The families who have been ordered out of their homes: the tenants evicted but not told why. There were more than 24,000 of these no-fault evictions last year. The landlords say they are the ones getting a bad deal. Britain needs its private landlords but the system is forcing thousands into homelessness. So should tenants be evicted when they haven’t done anything wrong? Panorama: Evicted for No Reason, BBC 2018
Tenants in the UK have fewer rights than almost anywhere in Europe. Most are on short-term contracts. ibid.
Around 13 million rent from private landlords. ibid.
Most landlords simply won’t rent to people on housing benefit. ibid.
It’s been ten years since the government bailed out the banks. But thousands of families with mortgages are still counting the cost. Tonight we reveal how the government’s own bank charged exorbitant interest rates, evicted people unfairly from their homes, and then flogged off their mortgages to the highest bidder. Panorama: Trapped By My Mortgage, BBC 2018
Their mortgage is nearly two and a half thousand pounds a month … They are mortgage prisoners. ibid.
We investigate the mobile home swindle: people sold homes where they’re not allowed to live and left facing the threat of eviction. We reveal how some buyers are falsely promised they can live on site full-time. And how people can be cheated out of their cash. Panorama: The Mobile Home Swindle, BBC 2024
More than 170,000 people live in mobile homes in the UK. ibid.
I know it’s horrible now. You’ve got to look past all this. This is England 86 I II III IV ***** Woody to Lol over the threshold, Channel 4 2010
This little bento box is almost like a work of art … almost too beautiful to eat. James Fox, The Art of Japanese Life: Home, BBC 2017
In Japan much of domestic life is informed by aesthetics. ibid.
Rinshunkaku is a lesson in domestic design. ibid.
Many Japanese people are obsessed with flower arranging. ibid.
‘I’m under siege. They’re gonna throw me out of yet another home. I don’t want to move. For any reason … I was a nobody living on 110th Street.’ Single Room Occupancy, short 11.16
Four out of ten council homes sold under the right-to-buy policy are now owned by private landlords. The failure to replace these homes is a key reason for the current lack of affordable housing. Due to budget cuts from central government, councils are working in partnership with property developers to ‘regenerate’ council estates and meet demand for social housing in inner city areas. But the demolition of homes, replaced with housing that is unaffordable to the original residents, has led critics to describe the process as ‘social cleansing’. Social Housing, Social Cleansing ***** Channel 5 2018
20 years later, residents of the Aylesbury [estate, Southwark] might wonder what happened to New Labour’s bold vision of the future. ibid.
The Heygate estate: forecasted profit from sales to Lendlease: £194m; forecasted profit from sales for Southwark Council £0. ibid.
‘I believe it was a deliberate strategy by the local authority.’ ibid. Steve Turner, assistant general secretary Unite, re Heygate
In 2003 Glasgow City Council transferred its entire housing stock to the Glasgow Housing Association, a new private company. ibid.
With only 4% voting in favour of demolition, Lambeth opted to proceed with plans to demolish all 306 houses on the estate. ibid.
In 2017 there were more than 19,000 people on the waiting list for social housing in Tower Hamlets, 3,018 of whom had been on the list for ten years or longer. ibid.
In 2016 the number of affordable homes built in Britain fell to a 24-year low. ibid.
I’m going undercover to expose the landlords who offer shelter in exchange for sexual acts. A failure by the authorities to protect vulnerable people. And to investigate the moral complexities that surround the issue. Ellie Undercover s1e1: Rent for Sex, BBC 2018
These ads are everywhere; they’re all over the UK. ibid.
Preying on people who don’t have an alternative. ibid.
The vast majority of them are on Craigslist. ibid.
It feels like there is a vacuum of responsibility. ibid.
Tonight: Britain’s property crisis. The heartbroken and the homeless. The rise and rise of renting. Overcrowded or on the street? And the relief for those who finally find somewhere to live. Tonight: Britain’s Property Crisis, ITV 2018
After decades of missed building targets, it’s estimated the country needs four million houses right now. ibid.
The average house priced eight times higher than the average wage. ibid.
The right of a landlord to make someone homeless even when they’ve done nothing wrong … It can be whole communities. ibid.
