Bed was directly below. A broken system. A broken 5 stem. A broken system. A broken s stem. U,. A broken system. ,. |. E a broken system. ,. e is broken. Thats pouring down like a shower. And greedy landlords cashing in. Iam Richard Bilton from bbc panorama. Are you a Slum Landlord . Should you be a landlord at all . Tucked away in south london is a Housing Estate like thousands across the country. These are the streets and tower blocks that make up the Bampton Estate. 290 homes, hundreds of lives. As a place, its a nice place to live. Its very mixed, its got people with money, people with no money, but its got a bit of a community. I have lived here for 20 years. It might look rubbish at first, but its nice. Its peaceful. For the most part the community is nice. If it goes wrong, we all band together. But its been left. We are going to look at how this estate ended up how it is today for the nationally, we have a housing crisis. Whats happened in places like this helps explain why. Th
bed was directly below. a broken system. a broken 5 stem. a broken system. a broken s stem. u, . a broken system. . ., . .|.e a broken system. . ., . - -e is broken. that s pouring down like a shower. and greedy landlords cashing in. iam richard bilton from bbc panorama. are you a slum landlord? should you be a landlord at all? tucked away in south london is a housing estate like thousands across the country. these are the streets and tower blocks that make up the bampton estate. 290 homes, hundreds of lives. as a place, it s a nice place to live. it s very mixed, it s got people with money, people with no money, but it s got a bit of a community. i have lived here for 20 years. it might look rubbish at first, but it s nice. it s peaceful. for the most part - the community is nice. if it goes wrong, - we all band together. but it s been left. we are going to look at how this estate ended up how it is today for the nationally, we have a housing crisis. what s happened in place
we would be scared to go on holiday, because we thought, what s going to happen if it rains? what s going to happen to the flooring? l&q has now fixed the gutters and the leak has now stopped butjen is dealing with the consequences. a few months back, this crack appeared, that ceiling board, this has completely detached from the roof. the water has caused it to bow in the middle. how do you feel about it all? honestly, it doesn t make me angry. itjust makes me really tired, and it s sad because i have gone through anger now, itjust feels a bit relentless. l&q told us it has completed almost 2,000 jobs across the estate, including refurbishment to windows, doors, roofs and gutters, and their property survey found all but two met the decent homes criteria. 0n the home with mould problems, l&q said it has made repeated attempts to carry
doors, roofs and gutters, and their property survey found all but two met the decent homes criteria. 0n the home with mould problems, l&q said it has made repeated attempts to carry out repairs but has not been granted access. i think it s fair to say there have been cases where things have gone wrong and haven t been handled as they should have been, but i think it is really important to say a lot of those issues, whilst not excusing them, do relate back to the lack of investment over the years for maintenance and repairs, and actually complaints don t necessarily need to be a bad thing as long as the organisation is learning from them. it was hoped housing associations would improve social housing and build more homes, but government grants have been reduced over the years, and far fewer homes have been built. we brought in the housing associations but they never did nearly as much house building as the councils before them.