What is causing England's rural homelessness crisis?

Sky News can reveal that rural homelessness is growing rapidly with more than 20,000 people classified as homeless in rural England in the latest figures.
Many of them are out of sight and in desperate conditions, as Sky's Dan Whitehead found out.
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[@nicolasbenson009]

Because so many people overpaid for homes even while loan rates were low, I believe there will be a housing catastrophe because these people are in debt. If housing costs continue to drop and, for whatever reason, they can no longer afford the property and it goes into foreclosure, they have no equity since, even if they try to sell, they will not make any money. I believe that many individuals will experience this, especially given the impending mass layoffs and rapidly rising living expenses.

[@joebidenisyourpresidentget2481]

SCAM❌❌

[@starkiller23610]

I was 17 and homeless in England. Not rural. In Essex. It was over 3 months to get a council supported access to a homeless shelter. Luckily a generous stranger allowed me to stay in their guest room after I made a public post on Facebook. We still speak to this day. Luckily, 8 years later I have a degree, corporate job in London and can afford rent and luxuries. It's a very tough situation and without the support I got from kind souls - I doubt I would have made it out so quickly or at all.

[@NicholasThorntonOfficial]

Essex are bad, i've been stuck in 1 side room in bed every day in a general hospital for nearly 16 months because essex aren't doing anything

[@AydensVids]

Same I was 17 too but I was in Bromley and thankfully I was only out for 6 weeks ( it was summer so I just slept in the woods) before I found people to sofa serf with. Shits crazy, things could have gone so differently for me

[@MrTheevilmage]

Okay this is rural though so why should anybody give a toss about your non rural homeless experience?

[@AydensVids]

@MrTheevilmage probably to explain that the rest of the uk have similar issues.

[@MrTheevilmage]

@@AydensVids oh so we should just ignore the homeless in the countryside cause it everywhere else?

[@scousiered3124]

1) Uncontrolled immigration 2) Central protections for the housing market 3) Banks offering buy-to-let 4) A requirement for work to have: a bank account, and an address

[@ShazWag]

I ran away whilst still at school because of sexual and emotional abuse at home. There was no real help, so I barricaded myself into an empty room I found at the local hospital, but sometimes I slept under stairwells in blocks of flats. A lot of bad things happened, then much later in my life I realised that I'd dissociated and had been living in a state of trauma.

[@discodave1747]

💚

[@lunalea1250]

So sorry to hear this, sadly, as u said, support is hard to get, I hope ur ok now or managing best u can, sending hugs & love...😔🤗💚

[@lifesign123]

Its a disgrace when we're housing illegal immigrants in hotels but dont spend the money on our own homeless.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Yes it's been that way for decades and the reason why is that helping immigrants looks great on paper and a show the the world how wonderful the British government is. UK home grown homeless are just pushed out of the way because it's not good PR, and no incentive to help them.

[@nckweeks]

@@HOLLASOUNDS Show the world and encourage more of them to come here seeking a better life at the expense of the British taxpayer.

[@lifesagamesobeawinner]

​@nckweeks the more that come the more cash they can milk from us taxpayers.

[@lukejames5184]

Rise up England!

[@TruthTortoise81]

But these people ARE put into hotels or temporary accommodation, so your argument is moot. Plus, they can access benefits which asylum seekers are not entitled to.

[@jimmy_camping]

There is something really wrong with society if we are having to build 'pods' for individuals as temporary housing solutions...perhaps charity begins at home first?

[@boota1979]

@Jimmy Kim, the transfer of wealth from this country in the last three years alone is breath taking and therein lies the main problem. Along with a Tory government enabling the elite establishment to carry on doing this, is nothing short of criminal.

[@benjaminguilatcoiv]

people need something to start with and a leg up when they are down in a hole..

[@ssuwandi3240]

No. Starts with job opportunities first. Not that trans diversity

[@michaelkopischke2255]

So what's new. At the height of the British empire, during Dickens's time there were homeless too. The Victorian age was quite depressing for people like Oliver Twist, " The boy who asked for more "

[@twistedsister2568]

@@michaelkopischke2255 but we’re no longer living in Victorian times. We are supposedly a rich country but we provide housing for people with no legal right to be in the country instead of looking after our own

[@adamsmith9330]

My heart goes out to everyone experiencing homelessness. I can’t even imagine.

[@Azzyw2012]

This is happening here in America too. Even where I live in Oklahoma, housing prices are on the rise. The rich are buying houses here, fixing them and putting them up for rent. Crazy how this is becoming a huge problem everywhere.

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

Landlords need to get taxed an extra 1% per property

[@nathanschmick9681]

I live in denver where the average cost of a house is 700,000. A shack is basically 400,000. I make 70,000 which is a lot anywhere else but on my own i cant really buy. It would take a massive downpayment and be like 50% of my income at least. Im getting a camper so i can save to buy somewhere cheaper in a couple years.

[@stephenhartley2853]

capitalism working as intended. the media are currently blaming woke. because purple haired women are the ones scalping houses apparently and not the rich.

[@JoeyXSmith]

That's the problem for me when I'm trying to buy a place. When I go onto online auctions, 9 of 10 are bought by a landlord. They already got a home and just want the extra cash to pay off their mortgage or get some extra cash coming in. I just want one place, but a landlord can own multiple places. I wish there was a law for how many landlords can own a residential property. Would free up market for people who want own a home and get on the property ladder.

