Yea you got that spot on

you think it is sustainable to give a house to anyone coming in you r country ? in uk all you need is a few kids and you on the top of the list. don't matter what country you are coming from...

@@twohopes8353 Check your news sources if this is how things have been presented to you.

Welfare state...how about working hard and building your own houses? Stop begging...and throw out these migrants, you have enough houses.

@@mrmrmrcaf7801totally agree. You should see those people. They don’t and cannot survive in the real world it’s sad. Just fueling a generation that doesn’t know anything about consequences.

Most of the modern social housing is indistinguishable from private housing.

​@@fenlandwildlifeclips yeah and that's a problem as everyone now wants to free load. Why should I pay 250k for a house next door to a HA who get it heavily subsidise rent. So my mortgage is over 1k a month and they pay 650 for the same house and do not have to pay maintenance. Sorry its a big issue.

@robertjones2053 It's 80% market value for social housing now: affordable rents are set at a higher price than the old social rents. If you don't want to live next to social tenants, don't, but being a home owner who was bought up in social housing, I can promise you some social tenants are much nicer than you think. As for your jealousy issues: part of my job is evicting social tenants who can not afford their rent. I don't like doing it, but given the current climate, it's a necessary evil. You can also benefit from affordable home ownership schemes or private rental if you so chose. I doubt very much that your neighbouring tenant is only paying £650. I think they are probably paying closer to £1000 pcm, if it's a modern affordable let. Have you actually seen their rent statement? For the monthly rent x weekly by 52 & divide by 12. I think you are xing an old rent by 4. It's probably over £190 weekly now. More likely £200 plus, if it's a £250,000 property.

Sorry but that is exactly the man that the UK does NOT need...you need someone from the extreme right who is first of all a patriot and cares about his UK citizens not those from outside because you have reached the limit....it doesn't matter how many houses he can build from publics money, eventually the juice runs out , UK should be shut until repaired. That guy is just icing on top of a rotten core. Honestly what you need is someone who has the guts to put a few million people on ships and send them without mercy where they came from but this will never happen because there are many like you who do not see behind the smoke screen 👍Something like this is not unheard of, do you remember Australian transportation peaks? Well now you need 10x , to come back.

@@mrmrmrcaf7801 Many like me? I was talking about house building policy, not immigration policy.

I agree, I think that's why they are not all going to be social houses. Some will be available to purchase in order to diversify the income brackets. The Barbican was an interesting case (when it was first built) where it was subsidised for professionals. Whilst none of it was social housing, it was still income diverse and was successful. I guess my belief is (and it may be naive) that you are better building housing for everyone that is mixed and not zoned in order for there to be less segregation.

I think it's better to have mixed space that suits different needs, e.g. some with pedestrian streets with little shops, some with community garden, some more isolated and better sound insulation for those who don't want to socialize.

100% agree I would never buy a house anywhere near social housing ever again. There are always scum there who make life miserable for everyone else. Scummy people raising scummy kids.

Then you also have to ensure that amenities and welfare services are close by and well funded, and people have good jobs that pay good wages to commute to, so you eliminate those issues as much as possible. Bulls*it jobs and bad Ts and Cs in those jobs are the scourge of our society for the past 20-30 years.

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😪 I couldn’t agree with you more!

@@mrmrmrcaf7801things for free? It helps with mental health just to have a place where it’s affordable! Where you have security! A home where you can stay and not get kicked out! So yes it does help with mental health its nothing to do with free but everything to do with security and affordability!

@@mrmrmrcaf7801 Social housing/ council housing isn't free, the rent is just a few hundred pounds lower than the rent asked for by private landlords. It's not an insignificant amount, just affordable since it's not for profit.

Basically you saying they are more likely to give to a working couple then people on benefits?

Working couple are eligible if they threatened with homelessness. I am saying they give it to the people whom they wish and to whom they pay.@@MrSebastianBlake

​@@MrSebastianBlakedont blame them, I've worked in thousands of properties (social housing). And the vast majority dont look after them and leave the properties in a disgusting state.

And remove the right to buy.

We hv that in Bharat (India)

"I'm from the government, I'm here to help".

Tory councils were the first to build tower Blocks.

Yes and why not add flying pigs into the mix ? Best we can hope for is for the poor half of the population to get out and lead a movement which demands state regulation of the market which privileges the wealthier half and the restriction of housing to meet demand. Not going to happen with the red and blue Tories

Rent control will just lead to no-one wanting to be a landlord. No-one owes you anything, and landlords don't have to stay invested in property, there are more lucrative opportunities available. Worth thinking about before spouting ludicrous pipe dreams. Why don't you ask your local supermarket to sell you everything at half price too? Good luck with that!

@@perolagrande - _"Rent control will just lead to no-one wanting to be landlord."_ - WRONG. Being a landlord can still be a profitable business even with rent control for the non-greedy and reasonable landlords. A number of countries have rent control and they still have many landlords doing just fine..

If we end RIGHT TO BUY than what will happen to the people that want to buy houses get a mortgage have a property. What you are saying is wrong.

@@aliadeelsquad232those that want to buy a house can buy a house on the regular market like everyone else does.

Yes. That is my worry. These self-contained communities can become hellholes with the wrong characters living in them.

