yep

And they have the lawyers and money behind them and are not in bits about losing their homes. Homes not Units. The whole thing could be handled with a degree of care and concern, but laughing in the council meeting was all they were about.

Evil in suits

I was shocked at that

That said it all...low ..🙁

@Donnell Okafor yes indeed, you are one of those people 😂😂😂

They mostly will be renting (non secured tenent). They're getting some money for this and they should be happy. But they can whine on TV in the hope they get way more.

I hardly think homeowners are the "have-nots"

@@garyfrench6536who “mostly will be renting” ? and why does that make any difference to the people shown who bought their properties decades ago and are being offered nowhere near enough to, even if they wanted to, buy one of the proposed new homes? I take it then that you have put yourself, momentarily, in their shoes and that your home is to be demolished with you receiving no where near enough to purchase like for like…you’d be perfectly happy, grateful even, to receive what they’re being offered? Hmmmm

@@HaggisMuncher-69-420 ridiculous statement, have you even watched the programme in it’s entirety?

Shameful

Exactly right its the same with Grenfell they could have easily spent far less refurbing the place rather then knock it down whihc costs alot more to rebiuld

fred durst .. difference between West Hendon + all other London council estates is that Grenfell was set on fire with a big loss of residents that died in the burning Tower. It is being touted by media/council that 72 residents died but in truth the number was 300-400 ...... In the early days following the catastrophic fire, firemens reports on finding dead people was 200 on about the lower half of the Tower 😡😭😡😭😡😭😡😭

Unfortunately this happens everywhere. I'm originally from Berlin...same fucking story. I've been living in L.A. for the past 10 years and its the same over here as well...

Grow up Mandy, you’ll never change. Mel Deane always said you were stuck in your ways but I gave you the benefit of the doubt. He’s back in Longford now

@@senecaknowledge2274 It was well said by Mandy actually

And the alternative is that they don't do any redevelopment and people live in post WWII slums... What are you going to say then, that the council don't care about the people living there? Can't win with some people.

It was Thatcher’s disastrous policy of letting councils sell off their housing stock, not only to tenants but property developers, and not allowing them to build like for like. Meanwhile, with the huge influx of people into Boroughs, they are unable to provide housing and rely on private landlords, who can kick out the tenant simply for complaining too often about urgent repairs needed. People on zero hour contracts or minimum wage simply cannot afford the new shiny private homes being built. Yes, there are people on benefits who play the system, but others do not, yet they are at the sharp end, homeless in hostels etc because the private rents in decent properties are simply unaffordable.

@@wheresthecomedyspiritualit7113 Yes, on reflection I’d tend to agree

You guys in England have a queen with a very large palace perhaps every homeless person should move there and kick her royal ass out of her palace and move in. After all the tax payers of England and other nations have for years supported these parasites.

@@totalrecall8385 Lol 25p a year. £5 in my tax paying lifetime. Give me a break. As buckingham palace is a grade I listed building and it’s owned by the state, the repairs on it would have to be carried out anyway with taxpayers money. Ignorant American, what a surprise.

@@totalrecall8385 Have you ever been to Buckingham Palace? It really isn’t that big - the White House is probably bigger!

@@belladonna9227 You're so right! A 90yr old that's never had a job yet is a billionaire. How did that happen? I don't think Americans are the ignorant ones here..

@@Serf_dom you cretinous fuck if you think she didnt have a job, what a plank. shes done more for this country than your slime will ever. go fuck yourself. love, the uk.

A Honey Monster Pathetic politicians due to pathetic voters. No much we can do about it, is there?

True. That's fact. Deals already done no amount of opposition will change the regeneration ofLondon.

Totally the politicians doing this. People don't realise the implications of these developments and the council don't see their role as being there for poorer people who can't afford £500k apartments. They should be firstly having a duty of care to those living in the borough, whether home owners or tennants, and then develop with the best interests for everyone, not just the rich. This is money driven, the council got a crap deal £3, that will go a long way! Obviously, they got rid of pesky poor and old people, people that may require services from the council, so I guess - job done. A good documentary and should be put on TV ever 6 months, so people will be aware when this sort of thing comes to their area.