[@Azzyw2012]

@@JoeyXSmith same! And most of the time the landlord can pay cash! How can a 1st time home buyer compete with that??

[@lorraine4143]

24 years old , poor guy shivering with cold , it actually made my eyes well up with tears .

[@HannibalBarcaRTW]

spent his last fiver on a tent but tins and frosty jack bottles everywhere

[@Bigbro123r5]

Yh poor guy , but he can afford alcohol tho!

[@evanpsn2349]

@@Bigbro123r5 yeah true, alcohol is about the price of a house

[@randomcomputer7248]

@@HannibalBarcaRTW "he got into a fight" I would suggest he is a major Alcoholic and that is the main reason he is where he is.

[@newgoogle9963]

Yet u still ignore the homeless 😂

[@phillyblunts1644]

Trouble is most of us are only two pay cheques away from being in the same place as this young man

[@Sdween]

Scarily most people are. Especially women. Some people may have personal items they may be able to sell before becoming homeless (like motorcycles, bikes, car, technology, investments, crypto, etc). If born and raised here the person will more likely have relatives and friends they made along the way. If they are a migrant or have recently moved, they are less likely to have relatives and friends around to assist in times of crisis.

[@nataliezementbeisser1492]

our system is not working anymore

[@stevovimy]

​@@Sdween Why are women worse off then men? Genuine question.

[@ad33861]

@@TruthAndEssence being forced into sex work isn't a solution

[@alexandersuvorov2002]

@@TruthAndEssence Men can post for sex too and it is the same experience as for women.

[@user-lz3jz5kj3n]

I had to rough it in my cars for several months a few years back through winter and even with a thick sleeping bag it was still almost unbearable. Glad the young man got somewhere because i don't think he would be here now. It's lovely to see there is still some caring folk out there. ✌️

[@watnoudan]

This will spread real soon REAL fast. I spend 9 months homeless in my own country while paying taxes. I was living in a van. But i was more shocked about how fast it went off the rails out of nothing. This can happen to ANYONE. And its going to happen much more.

[@spessartine2061]

Yet the government give everything out to foreign men who invariably commit crimes.

[@moliosumba8190]

Why is it becoming common in rich countries ,coz the US is becoming worse off , Canda not spared ,i was shocked to see some cases in germany and australia, could their be some thing wrong the govts are not doing right ?

[@drevil3606]

Spent 2 years homeless in UK was awful my heart goes out everyone got a story and deserve a chance at happiness

[@philroo1]

​@@paulsayers580 pretty sure people would rather homes than hotels, this is clearly a consequence of wealth divide, nothing to do with a few thousand brown people

[@stephenisom6089]

migrants 25.000 pounds a year british homeless 0 pounds a year,,

[@Chronixz]

@@stephenisom6089 this.

[@jonny9071]

Nonsense, not a time to be dividing vulnerable people. All deserve help, it's the wealthy hoarding assets and resources, not refugees!

[@youngmetrojokeman6172]

@@jonny9071 exactly racial divides pit those in need against each other as opposed to the real root of the issue !

[@kelseywood174]

I'm from US, I was homeless for years here. I finally got housing, after years of homelessness. God bless all these people. If I were rich I would give all of them homes!

[@michelcalombo5598]

They don't care.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I earn less then £300 a week at My Job, rents gone up from £85 to £110 in 3 years wages haven't gone up. Council tax around £30 a week with discount, then I got water and heating bill got to buy essentials and food. If I didn't always buy end of life food reduced at supermarket I would not have much money.

[@billybob-jp7eh]

Careful,give people a hand and they will take an arm and then a leg.

[@philipo99dutton]

@@billybob-jp7eh FFS people with attitudes like yours are a major part of the problem!! Voting for right wing cruel Governments that exacerbate the problem by cutting funding.

[@vitalietuzla-qi8gq]

I was born in the USSR, I got a different mentality (it was a mentality of creation) because that government was thinking about their citizens, it assured them with houses, jobs, education and medicine, just to make them humans. Very interesting how in nova days people are jugging, do not appreciate it and how they are destroying those lifes who appreciate it. They do not respect that culture, breaking even the rules, which creates that homophobia and mizontrophy.

[@JohnJaggerJack]

I honestly felt like crying when I saw that young man live in tent in the freezing woods because of no fault of his own. I wonder if politicians know why the people become radicalized...

[@John-sb7pn]

Here in the Netherlands, landlords can only sell when renters leave or, when they don't, to another landlord. Kicking out a family of 5 out on the steet is just incomprehensible to me... And I'm writing that as a landlord.

[@marktucker208]

The government could end homelessness tomorrow if they really wanted to

[@niblet112]

The queen always could. She had land worth 11 trillion. But she still took millions in tax payers money. She could of ended poverty and homelessness forever.

[@pedazodetorpedo]

Yes, by kicking out the 50,000 illegals from all the hotels

[@untouchableghost6757]

@@niblet112 and for some reason British people loved her…

[@thehighlander1945]

I agree with everyone that has commented here 😐🤝

[@tobybergin1998]

Very true the "royal" family and politicians/government are evil greedy people that enjoy watching people suffer.

[@billynightmare]

It's amazing how fast the authority's move when a film crew is present.......

