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30 images Created 27 Aug 2014

Francesca, the eviction

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  • Francesca is worried that she will be left with no where to go.
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  • Francesca has started to pack for moving out from her temporary accommodation of the last 3 years, but she is still not been told where to.
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  • In a temporary home with an eviction pending and not knowing where and what will happen to you and your family is a devastating experience.
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  • Francesca is packing away her belonging.
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  • Councils have had to look miles away to house those in waiting lists.The experience of being moved from ones community is devastating.
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  • A bailiff changing the lock of an apartment whilst the occupants: a pregnant woman and her two children are inside the flat.
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  • Francesca is given less than 12 hours to pack all her belongings. December 2013.
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  • Y. in the corridor of his home for the last six years in the morning of the eviction.
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  • Pregnant mother and her children are placed in a hostel room, miles away from where they used to live following an eviction due to the owner wanting to sell the property.<br />
“Trying to preserve normality is also very hard” Francesca, January 2014.
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  • Francesca is not sure what the future will bring. She is pregnant with a third child but the securities of her work, home, community is all gone.
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  • The day of the eviction, Francesca and her children were given two hours to clear the entire flat, where they had lived for six years
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  • Francesca was taken to court by Hammersmith Council in London over an unpaid week rent of £26. Francesca has repeatedly notified the council that she had paid this and had receipts to prove it.It turned out to be more of an intimidation decision rather than a collection matter. During the court hearing, the unpaid bill was hardly mentioned but instead she was told that she had to leave the flat.Francesca was taken to court over £26, although she has repeatedly told the council that she had paid this and had receipts to prove it. It turned out that at the court she was again told that she had to leave her temporary accommodation in west London and move to another temporary accommodation to east London.
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  • a sleepless night for the children  and another day wihtout school
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  • "The hardest thing is to keep the children occupied in the hostel room" Francesca.
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  • A week day morning of the eviction.
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  • Eviction is one of the hardest experiences for everyone, but in particular children being uprooted from all they know.
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  • “Trying to preserve normality is also very hard” Francesca, January 2014.
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  • Francesca avoids the communal areas of the hostel as they are used by everyone, even those with drug problems.
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  • Francesca is very worried as she has only been giving a 21 days support in the emergency room. She does not know what will happen next.
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  • There is no space for living, just two beds to sleep on.
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  • The children are bored in the room.
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