rebecca noakes lives in a high—rise flat in grays. she's been plagued by mould for months.n't have the money to fix and maintain housing. i'm hearing it's nearly half a billion pound. that's crazy amounts of money. are you worried about how it's going to affect you and your family? of course i am. this is what i'm saying. if they haven't got the money to do the things like they've got to fix now, how are they going to do all these other things and build up for the community? they're not going to be able to. for liz gordon, she worries that her children could end up paying off the council's debt. i'm angry. my council tax is going to go through the roof, and there's nothing in the borough that's going to bring any more money in. i'm seriously worried. i can't afford to pay more council tax at all. everything's going to have cuts, and it's us that's going to be affected. the conservative leader of thurrock council says he will have to go to the government to plug the £470 million black hole. it's three times the annual budget that this authority has. _ it's a very large figur