[@Vergil4093]

Ikr! They afraid to be called out

[@daisyc1741]

Wealth disparity is disgusting in the UK. The rich are so greedy

[@joebloggs9719]

I work for a social housing provider so i have some knowledge on the subject. Problem is that we keep selling off council housing stock without replacing it and anyone who is british born is at the back of tbe queue, whereas anyone who enters the country illegally gets prioritized for housing. Disgrsceful that we dont look after our own first

[@earnestequivocation6250]

Whole system is rotten to the core. Obscene profit levels from land owners/ land bankers need to be heavily taxed. Greed of developers needs to be tackled - plastic and plasterboard wendy houses overlooked on '8 sides' are par for the course. Rental sector needs regulation.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

The whole system is designed to keep the rich, rich and the poor, poor, by 1 control of money and assets, 2 control over the population.

[@InterestedCitizen]

Greed and blackened hearts.

[@stevenhull5025]

Regulate landlords any further and the rental crisis will become even more acute. It is the landlord, many who are simply investing their life savings for a better return, who take on the risk when buying and letting a rental property. The Margaret Thatcher era of selling off social housing at a discount seeded the housing crisis we face today. Today's government policy of bowing to pathetic European laws which allow this country to be swamped with illegal economic migrants does not help the current situation. Maybe the government should give financial incentives to those who open their doors to our homeless. After all, if it is good enough for the Ukrainians then why not our own.

[@user-vp6cq4sv3d]

​@@stevenhull5025Landlords like to let in areas full of migrants. They can dole off the people as opposed to the government and some people consider that a responsibility. Splitting up rooms into separate renting spaces. Nevermind whole halves into flats for extra income. Only serves to make house prices go up.

[@Baron-Ortega]

Communist drivel

[@rowanirasinclaire388]

Sadly, Norfolk has quite a few villages where over 50% of homes now are second homes or holiday lets. The rise in homelessness is heartbreaking

[@KimmyWood]

Default a big gap between rich and poor...full circle from Victorian times

[@andygman639]

Migrants get everything

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

I thought the UK had free public housing? Did it all get taken up by immigrants perhaps?

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

That n unemployment.

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

@@ajaxtelamonian5134 unemployed people are not looking for jobs. I tried to give homeless people jobs.

[@wujaszekbilly2620]

As a person which lived in UK for few years I have to say that this problem propably started a long time ago. I found really good job in one village around my town of residence and been unable to find ANY kind of affordable accomodation, at least affordable for someone with around 1600 pounds per month wages.

[@Junkhead91]

“As an as a, I’m an as an as a, I can confirm I’m an as an as a”

[@Gyandhi]

Living in a flat at the moment, heard through the grapevine of other tenants that the property owner is switching over to fully student only accommodation, no email, letter or call to notify me from the company at all and I have 2 months left on the contract, Where I live it is very very competitive to find housing, I’m actually shitting myself with fear that I won’t find a new place in time, I dont have a backup plan if I can’t find new housing. I manage the logistics for a 55million turnover freight company and in a couple months I could be shivering in a tent like that poor guy. Wish me luck

[@patriciarowe6685]

It is heart breaking how little help English people get. The great has been removed from Britain. 😮

[@GraceAlder99]

Too true!! It's giveaway Britain

[@MrTheevilmage]

Brit here we were never great to begin with.

[@thee-sportspantheon330]

Left with the Irish tbh.

[@jonsimmons4150]

Male, White, british, no dependents?- That is below a dog in the UK.

[@jonsimmons4150]

​@@MrTheevilmage yes we were. Before that buffoon oaf churchill dragged us into ww2

[@thegeminiclub]

omg those people that are going out, finding homeless people and getting them a place to live just melted my heart We need to see more kind deeds

[@smudj8181]

no, what we need is the people with power to change things. and for us to fight for it.

[@jonatand2045]

​@@smudj8181 Specifically allow lot's of new developments so supply covers demand.

[@asbisi]

They are heroes, what they do cannot be underestimated. Kudos to them!

[@lunadrurie6686]

We need kind deeds from the government

[@AnitaDil]

This happens all over the country, some want help and shelter, some don’t.

[@skyhighRL]

the unreal increase in disparity between pay and house prices since like the 70s

[@Harrywilkinscornwall]

I was in supported housing for the homeless and had an abusive support worker, I had enough of how he was treating me and reported it to the manager. But they evicted me instead while telling me a bunch of lies and stopping my support networks for my mental health as some sort of revenge. They’re job was to support me and help me obtain a better future but sadly they were more interested in making £40k a month from us. The staff were worse than the residents living there and they protected each other like a little family.

[@DannieJhon-vc2gh]

Don't worry about these people as long as rishi has his 2 million pound swimming pool and boris has his 150k wallpaper homelessness won't be a problem

[@Baron-Ortega]

Don't worry about these people when Liebour get into power. They are more interested,as always, in immigrants who will vote for them in the long term than any poor person on our streets already. Absolute hypocrites.

[@thehighlander1945]

£2 MILLION swimming pool?! 😨😨😨 That's a joke, right?

[@DannieJhon-vc2gh]

@The Highlander no he even had to upgrade the power grid to heat it

[@joebloggs5886]

Public money = Public swimming pool... Sounds pretty nice, anyone for a dip?

