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00:00Yeah, well, all we was, we got served the eviction notice a couple of weeks ago.

00:06No explanation, nothing.

00:08It told us that we're out by September.

00:10No help to get any of the properties, nothing at all.

00:14We're supposed to be in supported accommodation.

00:17We've all got PTSD and they've done nothing whatsoever for us.

00:23Oh, it's disgraceful.

00:25Gary, I'll bring you in.

00:26Would you mind just explaining a bit, lads, as well, if it's all right,

00:29about, you know, the kind of service that you've done in the armed forces as well?

00:32You know, I think a couple of you've been on multiple tours.

00:34Is that right?

00:35Yeah, I joined in 2004.

00:38I did nine years and then six years in the reserves.

00:43I did two tours of Afghanistan.

00:45I was in Olympic 11 and 16 with the Royal Tank Regiment.

00:50Yeah, and then I come here a couple of years ago

00:52because I was suffering with my mental health.

00:55I had a failed suicide attempt.

01:00So, yeah.

01:04Locking my wound, it moved me here.

01:07All right.

01:07Well, I will just say, if you don't mind me,

01:10I'm very glad that you're still with us in more ways than one.

01:13So, yes.

01:15And, Andy, can I just ask, so the letter hits the mat, does it, Andy?

01:21And it says, what, you've got to be out of this accommodation

01:23and there's no reason given?

01:27Are you just going to be homeless soon?

01:29Well, I asked the question, what's the reason for it?

01:34They didn't have an answer.

01:35I asked them what they've got in place for us if we do get infected.

01:39They still didn't have an answer.

01:40They said, we've got two months to do whatever.

01:47Stress levels in this building with all the boys and girls in here

01:50is just so high at the moment, you know what I mean?

01:52I'm 53 at the moment.

01:54If I get made homeless, I don't know what I'm going to do.

01:56I've got no family now, you know what I mean?

01:59So I'm going to be stuck.

02:00It's just absolutely shocking.

02:03Well, Trevor, as a councillor, I'm assuming that you've done your best

02:06to try and find out exactly what's going on.

02:08Who's responsible for this, then?

02:10Is this the local council?

02:11What's happening?

02:11Well, I just got a call off these guys a week and a bit of just over a week

02:16saying could I get involved because nobody's taken any interest.

02:20We've been served eviction notices and they want us out.

02:23So I was honoured to come and help them.

02:25Obviously, these lads have put their life on the line for the country

02:29and this is how they're treated.

02:30It's absolutely abysmal.

02:32It's horrible.

02:33And I couldn't wait to get involved.

02:35Come over here and the full story of what's going on

02:37and it's just depressing.

02:38I tried to speak to the housing authority.

02:42They don't want to know, to be honest.

02:43They said, we'll get back to you.

02:45Sport of Alton Council.

02:47And I think, to be honest, they've been trying to keep it a little bit quiet

02:50and us doing what we've done, especially with the video,

02:52what's gone viral.

02:53I think we've got the message out there.

02:56I honestly think...

02:56I think you've done the right thing.

02:57I think you've done the right thing.

03:00And let me tell you, you know, in my experience of this stuff,

03:02you know, sometimes I think the worst thing you can do is go quietly

03:05because that's what they want, right?

03:07And so I think you've done the right thing putting yourselves forward.

03:10Trevor, I'll just stick with you for now.

03:12Do we have any idea what's going to happen to this housing?

03:14Why do they need the veterans out?

03:17Well, from what I'm hearing,

03:19they've only got 12 of the 20 flats occupied,

03:22which says they want the full 20.

03:24Now, if they can't fill it up with veterans,

03:28it's easy to ship them out, fill it up with a river,

03:31and you've got the full 20,

03:32you've got nearly double the money you're getting now.

03:34If that's the case, it's pretty a sad state of affairs

03:38that you want to throw these lads on the road

03:40just to go and get extra money.

03:42And that's what it's looking like from this housing authority,

03:46I'll be honest.

03:46Well, Scott, how does it feel to have served the country,

03:51to have been willing to put your life on the line,

03:53and obviously suffer the consequences both mentally and physically,

03:57and to then be treated like this?

03:59Well, like you say, it's just all very stressful at the moment.

04:03I mean, we've all got the PTSD.

04:05The place itself that we're living in is an absolute mess.

04:08It's not been cleaned.

04:10They don't decorate.

04:10We're living in an absolute horrible situation.

04:14And now they're trying to throw us out.

04:17They're supposed to be here supporting us.

04:19We're not getting no answers of nobody.

04:21We're not getting nothing.

04:22Luckily, Trevor's got in touch.

04:25He's helping us.

04:26We're getting reaction from a lot of people.

04:28A lot of people supporting us.

04:29You know, we are veterans.

04:31You know, we've not come over here in a boat.

04:34We've served our country.

04:35We're getting nothing.

04:37The country is going, you know, it's abysmal at the moment.

04:41And it just doesn't seem that they care.

04:43Well, if you come across in a dinghy without a passport,

04:46there you go, there's a hotel, there's money.

04:48You know, do whatever you want.

04:49They haven't got a clue who they're letting in the country.

04:52We are veterans.

04:53We're part of the country.

04:54And we've got no rights.

04:56We've got nothing.

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