That was their way of disrespecting them without saying anything,says a lot about the empathy they have as human beings.Each and everyone that laughed should take a long hard look at themselves.

Z

Do you ever consider the other side of the story ? The developers have homes and families too, considerably bigger houses too & they take heating & maintenance of tennis courts etc

@@senecaknowledge2274 i hear that but all some of these people were asking for is a fair deal which I don't think they got. Not against people being successful and making profit but not trampling over people to get it

@@juliet7703 You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, collateral damage.

I don’t know why? She’s in a brand new flat

@@ptee9138Because she’s lost her community.

In places like London, most people are out for themselves. The only time they come together when everyone is affected or in a crisis, then you see community cohesion.

Not necessarily...there are some small communities in London with people who actually look after each other...and its lovely and refreshing to see in this day and age

It only is like this in communities where white people still exist.

Am so sad to see this as all have to look for new places to go as I grew up there myself

Absolutely!

Send them to the 19th century, PENNYLESS. Give them a taste of that Victorian negligence. That is the only fitting punishment.

EXACT SAME AS IRISH ELECTED COUNTY COUNCILLORS SCUM SCUM

It starts with the government it is the same in my country.

Same with our councils in Australia, Political party to start with run them and they all have property developer mates, it’s corruption world wide, disgusting

Those cnuts need a punch on the jaw and that old fck of the head of the council

They do this in York. Nothing for locals but always plenty of room for new build student studios and elite plush apartments that few can afford.

the queens palace is a lot older than these apartments,but they dont kick her out,and say,well it cost to much for up-keep..so its all getting demolished..in the name of progress!

ditto its happened numerous times in Manchester too starting in the blair era and still continuing to this day..nearly all the council estates within a couple of miles radius of the city centre have been demolished and replaced with luxury apartments and townhouses!

pearl harbour fucking hell, you can read the future

Its a joke. The uk has held power in ways that other countries can only dream of but unfortunately that was used to raise fools who prioritise money.

A huge problem caused by pushing lower income families out to the suburbs is the strain it puts on city businesses. All the lovely restaurants and hotels….who staffs them? A hotel cleaner can’t afford to live in the city they work in, and if they are moved far away, getting to work is pretty impossible. This is happening in Nashville right now. Our rents are sky high, and our public transportation system is not very robust..

UN's Agenda 21 in full flow

Jim lastname Look at what they’ve done to you! Relax no need for all that, he’s right and this is happening to most of us so instead of doing what you did, chill and remember we are on the same side!!

cradleygirl exactly, doesn’t matter who or what you are, if you don’t have the money, you have no rights! Sad and disgusting!

Perfect example of Dudley council

eventually they will come for private property aswell

If only.

it was started by a faulty fridge

Plus the council were at fault for buying cheap non fire resistant materials which otherwise could of prevented the fire..

Hervey Bay Rubbish Removal ... very true .... Even the numbers that died being touted by media/council are lies. 72 has been touted but firemens reports on finding bodies were 200 in the lower half of Grenfell Tower a couple or so days after the fire .. The numbers are meant to be 300-400 .. Re fire deliberately being started were very dubious. It is meant to have been a faulty fridge with the tenant just upping and leaving without putting the fire out or phoning 999 never to be seen again, interviewed, or held accountable !?!???? This all seems to me to be very dodgy so I too would ask if this was an accident ..

@@cosm1cstar 72 know habitants. Flats like these are full of people subletting and overcrowding.

@@Adam-jf6gs Plus Celotex, Kingspan and Arconic were aware the product was missold for flats over 18 metres and fire tests were rigged to pass.

Denise G- Hill

He's dead behind the eyes, not an ounce of humanity in him!

That statement said all you needed to know. Utterly disgusting

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Well just showed them for their greedy selves

Pooperscooper Pooperscooper .. It was Grenfell .. and I too am very suspicious as to how the fire started. It is said that a fridge caught fire and the tenant apparently didn't try to put fire out or call 999 for the fire brigade. He is meant to have told a neighbour then upped and left !!????? To this day this man has not been interviewed, not held accountable and apparently not been found ????!!!!

