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31 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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  • “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 supposedely an unpaid week rent of £26. It turned out to be more of an intimidation decision rather than a collection matter. Francesca has repeteadly declared before being sent to court that she had never missed a payment. During the court the unpaid bill was hardly mentioned but instead she was told that she had to leave the flat.
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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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  • “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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