[@stephenisom6089]

and the migrants get 25.000 per year total cost british homeless get 0,,how the hell did we get here the left wing la las,,

[@sunnysparkles4729]

Even if u find somewhere to live with money for rent, landlords ask for work records, credit checks and bank statements.. If your homeless u don't have them.

[@boota1979]

@SunnySparkles, well if Thatcher hadn't taken away rent controls to appease the landlords and not sold off social housing we would not be in this predicament.

[@juneturnham7931]

Absolutely right

[@lukejames5184]

All buy design?!

[@InterestedCitizen]

It's such a cruel and hopeless situation.

[@goldsteinist]

Landlords basically breaking human rights with these demands

[@user-wb6dz1ww6j]

Those volunteers and nuns deserves a Nobel prize!🙏 Doing what the governments (not only UK) fails to do!

[@PtolemyCeasar]

Some of the greatest minds of the preceding centuries came from the humble home. Cutting into the muscle of a Countries potential is suicidal.

[@judyb1643]

This is happening all over the globe. GREED is the issue that needs to be addressed.

[@ZelenoJabko]

No, it's lazy people who cannot contribute anything to the society

[@millymurray9324]

GREED will destroy the human race.

[@ZiPAwoaK94]

Kali Yuga… duh 🤷‍♂️

[@m.b2438]

​@@millymurray9324 lol 😂😂😂😂

[@TUTENSKENGS]

Oh it won't be addressed and the homeless rates will continue to rise

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

“What is causing England’s rural homelessness crisis?” The government and politicians, obviously!

[@Security848]

yes knowone is homeless when labour are in lol

[@wofffefe6342]

@@Security848 labour have been in twice in 44 years, issue is FTPT and the two party system.

[@rosefamily2351]

2nd homes air BnB bring in a bigger profit than rentals and it's just more expensive to live out in the rural community

[@victoriawhyte5379]

Abd landlords that wont allow us to get a lodger

[@stevenhenry5267]

Wrong. It's corporations. Blame the tool makers not the tools.

[@seagulls566]

I made myself homeless and lived on the downs for 18 months and absolutely loved it, I had no pressure up there and the day was mine , the concern of family brought me back to reality

[@emmaphilo4049]

If it's a choice, it's an adventure. For most homeless people, it's not a choice

[@MrP1.01]

Property Agents are inflating rental prices in all rural areas, this is win win for the agents as they charge a percentage of the rent as commission. But - this is a massive injustice to the majority of people who rent as they are being priced out of the market, with no where to go and insufficient means to enter into a mortgage.

[@rosefamily2351]

Hats off to each and every person that helped those in need x

[@janesmith9024]

And those of us who pay masses of tax to keep those in hotels in conditions some of us do not even have ourselves.

[@birdlynn417]

Not everyone who has been helped turn around and help back. In fact many take advantage of people or even hurt the people who helped them.

[@marlboroqueen]

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. PRIORITISE BRITISH PEOPLE! THIS IS OUR HOME, THIS IS OUR LAND. THIS IS ALL WE HAVE.

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

It’s British people who are buying up property for their bloody holiday homes or for renting out as an Airbnb- it’s not asylum seekers doing it

[@benjaminguilatcoiv]

people need something to start with and a leg up when they are down in a hole..

[@Iybraesil]

We tried that twice. The guy was smeared as a communist and anti-semite.

[@wlsn77]

Lol, the problem is with private landowners refusing to sell their land at values that allows affordable homes; and a tory government that encourages speculation turning housing into investments.

[@benjaminguilatcoiv]

@@wlsn77 speculation doesn't stop even with a labor govt. This party system including the emotion invested by each 'side' into 'their' party, which is played up and cultivated by the media, is how they divide the people to negate any effective and meaningful change. When in reality politicians, of any party, are owned by just one and the same small group of people. Just look at how alone Bridgen is in his position against the vaxx.. bec the parties: labor, tory, green etc are all owned by Them and not really by their voters

[@apoolofwomen]

Im a contractor and work 2-5 weeks on a gig and be tired and sore as hell after. Usually takes me a day to a week depending on how taxing it was to recover. Ive listened to be who are/have been homeless both users and non users thatbsaid it took them months to finally feel rested and collected even not involving addiction recovery. Alot of the homeless issues are always met with responses like just work more or go get a job or should of handled their money better.......... unfortunately our global economy has allowed vasts groups of people to become without a home or displaced. Now these things are happening to our neighbors and friends and families. While every society will always have a drug/addiction problems the decisive effort needs to be getting teenages families and individuals at risk either to themselves or others off the streets and into facilities to house and provide services accordingly. These families literally need to eat rest relax and collect their heads and figure out to get back on track. This cannot become a multicultural multinational and multigenerational issue becuase of lack of empathy integrity and realizing this could be anyone of us in a matter of time. There are many non for profits in the usa that are allowing homeless to get basically a post office box and get mail......in the usa without a legal address or place of residence its almost impossible to take advantage of the social programs for recovery and homeless housing. Also its almost impossible for people to apply for most jobs without a physical address. I work in sports television and i see millions of dollars wasted and literally thrown away after every game and then i get to walk to my car and pass people who had nothing to eat and sometimes in weather im thanking god inget to get out of for the day,thats the normal across alot of places. If governments and politics cant or wont fix this its left to the local communities to brainstorm and figure out what solution makes the most sense ethically morally and financially so it doesn't become a bigger money fraud than it already is in the usa with alot of the government subsidized programs that produce little to no results. It was very interesting to see what that convent did and really we just need to make these people feel worth again.

