This cinéma vérité documentary is an intimate look inside one family’s struggle with poverty. Kay Rice, her partner Karl and 6 children move from town to town in search of affordable housing. Unable to find steady work, the Rices rely on food banks and charity to make ends meet. “I know we’re poor, but it’s what we are, not who we are,” says Kay, as she embarks on a fresh start by fixing up a rundown rental home. When things turn sour with the landlord, Kay fears his veiled threats may mean losing her children and decides to take him to court. In capturing the stark realism of a life with few options, No Place Called Home puts a face on what it means to be poor in Canada.
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That heartless landlord will experience karma at some time in his life. Wicked!
Why aren't they both working full-time jobs? Why have so many children you can't feed and clothe? It's not fair to kids to live in poverty and be bullied and hungry.
What happened to this family ? Is there a follow-up video? ❤
She can afford her cigarettes, but can't pay for food?
this strong mom is caught in the cycle of poverty, she has raised brilliant children its tough to watch.I never had the courage to have children .I know documentary maker is not supposed to GET involved BUT 100$ WOULD HAVE GIVEN THOSE KIDS A SMILE THEY SO DESERVE. Come on !
Why would you have 6 kids when you can't afford it 😂
Chain smoking parents but no money for the children to go to the fair
This is the saddest thing I’ve ever seen 😮😢
Wow what does Angie do ? Nice house , nice neighborhood maybe she can get the parents a job
A lot of kids 😮😮
I grew up upper middle class but in an extremely abusive home. I would trade my life for theirs.
I understand being poor, although I never lived in poverty. If you live in extreme poverty you cannot afford cigarettes or dogs. Food for the kids come first. Always. Cigarettes are 15 bucks a pack in Canada.
She needed a don corleoni type to help her with the landlord.
The scumbag landlord.
After hearing the amount for rent and shes smoking in walk appears like a small coffee shop which hasnt been allowed in any business since the late 90s and the price of smokes on her income is impossible. So this is really old and the kids are adults.
Bless that family- the children are obviously very loved and well cared for- also very intelligent and polite. Whilst I would never dream of having 6 children and there are lifestyle choices which only contribute to their poverty, they are such a loving family. I hope and pray they had a good life.
i hope they atleast got payed good money from the production company.
I just don’t understand how you can bring these children in the world to live like this. I would have loved to have more than 2 children but I knew I could not afford them. Both of these people smoke which is expensive. Very sad. I wish they would do an update in 2024.
12min 54 seconds in and this tv show seems to be a sham. what Landlord would allow this to happen without a contract?! I do not care if later on in the video that this is proven the video shown up to this time. is bullshit! I hate this kind of production for dollars on a poor person / Landlord honest dime! Shove off maggots!
Children in poverty? We wrote a song about this. 😢
A family living in such poverty, and both parents are burning up money on cigarettes. SMH.
Hope and pray this family are doing well today 2024.
Always get a contract with your landlord.. he sounds rotton. Your family is lovely
Why want the guy work
Extreme poverty? You are super rich compared to people in Third World countries !!!!
Use contraception.
Poor, BUT both people have cigarettes to SMOKE!! Buy FOOD .. and freeloading BOYFRIEND .. gotta have one of those too!
A tale as old as time, they only have change, can’t buy a loaf of bread….yet there is ALWAYS money for cigarettes!
Stop having what you cant afford
My heart breaks for those poor children. They have the weight of the world on their shoulders. So many stressful adult problems for young minds. Very sad.
6 children 😮
How about a dental appointment
Does Canada have low income subsidized government housing?
Does she do ANYTHING? The kids are doing more than her lol
Let everyone in, so the country they come into becomes as poor and violent as the one that they left. Great job to let everyone in and the people who born there are homeless. What a crime.
I'd ask the camera man after all he is putting your life out there 😢😢😢
get rid of the cigarettes, the dog and the worthless boyfriend!!!
While heartbreaking for 6 children being brought into this disaster (why keep having kids you can't feed or house?), it REALLY ticks me off that BOTH parents are chronic smokers, and at $11.30/pack average in Canada, that's a $600/month nasty habit they need to QUIT! The kids can't go to the fair because of this selfish habit.
Six kids. Some people do it to themselves.
There is wayyyy to much to unpack! I hope those kids are doing ok
Why is it always the poorest of the poor that have the most kids ? Are they not aware that contraception is free 🤔
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first thing is pay your rent stop plaing games
This was filmed 19 years ago. Would love to know what happened to them all. Hope they all found a dentist.
why have children, you cant take care of
I feel bad for the children…but the mother needs to quit playing victim