Oh it was absolutely wonderful, to give the chance of somebody who had been paying rent all their lives to actually own their own home, their flat, or their house was a tremendous change.... Kenneth Baker-On the Right to Buy

Always london

@@paulmessenger9836 not really always London though is it? Plenty of people can't afford to buy or rent and homeless exists across the UK.

Lol how about working your way out of poverty

Really vital though are they.

I mean… I would like my house to not collapse on me in a fire

I live in a private development that has a bunch of communal courtyards. It's well maintained and full of birds, squirrels and nice people. The average person in social housing will just wreck places like this unfortunately.

Hear, hear!

what you need is a local authority with leverage over would-be problem residents, and a financial deposit requirement before they move in. regulated by the courts, or by legally qualified mediators. so that those who cause problems stand to lose financially, and ultimately may lose the property. scummies only understand force.

@@tedcrilly46 No why over complicate things? Vandalism, drugs, littering, anti-social behaviour, urinating up walls, fighting and disturbing the kings peace etc.. are all already illegal. They just need to give more importance to enforcing these laws and cracking down on delinquent behaviour.

@@lee9650 ok. well good luck with that. call the police, because that works. loss of money and being back in the housing market is a proper threat. and it can be built in to housing.

A sensible approach with rising temperatures

well if they're filling the yard with junk then it clearly isn't authoritarian enough. if people don't have something to lose, and the real potential to lose it, then you'll always get those few who abuse it. every public service should come with a 'fk around and find out' condition. especially housing.

What is wrong with washing lines? They hang their washing out in Sicily and everyone talks about how beautiful the architecture is there.

Ok Conrad

The rich can buy an overpriced house somewhere else. Everyone else just cares about somewhere to live.

People who could newly afford to purchase housing after prices have been brought down.

The only reason for the stigma against social housing is that it's so limited in availability that only the poorest people have access to it. In 1970 30% or the housing stock was social housing, now it's barely 16% and new builds are nonexistent. If enough was built, and up to good standards of quality then it would lose its negative perception.

Loads of people would. Thousands of people already have. Your question is bizarre.

​@@RealUlrichLelandsocial housing, as vital as it is, seems to have become less of a cushion to propel you forward in life to more of an entitlement that you will be looked after for life. And the more kids you have, the bigger the house you can get - which can act as an incentive

I imagine after some weathering it'll look authoritarian and imposing. Looks like castle ramparts.

I think it looks fine and good quality. The people living there like it. Trees will mature in time. Much more attractive than plate glass tower blocks.

@@emilydavison2053 I grew up on social housing estate. These places don't get more attractive over time.

@@dan79600 what's your suggestion? Tents?

Sounding a lot like a landlord but presuming not, it's a completely false economy to 'save' tax payers (which includ people in social housing btw) money by making people destitue and unable to participate in the economy. A healthy economy is powered by people spending money, and people don't spend money when they can't afford rent. You've bought into a massive con I'm afraid.

Stop worrying about what people own and go get yours

Who pays for in

Why 🤷‍♂️

You dare to post such a glaringly indisputable fact on the Channel 4 channel?

Immegrants bring a net contribution to UK public finances. You are making stuff up or unknowingly regurgitating lies.

@@bobs_1429 Like most things economy it is possible that you can be both right and wrong at the same time. It's absolutely true that immigration, mainly from EU citizens, contribute a net positive for the UK economy. Skilled, educated, motivated, industrious people make up the AVERAGE EU immigrant. However, at the same time, Non EEA immigrants, generally uneducated, low skilled with multiple children, do not contribute a net positive to the UK economy. 2018 figures suggested they contributed a net loss of over £10 billion. Now that we've left the EU, we've seen a stark drop off of the former and a dramatic increase in the latter. Immigrants make up approximately 18% of the population, double the size from the 2011 census. These numbers are speculative and are likely to be larger, as the UK isn't vigerous in checking who enters and leaves the country. I understand the need to take in vulnerable people seeking asylum. However, we aren't asking the mathematical questions in regards to one of the most liberal migration systems in the world. How many can we take without it having a significant impact on social services, social cohesion, and the amount of help we can provide for our elderly? How many? Another 500,000 perhaps? A million? 2? 10 million people from the developing world?

@@bobs_1429 We're paying £6 million per day to keep this current invasion (averaging on 1k per day at present). They are taking over hotels, old people's homes and student accommodation. Our hard-working family who pay taxes have just lost our NHS dentist. Galling knowing that these gatecrashers (who've contributed nothing) will be treated by the NHS on tap. My parents came here from the EU (and have returned) in the 60s - when immigration numbers were low and yes, they worked and contributed. Now the numbers are in their thousands and they're from India (who have just landed a craft on the moon), Eritrea, Albania .. hardly warn torn. Just how do you think they will be absorbed into the economy in a time of AI and shrinking jobs?? Just how will they be a benefit to us? As the other commentator said the sheer numbers now are overwhelming our schools and housing. Oh, my lovely market town has loads of Turkish barbers and restaurants. They don't seem to be very busy but you would say they're contributing to the economy.

What have the tories done with the nation's wealth? Wasted, stolen, false economies. Sold our water, HS2 fiasco, liz Truss etc etc

And?