[@Rleatfitness]

Id imagine people buying second homes in rural areas putting up rent and house prices has had a huge impact on locals

[@phillipjacobs7691]

They care more about "refugees" then their own people.

[@michaelpout9701]

It's soul destroying being homeless I was for nine months and I'm living in a hostel now I'm still traumatised by the experience of it I still drink loads to block out the memorys of it there need to be a massive reform on the homeless crisis everywhere

[@PhatPhinx]

the fact an out dated studio appartment made from a small terraced house built 90 years ago cost 800 a month might have something to do with it but i dont know

[@chiefteefteefreturns3320]

All the while migrants pouring into our country are getting hotels, dominos pizza, even dentists before our own.

[@agentcooki]

Hold on. The council literally give people in urgent situations TENTS and now they are acting like they are helping?

[@John-sp9kw]

Whilst the next dingy load will be tucked up in a nice hotel ready to accommodate their new homes being built for them

[@Scapestoat]

@@John-sp9kw Hi, John the Racist.

[@edmundprice5276]

Oh, which the council will then proceed to cut to pieces with scissors as happens in devon

[@sylviabaxter265]

No room at the inn

[@John-sp9kw]

@@edmundprice5276 so where as all our council tax payments gone too then and our British income tax payers money gone to ALSO? AS such for instance the local council has had an increase of 2.3% so out of that no social housing for us but a tent if your in unfortunate circumstances . Wtf ?

[@rosieHolliday5887]

I'm really glad that young man in Norwich got somewhere to stay. He looked so thin. I don't think he could have survived much longer. I wish him well

[@jodickinson7732]

This seems to be a growing problem worldwide. Australia is experiencing this as well. Rents have skyrocketed and rental properties have dwindled. Its weird how one day we have enough housing for everyone and then overnight we don't. 😥

[@emmaphilo4049]

Air bnb, second homes, speculation.... It's a big problem....

[@UKGBManny]

There is a crisis im 37 i moved out of home at 21, I pay over £1000 a month to stay in my rented flat, just with bills council tax etc etc. I earn around £25,000 a year After food clothing and everything else we need to live and be clean, I'm left with about £80 a month to save. The average house price is over £200,000 how am i ever meant to ever afford a house? For example when my dad was my age he earned £19,000 a year and his first house price was £17,000.

[@ekay4495]

£1000 with BILLS!? Here 1 bed = £1,200 then another 300+ for bills

[@camo_out_in_the_woods-35]

I've been homeless since the 13th of February sleeping on a mountain in South Wales it's snowed it's rained so many times my camp is literally like a muddy bog I cut my fire wood for my fire it is hard doing this life but I get on with it till I can get a place one day

[@-Juba-]

Stay strong brother

[@vffncl0]

if people on low wages can't even afford to live in the countryside ... where can they afford to live??

[@craigscothern5100]

Themisery these people must face on a daily basis knowing they are homeless must be heartbreaking. I have seen it first hand by volunteering in a homeless shelter and being homeless myself in the past.

[@Ollie121299OnPC]

Biggest problem in Cornwall atm is the English moving down here from cities such as London or Manchester paying obscene prices for houses which the locals cannot compete with. Being forced to leave the place we were born

[@CentaurMoe]

It's a vicious circle, working people priced out of London have no choice but to move driving the rent up for other areas, who in turn are priced out.

[@georgebeddows4777]

The Cornish people selling to rich english people is also the fault of the Cornish

[@tantone0157]

I’m about to become one of these statistics , my mortgage has risen way beyond my wages so we have to get out and have no where to go , no money , don’t see how my husband can continue in his job without a home . We are scared to death , I am disabled too which is another worry as my health isn’t good . We have worked all our lives and payed tax’s but now we’re in our early 60’s and life is a nightmare .

[@liamsxa]

Yeah but Ukraine

[@ioeieattn1310]

@@liamsxa yes Lyam, seems like ukraine is more important than people's lives in UK...

[@expOsiris]

@@ioeieattn1310 and illegal immigrants

[@liamsxa]

@@ioeieattn1310 we must support the terraforming of Ukraine

[@Genadiaki]

Please ask your friends for help. It is important that your husband does not lose his job. So maybe rent a room in a shared house, and save for a better apartment.

[@pacificperiscope8844]

Even with rich countries such as the UK, homelessness will always be a problem when there is no family support at all.

[@lenzalafonso9508]

Private landlords should be regulated strictly in the UK. A maximum rent law ( depending on the area and type of real estate) should be made. Private Landlords should be licensed and taxed directly from gov body. All rent should be through bank transfer only. Deposits should be not more than half of the monthly rent.

[@alanthe2]

Completely empathise with that woman from Newquay. I grew up in a seaside community in the westcountry myself and second homes, holiday homes are a huge problem for us here. Young people and families cannot get on the housing ladder and equally, landlords set rents that the market dictates. It’s unsustainable.

[@jonatand2045]

The problem isn't second homes. Likely developments get blocked by restrictive regulation and nimbys.

