landlord to do something about. I work for my local housing so even if this information helps just 1 person then I'll be glad.

[@yvonnesimpson4584]

Hats off to the landlady your amazing dear!!

[@jackcutler9096]

Maybe the notion that the state will look after us is coming to an end

[@patrickscott838]

The woman that suffered the strokes really broke my❤!

[@cherylpurdue888]

So sad,people shouldn't have to live like this,everything is money .

[@moosky7344]

UK turning into an Eastern European country 30 years ago, East Europe becoming UK 30 years ago.... Ummmm i wonder why

[@vippersonavip]

Even 30 year ago in eastern Europe was look after place where they live , to be poor not embarrassing can happen with everyone , embarrassing be filthy

[@Kitty-lj7eg]

Section 21 should be there to protect landlords otherwise no one will invest in the UK. Rental crisis and homeless is the issue with the overall government problem and they should build more affordable housing to help those in need and not to blame the landlords.

[@DeanLynn-v4e]

The house prices are really good, you can still buy a decent investment, I live near Burnley and I quite like it however I come from London so my view of Burnley is different. Due to my own experiences in big cities I don't find Burnley dangerous but it is similar to every small town in the UK. Council housing down south is also horrific.

[@ams1897]

London is one of the safest cities in the country though.

[@ianrobert6239]

Disgusting.Had to cover the dogs eyes. 🤮

[@PeteNice29]

Gee, how did that happen

[@unusedsub3003]

Tories and an incredibly depressed population.

[@mistreated9186]

How can people live in their own filth, clean it up.

[@SunS13707]

God bless the good. JUDGED!

[@helenlloyd6564]

What a dirty disgusting place to live. I am glad where I am living. Where I live is pleasant 3 minutes walk from the town centre in a very quiet street. Locals criticise the area, this area is like Beverley Hills compared to the content of this report. Though locals only complain about local areas. They need to visit other towns only then they will appreciate our little autopia.

[@Cyberpsych0_]

Humble bragging on poverty porn videos? Classy....

[@ListenUpDemocracy]

We have slums in the U.S. too and over charging on rent. This is heartbreaking.

[@andyb9576]

That Ex Army guy? I thought it was Billy Mitchell out of Eastenders.

[@sallybutler1005]

😂😂

[@LordranRavin]

You are more spot-on than you could possibly know. This comment brightened my day that his pathetic display is this video ruined 😁

[@Littlepocketrocket81]

God bless to Derek ❤

[@catherinecole3978]

My paternal Grandparents were from one of the worst slums in England at the time: Salford, Manchester. When my Grandfather asked my Grandmother to marry her, she said 'Only if you take me to Canada'. So they emigrated to Canada at the beginning of the 20th c. When World War One broke out in 1914, my Grandfather left Montreal and went back to England to fight for King and country. For his troubles he was gassed and he was injured by shrapnel in his leg. After the War, he left England fo good. Their life in Canada was modest, living in a small, neat Cape Cod cottage, surviving the harsh winters. But, it was an improvement over their former life in Salford. They remained proud Brits, they had nothing negative to say about the Royal Family and such. They were salt of the earth types who kept a steady hand on the rudder 'thru family ups and downs. I can't believe in the 21st c. in Britain, a very wealthy country, that there are still people living there in such horrendous conditions. Class divisions have never been more obvious! And, let's stop blaming the poor. Many have mental health problems, physical disabilties, addiction issues.

[@Azrael1BC]

He needs to look at the demograph of all these tenants,the ex soldier is at least trying to keep the property clean.

[@Red-Revolution708]

The massive damp problems are not the problems of living tenants, it’s neglect by the rental companies.

[@johnvaccaro7489]

I’ve got a plan please let know if I’m right these people travel to France get on a dinghy and come back to a 4*5* hotel I don’t know why no one have thought of it joking aside vote reform uk what have we got to lose

[@andrewondon]

I may be naive but how about allocating empty dilapidated homes to each homeless ppl? Council can give training and materials for them to restore the houses and they get to live in them?

[@allanashton5187]

I live in the dump next door to Burnley called Blackburn. It has many of the same problems. Maybe these “friendly “ neighbours could unite against the powers that be to sort out their problems. Blackburn and Burnley United LOL.

[@1ForTheShieldz]

Materials are expensive. 50k ... I can't imagine what they are made from!

[@suzannehaigh4281]

Maybe a cash injection but who are the houses for, Burnley people or the illegals?

[@joseg7710]

What political system does this to their citizens except corruption.

[@martinmcgurk5150]

After 14 years of Tory rule. Can't blame Labour for this.