Pooper Scooper Why catch a building on fire when they can just throw the people out like rubbish ?? I think it was a tragic accident

It's such a strange mentality because London, like any other place, still requires low-paid workers. Baristas, waiters, road sweepers, cleaners, delivery drivers, bus drivers, supermarket staff, bricklayers - they all need somewhere to live. London not only squeezes out the low-waged, but even the median income bracket. £30,000 where I live will be above the local average salary and allow you to comfortably buy a three-bedroom house. In London it would eat up a huge bulk of your disposable income in rent alone, leaving you unable to save up anything while at the same time being ineligible for council housing (which is, in any case, dwindling and has waiting list longer than my arm). Only the rich and the socially housed can afford to live in London. In 20 years the withering away of those in between will be ever more noticeable. And as this documentary shows, even the socially housed aren't as home-secure as they might've thought they were.

Like NYC was going. After BLM riots people are leaving and not coming back.

@@elgee6202same as York now. Mostly min wage jobs yet the people doing that work can’t afford to live there. Being priced out by elite apartments that locals clearly couldn’t afford on the wages paid.

If theres one thing you learn in this life it is to be flexible

I did too!

adam hagerty These will look the same as the originals in 40 years time !!

My nan's in this vid No joke she's cindy

Your nan is still pretty.

Tracey Tracy Dawson she looks lovely

Marilyn Willett she is

Wisepersonsay Very well said. Damn right!

May they burn in hell

Richie which is the laughable thing now, because of Britain is leaving the EU everyone is moving out and London will no longer be the financial hub of the EU.. Karma is a %%itch..

You are so right. I can't believe people don't see this. The people of England can't even rise up above their government - because they let them have their guns. This is happening all over the world. In the U.S.A. it is "Imminent Domain".

The torie way

Shaun Mccaughan The second part of the comment is true, but there are varying degrees of “selling out” the social housing stock. Spain has a much larger problem in this area, with social housing being sold off in order to be “enhanced” by private developers who then sell them for their profit, all the while the actual supply is not improved in the least. From this documentary, it seems the UK is not far, but these are the “worst” examples is social housing management in Europe.

zammmerjammer depends on the build quality...how well designed and built and the quality of materials used. These buildings from the sixties look like huge concrete cinder blocks; that is cheap and easy to build housing on a mass scale...not exactly quality or built to last...this development is in a nice location close to nature...private real estate; except in rare and unusual circumstances will go to the highest bidder. If these people do not own the homes they live in; they are vulnerable to the wishes of those that do own the property and it is basic property rights for the owner of a property owner to choose to sell or not to sell, as they please.

Couple things - these buildings from the 60s were cheaply built, quick jobs, cheap products, immediate profit and were not income generating. Contrast that with buildings that are centuries old, built to last, and are currently maintained by the owners or entities that profit off them.

yes..and what is your point???

ementormike well even something cheap can go on almost for ever if proper maintenance is done to it. If you don't then it slowly goes down hill till it's beyond savings. It's the councils fault for not approving proper maintenance to keep it from falling apart.

It smells like England and UK in general has been under occupation since WWII and a slow takeover has been going on ever since.

Yes, for those of us who worked hard, we do deserve the best.

It is Right wing run government and councils that are doing this to the poor people. London is not the old London it used to be. It has become heartless city. A grey city only for the rich. Talk about cleansing process. That's what they've done. Shame.

And yet, all of the private purchase ones available in that one building sold in a day.

They won't, it's all second homes for the Chinese and Indian elites.

Roman Bukins .. very true Roman .. I watched a property programme the other night where developers went to Hong Kong looking for buyers for property here in London that wasn't even in the building stages yet !!!!!!!!!. The rich Chinese have been buying up London properties, leaving them vacant for investment purposes. The Heygate Estate Elephant & Castle. 1600 flats all tenants forcibly evicted by Southwark council for "regeneration purposes" bought by an Australian Development company called Lend Lease, tarted up and every single flat sold to foreign investors. For a long while the whole estate was left empty for investment purposes. The estate next door the Aylsbury Estate, much much bigger than Heygate has now also been sold off to property developers. Lend Lease is buying up, I heard that after Heygate Lend Lease were looking at North London Estates in Haringey !!??!!?? ... No one who lives on any London council estate is safe now from council sell offs, developers, foreign investors etc etc that's the truth of today ..... In total to date, 6 London council estates have now been sold off to private developers, all tenants forcibly evicted 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 ....