[@alanthe2]

@@jonatand2045 That’s a problem too, yes. And there’s definitely a balance that needs to be struck. But there’s no way I’d be able to afford to buy a home in the town I grew up in because it’s an attractive location for people who want holiday homes or, for people who are buying as an investment. Especially considering that when developments are built, they’re not social housing, and if they are, it’s about 10% of the development as a whole and the rest of the houses are too expensive for people to buy.

[@normanheuze7536]

​@jonatand3425 housing is being built all the time in Cornwall but it's not affordable for locals. Very little affordable housing is built

[@freyashipley6556]

We have a similar problem here on the central coast of California. The 1% pay vast sums for housing, and most of us end up being priced out of the market. Yes, the beaches are beautiful, but the rampant social injustice is infuriating.

[@sarahmitchell4942]

Good luck connelly

[@timsmith5754]

The woman and the group who helped Connelly are Angels.

[@jamiesplinter8758]

The out reach team fast tracked myself to a home ,, when i asked for aid they helped straight away

[@tomasrikona4021]

Homelessness is always invariably linked to real estate and property ownership. Always and without exception. Only the government, real estate industries and financial institutions have the power to end this crisis now and forever but they won't- because it's not profitable.😢

[@billyliar1614]

it's not for want of houses - we've built over every square inch. The sickness at the heart of our society which we don't want to really talk about is ownership. We used to call it greed, pejoratively, before it became good that is.

[@lovethyneibor22736]

What's your opinion on where the world is going these days?

[@pamelabuhr4542]

Bless these people for the work they do to improve the life of homeless people.

[@jonatand2045]

A final solution is needed: Allowing developers to supply demand.

[@user-fh2cw9mi5y]

Giving everything to people who arrive on a dingy and not looking after our own could be the problem maybe? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

20 years ago I was in Margate when the Kosovans flooded the area and ever hotel full.

[@niblet112]

It’s called division. It’s also a massive distraction. Banks are collapsing all over the place. Inflation in the UK is at 10.4% interest rates have been raised 11 times in a few months.

[@aliasofanalias7448]

​@@HOLLASOUNDS I went to Margate once, absolute shithole

[@brendansherlock6442]

Part of the problem yes but not the whole causal factor

[@roger4roger]

@@Ryzanu it's not even close to being the main reason. the primary problem is inflation. the government could deport every single immigrant and there would still be a huge homeless problem.

[@faelsinnes]

67 and homeless in england, couldn't afford a council bungalow in Northumberland , was ending up in debt to heat the bungalow and feed myselfbut on the state pension I couldn't afford to do both.

[@berenedain8427]

Government: "People just need to work harder here in the UK. Look at me, I built myself up from nothing and only a million pounds from my father."

[@reeling-in]

Thousands have turned up at Dover and been given shelter straight away. The homelessness will become more widespread as migrants fill the available housing!

[@blazzz13]

Spoken like a true government shill. Still, what has the government done about homelessness? What have they done in 13 years to control immigration? Wasn't Brexit supposed to take 'back control'? Maybe if the government wasn't cutting benefits this wouldn't be happening. Or is that the immigrants' fault too?

[@susanwestern6434]

True.

[@ep1929]

True, it's absolutely sickening.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Yes that's because it looks good for the British government to show the world how We are so wonderful, the UK homeless dont get good PR.

[@prasanta5139]

Dover illegal immigrants will take any housing they can get as they cannot choose. British people on benefit waiting for housing wants its local in their own borough/region. If they really wanted housing as a priority there are other council borough with space.

[@freakinfrugal5268]

So happy when Connoly got his room for 8 weeks. I deeply hope life has turned around for the better for him by now.

[@LordProteus]

Probably knocking down all the cheap but livable flats and then replacing them with Houses people can't afford.

[@name5344]

'move on'? How? the price of housing is the problem and she's talking down to them.

[@apocalypticweasel9078]

the problem happened back in the 80's selling of the council housing stock and not replacing the stock has resulted in a shortage it was a great idea council tenants could own their property but for everyone sold it needs to be replaced simple.

[@prasanta5139]

Many haven’t sold. They went on to be landlords making more profit than actual real estate investor, as these benefit council social housing people got fat discounts by Margaret thatcher.

[@sayeedharem4673]

Lies to get votes .

[@pedazodetorpedo]

Unfortunately Labour had 13 years but didn't build anything

[@hannahlou3406]

@@pedazodetorpedo tories have now had same amount of time and they've also built nothing

[@PeteJohnson1471]

I see this in the village I live in. All the best council houses were purchased. All that was is left is pretty much crappy blocks of flats built in the 50's!

[@jessejuliano8056]

Exact same thing happening here in NZ. Our motels have largely been turned into expensive social housing(expensive for the govt/taxpayer). Its insane how big this problem has become and so quickly.

[@minniesen3730]

Not really, what happens when people who are councils but don't know how to manage money or misuing it, which will come out. Landlords or family being disgusting/domestic abuse, this will create this all over the streets and world unless it changes.

[@minniesen3730]

Take them to COURT, the people behind it and succeed. That's all. It's a lot of money to get sued for - illegal eviction or domestic violence

[@JC-du6sn]

Look up Within Heaven's Gates by Rebecca Springer 😇

[@elmobolan4274]

The rise of Air B&B is to blame

[@jackwitman8504]

Do these social housing units actually house your own people, or is it mostly the hordes of third world immigrants, like it is in mine?