The true cost of losing your home: why are so many families struggling to find somewhere affordable to live? … A wave of evictions is heading our way. Tonight: Losing Your Home: The True Cost, ITV 2022
Rats, mice, Britain’s pests are on the rise. Dangerous creatures that can ruin lives. And the experts who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty … Vermin such as rats and mice cause havoc to homes and businesses across the country. Tonight: Home Invasion: Britain’s Pest Problem, ITV 2024
The process of opting-out of your smart meter is like being bullied by kids at school. The Epic Saga of a Smart-Meter Opt-Out, Youtube 2017 46.43
A waste … costing more not less, wasting more energy than they save, and even that the meters are an unjustifiable and unnecessary intrusion. ibid.
It’s sending out very high pulses. ibid.
Multiple hoops that you have to jump through in order to actually opt out. ibid.
Between $169-200. ibid.
Two Naperville Women Arrested After Trying To Block ‘Smart Meters’. ibid.
‘You will be required to pay other fees and charges …’ ibid. letter from electricity supplier
And left us there with no meter and no power in December in the cold with children. I was not a happy person that day. ibid.
We were lucky our house hadn’t burnt down. ibid.
I have to pay out of hours fees on top of their mistake … You don’t even know how much it is. ibid.
We’re in bureaucratic hell. ibid.
Imagine this is your home: for many in social housing their homes are barely fit to live in. Once the reserve of councils, today more than 60% of social housing is owned and managed by housing associations and they are not necessarily an improvement. Dispatches: Landlords from Hell, Channel 4 2019
Tonight we investigate one of the biggest housing associations to see whether they’ve become the new landlords from hell. ibid.
All over the country people are battling to put a roof over their heads. The cost of living crisis means more and more families are struggling with eviction and life in temporary accommodation. But with only 2% of private rents now affordable for those on benefits, finding somewhere else to live has never been harder. Dispatches: Britain’s Evicted Kids, Channel 4 2022
Councils are increasingly reliant on housing in other areas. ibid.
Today’s homes are more wired than ever, connecting us and protecting us. But are all these devices securing our homes or making them more vulnerable, creating peepholes we never imagined? Will we ever be able to draw the curtains again? Dark Net s2e6: My Home, Netflix 2017
Welcome to our home. Ozark s1e6: Book of Ruth, redneck heroin dealer to Marty, Netflix 2017
1They are pushing us out of our homes. They ruthlessly cheat the system to get their little darlings into the best homes. And let’s face it, they just want to keep people like me at arm’s length … I’m talking about the British middle class. Geoff Norcott, How the Middle Class Ruined Britain, BBC 2019
A hundred years ago today the Addison Act was passed: it kickstarted council housing as we know it. But now it’s in crisis. We now have four million fewer council houses than we used to. George Clarke’s Council House Scandal, Channel 4 2019
This housing nightmare has to be fixed. ibid.
Everyone should have the option of being able to live in a decent quality house of rent. ibid.
A crisis caused by lack of investment over decades. ibid.
In Britain there are over one million people on the waiting list. ibid.
The Addison Act financed construction of a quarter of a million homes over three years. ibid.
There’s no grand vision … We can do it. ibid.
Over 100,000 children living in temporary accommodation. ibid.
The last time we built council housing at scale was the sixties and early seventies. ibid.
The so-called accommodation units that put our country to shame. ibid.
He was the new kid in town: super popular, all about adventure. They were the neighbours, just down the block, a family in fear. Someone had been sneaking into their home and now someone was in their garage. In a flash it was over. A charismatic kid dead on the floor. What had happened in that garage that night? A neighbour protecting his home or preparing a trap? A teenager, a father, a murder: no-one would be the same. Dateline s1e2: Deadly Exchange, Sky Crime 2020
How far can you go to protect your home and families? ibid.
The world’s richest people spend over a trillion pounds every year living the luxury life. Discover the secrets of a luxury world where only the best is good enough. Revealing that’s it more than just about flashing the cash. Meet the most discerning customers in the world. Inside the World’s Multi-Million Pound Mega Mansions aka The World’s Most Luxurious Homes, Channel 5 2019
Across the globe luxury is the goal and there is no shortage of pricey properties for those who can afford them, from sprawling English estates to vertical metropolitan living where space is definitely at a premium. ibid.