“UK Will Humble You”: Nigerian Family Relocates Abroad, Becomes Homeless, Shares Story in Video

“UK Will Humble You”: Nigerian Family Relocates Abroad, Becomes Homeless, Shares Story in Video

  • A woman has gone online to share the stress her family went through in looking for a rented house in the UK after relocation
  • The Nigerian family squatted for two weeks, leaving them unsettled as their boxes remained unpacked
  • After getting a very small flat, the woman made a video showing them getting the keys from the agent

A young Nigerian family has shared their story of how they became homeless in the UK after they relocated in a TikTok clip.

It was not the case that they did not have money to rent one, getting an apartment was just so hard. According to the woman of the house, they had enough to pay for six months straight.

Housing problem in UK/Nigerian family looked for apartment abroad.
The woman said getting a full apartment as a family in the UK is hard. Photo source: TikTok/@bennyomoedo
Source: UGC

She warned people coming in from their countries to keep the issue in mind. On getting to the UK, they had to spend days in a public shelter.

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The woman revealed that they kept signing many papers as if they were buying a house. After weeks of homelessness, a video showed the moment they eventually got a small rented apartment and moved in.

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Watch the first video below:

Below is the second video:

Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions:

Cynthia Obi3 said:

"People are pouring into the UK from all over and houses can't be built at the same rate to accommodate everyone. It's gonna get worse."

Juliet Efiong759 said:

"England no easy at all oooo."

glamveedesigns said:

"Only 2 weeks , Chei that’s fast ooo. You are soooo lucky. Accommodation that takes a lot of people take 3-6mons to get, thank God that was fast."

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temitayosobola said:

"The future is bright my dear. God will make ways. Take care of you and yours."

EcheDee said:

"Bless you, I've done these for all my siblings, when they relocated, I can image doing this without anyone. soon all these will be history."

Hennie Holar said:

"UK will humble you."

Getting an apartment in the UK is not easy

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a young Nigerian lady who relocated to the UK is celebrating one of her first wins abroad as she danced on her bed.

In a video shared on TikTok, the lady rejoiced massively after getting a rented apartment in the UK.

The lady with the handle @fikky_pearl revealed that it is not easy getting an apartment where she is. Many people took to the comment section to congratulate her.

Source: Legit.ng

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Joseph Omotayo (HOD Human-Interest) Joseph Omotayo has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. He once worked for Afridiaspora, OlisaTV & CLR. He is a 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking fellow. He can be reached via: joseph.omotayo@corp.legit.ng.

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