Father Rob Well, London is a flashy whore up for sale to the biggest bidder ay ?

sad sad but the free ride has to end at some time

Debbie Marlow what free ride Debbie? These are human beings who live in the fifth richest countries in the world and look at the way the governments and councils treat the poor people. These people are not getting a free ride at all 'they are being pushed out in favour of the middle classes. Money still talks loudest in the country that calls itself great. Where is your empathy Debbie?

Where d'ya live Jen C? ..cos i was involved in the fight to save West Hendon estate. And i live on another estate. I cant afford a mortgage..how can I? This house would cost me £410,000 its in a terrible condition and its only 2 bedrooms. Ive tried living outside London but the people just wont accept Londoners -somehow, being close to government means you are as guilty....So if you live some where this doesnt happen..please tell me cos there are a lot of us needing to get out.

LeeTubular I may well be taking you up on that. It gets much worse here, ill have no choice. Im hearing of Londoners getting attacked..as if Westminster ask us what to do! Ha! That would be some hope!

Debbie Marlow Free ride? With the developers paying just 3 pound for the land, who exactly is getting the free ride?

Sarah Reid it's all due to a tear enducing succession of sham governments who all one way or another helped to create the insecurity which is making these poor people's lives an utter misery.. It is situations like this that enrages many people.

Me included...

The truth is that you don't "own" your home. You got a mortgage and you're paying it and you have a piece of paper that says you "own" the home, but if the city or county wants to do something with the land that your home is on (build a highway, for example), you'll be offered a sum of money for your property and if you don't accept it then the home will simply be expropriated. Likewise, if gold or coal or oil is found on your property, you'll be offered a buy-out which, again, if you don't accept it, the property will simply be expropriated by the authorities and you'll have to walk away. You "own" your home UNTIL the city or county want that piece of land for something, then you become nothing but a number to them.

It is nothing but 'Theft' and no different than if a burglar emptied your house and got away with it. Swindlers....

because its part of the UN's Agenda 21

Daniel Levine .. NOT at the expense of turfing out with nowhere to go poor tenants FFS 😳🤔🙄😡 "the state of the area" are you for real !?!?? It was a lovely area with great views, lovely well tended gardens, views of a lake and lots of greenery as in trees etc etc .. It was sold off because the council knew they could make more money by turfing poor tenants out, selling up to developers they knew would charge expensive buying prices which means much higher council taxes = more money in council coffers etc ..

Yep sounds like the same situation in UK.

This estate looks like it was nice at one time. How much of the state of disrepair was caused by the council ignoring and deferring maintenance?

a guy with an old faulty fridge.....and nobody let it burn....you moron...did you not see the teams of firefighters than went in when everyone else was running out to rescue people.......

The council and the government were at fault for picking cheap non fire resistant materials which otherwise could of prevented the fire..

Sam da Silva .. the man with the faulty fridge disappeared without trying to stop the fridge burning or even calling 999. He told his neighbours and did a runner. To this day he has not been found, interviewed or questioned ... This is the same as the paltry numbers that have been touted by media and the council. 72 were touted as dead but in the first couple of days the firemen were saying that 200 bodies were found in the first half of the building. The true number has been stated by the fire brigade, who incidentally have been made to keep quiet, is 400 dead .....

@@cosm1cstar Humans have accidents. Cheap flammable cladding applied with gaps ( chimney for fire) so fire slread quickly. Mis-sold by lying cladding companies Celotex Greenspan Arconic, baddly applied, poor project decisions by lKensington and Chelsea and poorly written building regulations.

@@cosm1cstar BBC did good piece on youtube where they followed up on rumours of number of dead. If 400 why weren't people askung about extra missing people? Could be slightly more than 80 but not enough evidence for 400 missing even if people were illegal migrants.