[@Llkolii]

I was in a tent for 2 months not long ago, not surprised how common its becoming

[@hempmaiden]

The poor boy, putting his food parcel away into the drawer, happy to be indoors in a basic room, that is shocking and atrocious things can get to this point, but he did get help thanks to these people

[@peterfielding4527]

people like this worker are saints, my heart goes out to every one sleeping rough in the uk and every where else 😔

[@zoekenny3619]

I can't even begin to imagine how lonely and hopeless it must feel to be 24 years old and sleeping in a tent in winter. His hands were just shivering. I hope some Tory voters in their comfortable houses see this video and wake up to themselves.

[@piccalillipit9211]

NO they watch it and think - the lazy sh!t should work harder. That is GENUINELY what they thnk.

[@ch0293]

Too busy in their bank accounts

[@funbarsolaris2822]

Those who vote tory truly are the filth of the earth

[@delwigzieful]

I will never vote conservative or Labour ever again they have destroyed this country and the British people and they continue to do so REFORM UK for me Enough IS Enough

[@sovkhan4359]

All the while illegal immigrants being provided with nice warm homes made just a few months prior. Or 5 star hotels where their three day meals are prepared for them free of charge 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@lucasperboni674]

who would have thought that people owning 3 or 4 houses would leave other folks homeless

[@gardenjoy5223]

At least they got some temporal housing going on. Those blue tiny homes look nice and even have a beautiful shared garden. Much better than living on the streets or in a car! Love how the nuns just gave that property away to help the homeless. Seems like a good place to restart with kind people helping out. Great work getting Connolly in a room so fast, even with a microwave, fridge, plates, food and toiletries! A lot of kind thought and effort has gone into that!

[@Nic01a]

The council says they'll support rough sleepers. They refer them to a council funded "charity" who will pick them up and offer them a place to sleep. They then lock the homeless person into a two year contract where they'll be kicked out if they become employed. These charities get paid £1000 a month per homeless resident.

[@sctsmith]

Alot of evil hide behind alot of charities

[@Nic01a]

@@sctsmith yep. Used to live next door to a property that had 5 homeless people living there, where they'd take in £5k for this property alone. They had multiple properties in the town. They hire a few minimum wage staff members who would only be able to offer minimal support due to how stretched out they are. There are some absolutely amazing staff members but there were several undesirable ones too (including previous occasions of drug dealing offenses). I heard this following story through other residents. Someone with known health issues had died in their room. He hadn't been seen in 11 days. A staff member had fraudulently written that he met with him and that he was okay a few days prior. That person still works there. I would really like to know where the money is going.

[@jackwhite8655]

It's become an industry all by itself. Our government does not want to end these problems because of the jobs it creates and the money they earn. - It's legal fraud. My local night shelter charge over £700 per person for a week!!!!! - they can only be in there from 6pm to 8.30am.

[@sctsmith]

@@Nic01a I knew a bloke tht was homeless several Yr ago for a while. He got a room in a salvation army place,, he says they charge the dole like 200 a week rent

[@Godsfavouriteidiot_]

I was made homeless almost a year ago. I worked and lived in a hostel and in one day I lost my home and job when I fell out with the owner. Luckily we had a great summer and I just stayed in Regent’s Park in London (basically pretended I was camping) I’m a skilled worker but so hard to keep up with work when I have to keep moving around. Park, sofas, spare rooms, whatever I can get and basically impossible to save for a deposit

[@ritaamor283]

Oh man, good luck, hope everything turns around soon. The system is failing. Hug!

[@miamitten1123]

Yeah, it was sunny from March - September in 2022. This yeah, been so damp. Must be even worst with those without a home.

[@jonatand2045]

​@@ritaamor283 Basically not enough housing is allowed. There are still plenty of single family homes where property owners should aren't allowed to build skyscrapers in the middle of London megacity. This is the work of nimbys.

[@sweethomechicago]

Are there programs in the UK to help with a deposit?

[@Godsfavouriteidiot_]

@@sweethomechicago There are but I’m so far down the priority list that it’s basically impossible. HOWEVER I just got housed today!!!!! Have my keys and tenancy agreement!

[@loulopez554]

Here in the U.S. it's everywhere it is very sad and no one has a solution.

[@dozypawz]

Everything is getting more expensive yet we don't get paid more... Mortgages have just recently gone up, everything's interest has gone up. It's ridiculous and terrifying.

[@zoeydeu2261]

Unfortunately this is also happening in Australia too. Families and individuals left homeless, sleeping in tents, in cars, on benches at the park, motels turned into temp homes, it's really heartbreaking. Prior to record house prices here, we never saw people sleeping rough or being homeless, back then homes were affordable and welfare payments weren't severely below the poverty line. Now homes for rent and for sale are so expensive, there's not enough supply, and welfare payments (post covid) are below the poverty line. And anyone down on their luck can experience homelessness. I was sick in 2019-2020, and if it wasn't for my brother, I'd be homeless too. Because he was there to catch me, I was able to get better, find a new job, and now able to afford an apartment.

[@chriswatson1698]

And the government keeps importing foreigners to compete with Australians for housing.

[@enterbalak]

All by design..

