government pours around twenty five billion euros a year into rent subsidies a world record much of it goes on exorbitant rents like juice once some landlords hike their prices if they know the state is paying. free market britain has long neglected social housing hard to imagine it was once the nation s pride with around two hundred fifty thousand homes built per year. in twenty seventeen there were just three thousand left and that despite a rise in need. the government has just announced a new initiative but experts are skeptical demand they say is simply too high the biggest improvement is the fact that people are moving out of if we could make things better in the rest of the country. people felt they were getting what they want when that would be probably better if dealing with it. but in reality london s
home no castle of your own and you have no rights that s still the case today tenants are often confronted with the vermin water damage and landlords who simply don t care that s something jason knows well tenants here can be given two months notice no reason necessary he s supposed to move out next week but he s still hoping his appeal will be accepted and he won t have to leave. it s a struggle every single day in different ways because i m devoting my time to sort this out and but. the other aspects of my life is being compromised. emily and ben want to stay in london for work reasons they ve transformed a desperate situation into a lifestyle choice they don t have a castle but they do have a boat the borg it cost them three hundred fifty euros a month it s romantic here and of course mobile usually anyway.
property. and that s what the london renters union is fighting the newly founded association campaigns for unlimited rental contracts a cap on ren s and more social housing they hand the landlords union a symbolic check for twenty two billion pounds which is roughly what the capital s tenants will spend on their a calm. addition over the coming year. have it was i think that was the man if he hadn t acted and was secure at sea and every dollar that he should live moment and conditions even things are two things going to very different for you i don t think so hey honey honey see the type that was the era of accommodation may be a basic human right yet in reality and britain tenants are second class citizens owning your own four walls has long been seen as the norm here and that means no
things better in the rest of the country people felt they were getting what they wanted then that would be probably better if dealing with it. but in reality london s population increases by around one hundred twenty thousand people each year landlords can rent out flats fast regardless of how rundown or how she could they are but if you want three rooms you ll have to splash out up to eight thousand euros per week and those who can t afford that have to be flexible like emily and ben they re both employed and work in marketing but they still can t afford to rent a flat in the capital for a year they ve lived on a boat and change moorings every two weeks to avoid paying fees despite this it s a huge improvement on how things used to be. nice shared accommodation for the people and we paid around one thousand one hundred for that yeah for a double room per month and then shared obviously bathroom
in reality london s population increases by around one hundred twenty thousand people each year landlords can rent out flats fast regardless of how rundown or how she could they are but if you want three rooms you ll have to splash out up to eight thousand euros per week and those who can t afford that have to be flexible like emily and ben they re both employed and work in marketing but they still can t afford to rent a flat in the capital for a year they ve lived on a boat and change moorings every two weeks to avoid paying fees despite this it s a huge improvement on how things used to be. no shared accommodation for the people and we paid around one thousand one hundred for that yeah for a double room per month and then shared obviously bathroom a share the toilets and there was not even a living room and live in there was also a bedroom so you get a large one in to make as much money as they can on the property. and that s what