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93 images Created 13 Jun 2012

No space at home

Overcrowding is a large problem affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. 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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  • Recent studies have found that children living in overcrowded conditions have lower school attainment and more difficulty in forming relationships. Alison recounts that her older children don't want to invite their school peers to their home.
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  • "For us to be normal we wouldn't have to think of having no space"
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  • We have been living in this flat for 8 years waiting to be moved into a larger home. At the time, Ralph was one year old and Ollie was just two weeks old...
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  • "Whenever you go to the council to explain your situation, it does not feel like they are even listening. They seem to just not care. They make you feel as if you are lying to be able to get on a higher priority band. But they should come and live the overcrowding. They just don't care." Alison.
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  • "Whenever you go to the council to explain your situation, it does not feel like they are even listening. They seem to just not care. They make you feel as if you are lying to be able to get on a higher priority band. But they should come and live the overcrowding. They just don't care." Alison.
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  • "Sometimes I do everything I can not to come home, usually I meet with friends, going around in Tesco, in town. I don't like to be here anymore." Alison
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  • 'For us to be normal we wouldn't have to think of having no space, but we do all the time.'
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  • "Luckily, this place came up because the council decided that did not want to put me in a temporary accommodation that is this half way house that most people get put into. Maybe we were given this flat because I was already pregnant with a second child" Alison, Chichester, August 2013.
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  • Alison and Ryan and their four children live in a small flat in Chichester. The overcrowded conditions of their flat have impacted negatively their lives: their older children have been affected socially and with school attainment. Alison finds it difficult to even stay at home and Ryan who suffers from Asperger syndrome is finding the environment very challenging.
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  • "I don't have my pretty things out anymore, no space to put my books, everything is packed away and ready to move, yet we don't know when and where we are moving to." Alison, Chichester, June 2012.
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  • "Sometimes I do everything I can not to come home, usually I meet with friends, going around in Tesco, in town. I don't like to be here anymore." Alison
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  • Portrait of Viviene. London, 2013
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  • "We don't have space for a dining area and thus I place the food on a high chair and make it look as it is normal". V.
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  • "My little one does not have his own bedroom and does not have a proper space for playing or studying". V.
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  • "My child cannot have play dates as there is no space for playing and they could hurt. It is not a happy or nice way to live, but there is not much I can do. I just have to cope as much as I can. " Vivienne, May 2012.
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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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  • "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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  • 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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  • "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 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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  • "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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  • Linda, originally from Trinidad, is the single mother of a seven-year old daughter and the main carer of her elderly mother. She has been waiting several years for the Home Office to decide if she can remain permanently in the UK. Until November 2014 she was living in a small flat that she rented from an uncle. But, out of the blue, she received a notice of eviction. Her confused residency situation meant that she was not eligible for housing assistance.
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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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  • "You cannot put anything anywhere and even if you tidy up it just gets back the same way and it is like a living nightmare, a catch 22. There is nothing more that you can do and it is really frustrating. If you throw your things out..what are we going to do if we won't have the necessary things? It is like a no escape always feels like a walk free prison." Linda, July 2013.
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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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  • "You cannot put anything anywhere and even if you tidy up it just gets back the same way and it is like a living nightmare, a catch 22. There is nothing more that you can do and it is really frustrating. If you throw your things out..what are we going to do if we won't have the necessary things? It is like a no escape always feels like a walk free prison." Linda, July 2013.
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  • "Living in an overcrowded conditions is a total nightmare. You cannot put your life in perspective. The more you try. You go still crazy, literally."Linda, London, May 2012.
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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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