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22 images Created 17 Apr 2012

Linda March 2012

Crowded houses or overcrowding is a large problem affecting hundreds of thousands of people. It directly causes various other problems and catalyses others.In London alone, there are over 220,000 households reported as overcrowded.The negative effects that overcrowded housing has on families are numerous. Cramped conditions greatly affect the quality of life; hygiene is compromised along with privacy, schooling and relationships.
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  • Linda and her mother live in a temporary small flat. Linda is not allowed to work, to receive any support until her permit to stay in the UK is granted. The pending eviction notice leaves her in very vulnerable condition.
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  • Linda lives in a temporary small flat with her daughter and mother.  Linda is not allowed to work,receive any support until her permit to stay in the UK is granted. The pending eviction notice leaves her in very vulnerable condition.
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  • The kitchen is small and with lots of things strewn around like medecins, food - butter and packages which only requires water to make it edible.
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  • "As a single mum, it is difficult.  I have rent arrears at the moment and so I am not sure I will be able to move in a bigger home.I don’t have enough money. I don’t get any benefits because of my papers." Linda, April 2012.
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  • "Everything gets affected. It affects you psychological, even if we do love each other the lack of space makes us quarrel." Sandy, April 2012.
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  • "Sometimes you wanna watch tv or wanna do computer but it is just a living room and the bedroom is too small  and you cannot have a tv or a computer there." Linda, February, 2012.
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  • "The kitchen is really small, it is small enough for a mouse, because there is a small fridge you cannot cook or store anything so it is almost an inconvenience." Linda, March 2012.
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  • "I have rent arrears at the moment and so I am not sure I will be able to move in a bigger home" Linda, March
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  • I don’t have enough money. I don’t get any benefits because of my papers. Everything is on top of you, you do the best you can, face the causes, and plead your case. I am always in a court over some bills to pay, rent arrears, council tax, water bill always a bill of some sort, but I get there in the end…and even in court, what can they say? It is not my fault, is it?  I am doing pretty good, I don’t know how but I do. I get on with it
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