[@FontaineDerby]

The Institute of Fiscal Studies published data in 2023 which highlighted Bury Council’s position as in the bottom 20 per cent of worst-funded councils, ranking 122 out of 150 upper-tier English local authorities in terms of money to spend per resident. The Council faces a £22m funding gap.

[@ChristineSharples]

Have you seen how many years labour has run Burnley.

[@FontaineDerby]

@user-ty5ys2zz8d No overall control for 13 of the last 20 years. Local authority “spending power” (the amount of money councils have to spend in total) fell by 17.5 per cent between 2009-10 and 2019-20. 2004 to 2008 no overall control 2008 to 2011 Lib Dem 2011 to 2012 no overall control 2012 to 2019 Labour 2019 to present no overall control

[@markchawner1586]

The Government aren't responsible for Labour run Councils and Authorities ..... They are totally to blame .....

[@g-dave8002]

Thatcher and the Tories screwed this entire part of the UK ever since the 80’s. Same as Reagan in the US. They made the top 1% VERY rich. They are a cancer on the West.

[@Outdoorshuntingshooting]

I was born in a single end in partick, that was supposed to be the end of slums when demolished.

[@saskhan47]

The church and pastor great work. 👍

[@daledevernon56]

People need to realise that homelessness is a business if it wasn't profitable it wouldn't exist.

[@run2cat4run]

What?

[@daledevernon56]

@run2cat4run let me put it to you this way then, the government has the ability to make homelessness disappear why don't they?

[@0ccam5Raz0r]

​@@run2cat4run made it go away during the convid

[@run2cat4run]

@@daledevernon56 how is a homelessness a business?

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

I'm sat in a hostel right now guarding homeless teens 16 to 18 yes its a bussiness

[@jmy1974]

Welcome to Tory Britain

[@BritishActivism]

People always bring up the Nelson and Burnley area as a cheap place to live and gush on about the nearby countryside - but it isn't always a pleasant place to live. Society is seriously degenerating, drugs are getting rife, areas and people are generally getting rougher, coarser and poorer, no matter whether they "pull together" or not. It isn't just poverty, it is also a wider degradation and an attitude problem as well in some cases, hence the state of some of the living conditions (and this filters out into wider society too). Demographic change is rife and along with it comes the polarisation and stifling alienation of ethnic/religious segregation. Litter is commonplace, the roads are ramshackle and pot-holed so badly in places it is like something from the third world, some of the biggest employers are said to be taking in foreigners as cheap labour who live in tents nearby, whilst major industry and manufacture is a shadow of its former self but thankfully just about still going. Almost every second shop seems to be a betting shop, charity shop, pound-store, tattoo parlour or Asian takeaway. People are generally emotionally beaten, many have given up bothering to care any more and will live in filth because there seems little point bothering to make the immediate area nice. Nobody in their right mind would move in to certain areas - which makes them difficult to turn-around into being nice places to live as the rot is too set in. There's said to be not enough school places, dentists, etc and yet they still build thousands of houses, they shut the A&E hospital years ago and you need to trek 25 miles to Blackburn to get seen in a facility operating at twice its original capacity - and its all very well people moving to try and take advantage of the house prices and 'lower costs for a pint', but with the lower wages and fewer prospects, once you move into such a region, you will often not be able to afford to escape once you're acclimatised to the place - like the girl who was amazed that Burnley has the cheapest house prices, as it is inconceivable to her that she'd be able to afford more for herself than what she pays for now. Sure, it has its plus sides and it has its good areas and good points, but it isn't a rosy place to be, it can be depressing, alienating and the house prices and cheap cost of living isn't all of the picture. There's something going wrong at the root of society in places like this and slush-fund money from the government can't fix some of those problems, they can only temporarily mask them in my opinion. These areas do need help and "levelling up", but they also need help to help themselves just as much if the pride and drive for prosperity is to come back.

[@FrankFooters]

I was poor in my younger years, still considered poor because I still have to pick sh*t the sparrows. However, one thing I noticed is how filthy their surroundings look. Just because you are poor doesn't mean you have to live poorly. If you are abled bodied, clean up your house and yard. If you are walking down the street pick up that plastic bag, save it and the next time you are walking down the street use it to pick up trash. But no they expect landload to improve upon their flats, only to have them trash it again.

[@HiDefi]

My grandfather was in both wars and lived off a coal miners pension. They moved to where they could. They depended on nobody but themselves.

[@ianherd569]

They were called Married Quarters in my day - I'm still waiting for compensation!

[@lucavuola3538]

The priest look like a guy from the Sopranos....