[@Padraigp]

Its so crao because they cant put down roots have a family stability grow a patch of veggies make neighbourhood friends ...its a huge loss for all of us in siciety. What do the bloody vultures who buy up homes do for anyone. Nothing

[@esparda07]

Lump in Canada on that list.

[@kevinromero426]

Literally everywhere, I mean it’s crazy.

[@ravenblack2262]

Too many people own second homes and are only in them for a couple of weeks a year , its so wrong .

[@childoftime9964]

And Airbnb

[@PDScally]

It's the same in Ireland and getting worse, but yet we are taking in thousands of immigrants and have nowhere to house them let alone our own homeless people.

[@Ksu_]

amazing work by these kind hearted volunteers

[@josephbarker9363]

I live in Blackpool they have thousands of immigrants filling the hotels while or homeless people or on the streets and in rural areas, absolutely discussing!!

[@clueken13]

I love her for helping Connelly. What a wonderful person.

[@theflyinghamster8442]

Just a fact . New Zealand has the highest rate of homeless per capital in the developed world.

[@chilesauce7248]

I spent 8 months homeless with my tent, i never littered or left rubbish anywhere. There is no excuse for being trashy.

[@mstt3530]

God bless this homeless team ❤

[@atlasgabriel5461]

We never look after our own, we were told it was the big bad EU but it’s our own Government and councils that prioritise the wealthy second homeowners and private landlords and its locals that suffer. Nothing to do with immigration, the whole system needs prioritising and investment.

[@chriswhata]

be intreresting to see how many homes are fully occupied all year round...

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

YES!!!

[@JoshSampson-cp6go]

“Nothing to do with immigration” it is though isn’t it let’s face it

[@boota1979]

@Atlas & Gabriel The less layers government have to hide behind and blame, the more obvious it is how badly this country and it's people are cared for.

[@John-sp9kw]

Migration etc has alot to do with it aswell as other issues arisen

[@ukcoupondeals]

This is so sad.

[@susanyates4233]

Sadly it is like this in North and East Yorkshire. People like the areas and move to them. One of my sons has just moved into a Housing Association house, after being given notice to leave his damp, mouldy home, which badly needs an upgrade.

[@clionamoore8365]

Any homeless person in the UK should simply make their way to the south coast, enter the sea, then claim asylum. That way they’d get put into a hotel.

[@TruthTortoise81]

They get put into a hotel or temporary accommodation in any case. Only a tiny number of "homeless" people sleep on the streets.

[@LondonSadam777]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@chiefxvi403]

There's alot of jobs out there, don't know what's going on, feels like ppl just giving up

[@barney4293]

@@chiefxvi403 jobs require qualifications

[@MrJackphoenix96]

Here here

[@taipizzalord4463]

Having to pay half your income to a Landlord.

[@thesaltbaron-du6mo]

A Tory landlord

[@ama7efc784]

Well a landlord has to have an income. Not all landlord are tyrannical overlords ya know. Someone who's worked hard and has a 1 or 2 investment properties and treats their tennants well isn't a bad thing.

[@accountreality1988]

@@ama7efc784 landlord's greed is the product of a failed system the government created by not building enough houses and letting in too many people causing the demand to skyrocket and giving power to the landlords to exploit.

[@aussielady4]

Prince William's Daughter has over 2 billion dollars already... Where did she get it 🤔

[@MattJohno2]

I once spent a night on a bench after I had missed the last connecting train for the day and had to get one the following morning. I'm fortunate enough that it was just one night.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Britain needs more monasteries. All of these homeless people could become monks or nuns.

[@beebeelicious]

Good luck in your life Connelly.❤

[@piccalillipit9211]

*ANY COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS THIS TO HAPPEN SHOULD BE UTTERLY ASHAMED* this is a choice by the Tory party.

[@pedazodetorpedo]

Right, because there was never anyone sleeping rough when Labour was in power lol. 😂😂😂

[@mrwu2]

How typical to just sit there and rabbit on about the Tories. Hardcore liberalism within Britain has the most to answer for actually. And there IS help available to those that need it, as seen by the ample amount of support handed to people who arrive by dingy. It's just sly news trying to brainwash some more lefties

[@fairyheli2]

​@@Cernunnos-2024and the Tories would naturally have a problem with making a profit out of housing and the rights of landlords to do so?

[@radiohill]

Not a mention of all those people arriving on boats every day. Not anywhere in this report.

[@Dumbled0resArmy]

I can't beleive we have these issues in our country despite paying some of the highest tax amounts in the world. Every individual that works for the government for self interest rather than for the people, deserve to live cursed lives. I can't think of a single government leader in office in the last decade that has made a positive change for the people.

[@hyramhackenbacker3953]

The last 30 years.

[@baileyhallfilms]

this is not only an issue in rural england but australia where I live, there isn't enough housing, private rentals are stretched to the limit and social housing waits are really long.

[@KanyeKetchup]

Plenty of jobs in Aussie

[@zhisu2665]

@@KanyeKetchup no there's not

[@lappo2534]

Yes there is Zhimin, but most pay fark all. That's why 90% of migration to Australia is from Asia.

[@hyramhackenbacker3953]

Plenty of space to build a lot more.

[@TheHMSBros]

@@hyramhackenbacker3953 Yep, but due to Gov decisions to buy and import instead of gathering and manufacturing domestically, most half built houses are abandoned by builders due to lack of materials.