BBC Documentaries

The Estate We're In (2016x67)

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Filmed over a year by Fran Robertson, this one-off follows homeowners and council tenants on the West Hendon estate in Barnet as they fight to save their houses and avoid eviction due to impending redevelopment. The estate was built in the 1960s to provide housing for families on low incomes, but now the local council have deemed that the buildings are beyond repair and, in partnership with private developers, the estate is being demolished to make way for a multi-million-pound regeneration which will transform the area into a luxury housing development - leading to uncertainty and stress for the long-term residents.