[@peterkabrna]

That Priest is a dodgy character

[@YaBasicMillenial]

First homeless man looking like Johnny Depp

[@marciaolsson]

Govt needs to declare a basic acceptable standard for housing and enforce it. Those who won’t supply it…can sell and council can buy some for housing: even a house split into 2 apartments is better than this mess. Shameful!

[@yvonnesimpson4584]

Stop slating Burnley. This is happening all over through the tories.

[@Norfolkandchance886]

For the love of god stop the party political broadcasts. Was Burnley a nice affluent place during Blair. No of course it weren't. They are both the same.

[@moosky7344]

You ain't seen nothing yet, wait until Labour gets in problems tripling😂

[@kaywhy245]

Just why have illegal migrants not been housed in Burnley? It would bring good money into Burnley.

[@melanytodd2929]

Your comment does not dignify a response.

[@BenWharfe-vr1pn]

The Albanians gave me a merc🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣does anyone else smell a rat 🤣🤣🤣

[@a1videotapi188]

Its okay showing the grime of the pictures. Your not showing the history of that picture. Some people lack social skills no matter how you approach it. Some people have been ill or infirm, so wouldn't take long for the conditions to get out of hand. Landlords with big money should be made to pay instantly, as quick as they take rents. Burnley Nelson Brierfield through to Bolton all have similar areas. The faiths are as bad as what ever Goverment is in power not spending on these issues. Its not just about the money, no 24/7 structured schemes in towns to go to until its to late. Abuse of the whole system by outside bodies, money from over seas with attached conditions. Hate faiths that eat away at the system, with lawyers being paid dirty money. All these things we don't see are to blame. God help us when we all wake up. As they say things can only get worse before they get better.

[@didwest1249]

Aint no houses round here.for 285 grand you kidding

[@Littlemouse884]

....and yet you stil keep.lettimg hundreds and thousands of refugees and i.migrants like how the hell does that make sense

[@joshuaromone6646]

That tories investment for 14years

[@Bertrum123]

People make slums

[@ElliottSpencer-hn9qg]

It should be made illegal for people to buy property just for investment reasons.

[@comealongcomealong4480]

@ElliottSpencer-hn9qg The Talk TV commentary talked about "foreign investors buying up whole rows". This purchasing is ONLY about financial return, not SAFE LEGAL HOUSING. If it were my Nan and Yours regulating such operations; • We would take A LARGE BOND from each foreign investor in the event that they fail to maintain minimum property standards. • We would not permit them to commence letting until their property had been signed off to minimum standards. • We would not permit foreign investors to buy run-down homes and keep them vacant. ie just parking their money, and assuming the properties will increase in value. ➡ Our neglectful and treacherous governments have ALLOWED foreign speculative investors TO PROFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF ENGLISH COMMUNITIES. Utterly shameful - what a betrayal of their reptilian Westminster Pledges.

[@icreateworlds]

And all that in a country where people still think having a king or queen is the best thing in the world. How about the crown using its riches to help the government in England come up with funds to change this shameful situation? The spending of a royal event alone would change the life of many people on the streets.

[@David-p4s5i]

Last time I went to Burnley everyone looked South Asian. Didn't see any in this video, are you sure its Burnley?? 🤔

[@jacquesmertens3369]

Looks almost exactly like the home where Eddie & Richie used to live.

[@SpillYourTeaToMe]

Kevin please explain to us about the ongoing fued between Paula M and Samantha Markle. Why did Samantha Markle block her. Is it true that PM left the Royal Mess the other night because of the fued with Samantha Markle. I only got a little bit from PaulaMs member's only show 3 days ago with Meghans Mole. Do you think Samantha & Thomas Markle Jr have been playing people? Are they both now backing off their previous statement about their half sister. Why has Thomas Markle Jr disappeared from the Internet?

[@sufiameen6093]

The People there have No Excuse. Soap & Water and Bleach could change their circumstances. 😢

[@tennysonfordblackbird2087]

Good old mill town and sad to see these days.

[@Boxmodzhq]

That bishop still on the gear defo. But at least he doin more than people in power tho

[@irl3438]

Outrageous what that council said to that stroke nurse! F government! Good video though 👍

[@Stephanie-wf6xr]

Blame the Cons, Risky Sunak when Chancellor he confirm on camera. He deliberately dirverted money from the poor areas Labour put in, and diverted the money to affluent areas. 😂😂

[@G529-l3v]

Albanians gave away a Mercedes for nothing?

[@sirapos6550]

What makes you think that Albanians would pay for this Mercedes ? They'll steal another one and problem solved.

[@IngenerateIngenue]

I thought there is much more to this…’gave away a Mercedes, paperwork the lot’ 😂 …the guy doesn’t even keep the inside of the car clean, fag-butts & rubbish everywhere.