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69 images Created 15 May 2015

The Other Half by Cinzia D'Ambrosi

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  • The stress of an eviction particularly on children is great.
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  • Linda, her mum and daughter have packed all their belongings and being waiting for some help for weeks.
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  • Linda's mother is 71 years old and suffers from diabetes. She is totally dependent on her daughter.
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  • In November 2014 Linda receives a notice of eviction. She has no-where to go.
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  • Linda is originally from Trinidad. Her daughter was born in the UK and goes to a school near their home. They have been living in a limbo for the last seven years waiting for their case to be reviewed by the Home Office.
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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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  • Linda and her daughter were given a room in a B&B in Southall.
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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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  • Rachel is a teenager single mother living in Focus E15 hostel. The hostel is to be permanently closed due to lack of funding. She will be made homeless.
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  • Rachel and other young mother in the dedicated homeless hostel for teenage and young mother will be left homeless after the hostel imminent closure. They have set a group to voice their anger called Focus E15 from the name of the hostel.
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  • F. believes that the mental health problems she experiences are largely a result of prolonged isolation and the instability of her housing.
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  • “I was living in Westminster for three years renting. When I had my daughter I could not afford food etc so I went to Brent Council for housing support because I had lived there for 25 years - but they referred me to Westminster Council, which in turn also did not have any place for me and sent me to Newham.” Frieda, 2014
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  • Francesca uses a cartoon box and covers it with a kitchen towel to give a sense of normality to the their lives.
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  • The morning of the eviction, Francesca says:'I have told my children that we are going to wait, we will be fine and we will have a beautiful new home. I cannot bear to tell them the truth.'
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  • Eventually, Samantha turned to her mother for help. She and the baby slept on the couch and her older sons shared the bedroom with Samantha’s mother. Samantha was offered two hostel rooms by Newham Council but she says that she “had to run away” as the rooms were “filthy to the point that the bed had unwashed and stained covers, broken wardrobe and mold everywhere.”
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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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  • Samantha is a London homeless, 35 year old single mum with three children aged 11, 9 and an infant of 5 months. She was renting privately until a few months ago when her landlord without much notice gave her an eviction notice that made her homeless. The council of Newham accepted her homeless status in June 2013,but did not perform its legal duty until February 2014.  Prior of this date and to this day, she has relied on friends and family for a place to sleep in. Last February, the council offered an emergency hotel room in Birmingham. For Samantha this would have meant losing her part time work, up-rooting her children   from school and losing all the support from her family and friends. On these basis she refused to go. The council offered then  a hotel room in Ilford. In her words, "she had to run away. It was filthy to the point that the bed had unwashed and stained covers, broken wardrobe and mould everywhere. The kitchen containing a single stove was serving 23 families. It had no fridge and no cupboards and dirty." Shocked she went straight to the council to denounce the place. Admittedly, they sent her to another emergency hotel room, again in Ilford. Equally rotten, she took photo as evidence which have enabled her to put a case forward into review. However, months later she is still living an unsettled life causing her and her children anguish.
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  • Samantha was offered two hostel rooms by Newham council but she says that she ‘had to run away” as the rooms were “filthy to the point that the bed had unwashed and stained covers, broken wardrobe and mould everywhere”.
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  • Samantha is a London homeless, 35 year old single mum with three children aged 11, 9 and an infant of 5 months. She was renting privately until a few months ago when her landlord without much notice gave her an eviction notice that made her homeless. The council of Newham accepted her homeless status in June 2013,but did not perform its legal duty until February 2014.  Prior of this date and to this day, she has relied on friends and family for a place to sleep in. Last February, the council offered an emergency hotel room in Birmingham. For Samantha this would have meant losing her part time work, up-rooting her children   from school and losing all the support from her family and friends. On these basis she refused to go. The council offered then  a hotel room in Ilford. In her words, "she had to run away. It was filthy to the point that the bed had unwashed and stained covers, broken wardrobe and mould everywhere. The kitchen containing a single stove was serving 23 families. It had no fridge and no cupboards and dirty." Shocked she went straight to the council to denounce the place. Admittedly, they sent her to another emergency hotel room, again in Ilford. Equally rotten, she took photo as evidence which have enabled her to put a case forward into review. However, months later she is still living an unsettled life causing her and her children anguish.
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  • Sandy sufferes from diabetes and is often in hospital.
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  • Samantha and her infant child have had spurts of rough sleeping when she had no one to turn to.
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  • The UK has had a steady increase in the number of evictions since the year 2000. According to the Ministry of Justice 37,739 private and public sector tenants in 2013 saw their homes repossessed by court bailiffs. The 2014 statistics are not yet complete but show significant rises.
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  • At the end of the year 2014, The charity Shelter says that there are more than 90,000 children in England, Scotland and Wales  without a permanent home.
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  • Linda gave away most of her belongings as there was no room for them in the hostel. She is receiving help from a law centre to make her case.
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  • After living for six years in a temporary flat in West London, Francesca, a single mum with two children and pregnant with a third, was unexpectedly given a notice to leave in June 2013.
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  • "The children think that they will be going to a nice beautiful home. I cannot bear yet to tell them that we are going to a hostel room, One day, we will be living in a proper home" Francesca.
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  • "The hardest thing is to keep the children occupied in the hostel room" Francesca.
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  • The increasing numbers of homeless in London alone demonstrate the  scale of inequality.
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  • "I was living in Westminster for three years renting. When I had my daughter I could not afford food etc, so I went to Brent council for housing support because I had lived there for 25 years, but they referred me to Westminster council, which in turn also did not have any place for me and sent me to Newham."
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  • F. is a mother of two. She and her children became homeless after her relationship broke down.
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  • Samantha has been couch surfing in order to survive off the street.
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  • Samantha is a single mum of three children that became homeless after her landlord gave her an eviction notice. The council of Newham did not fulfil his duty to house her. She become homeless. With no-where to go, Samantha has relied on friends and family for support, coach surfing in various homes. In this photo, Samantha is holding her infant child outside her mother's flat.
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  • Samantha is a homeless mother of three children. Without a place to live, she is coach surfing. In this photo, she is living in a friends flat, whilst her two other sons live with her mother.
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  • The lack of affordable homes in the UK has affected badly young people that have no one to turn to for help. T. is one of the hundreds in the capital living in a hostel room for months.
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  • Focus E 15
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  • F., pregnant with two children has been evicted from her flat of six years and moved in a hostel room miles away from the children school and her work.
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  • Samantha is a London homeless, 35 year old single mum with three children aged 11, 9 and an infant of 5 months. She was renting privately until a few months ago when her landlord without much notice gave her an eviction notice that made her homeless. The council of Newham accepted her homeless status in June 2013,but did not perform its legal duty until February 2014.  Prior of this date and to this day, she has relied on friends and family for a place to sleep in. Last February, the council offered an emergency hotel room in Birmingham. For Samantha this would have meant losing her part time work, up-rooting her children   from school and losing all the support from her family and friends. On these basis she refused to go. The council offered then  a hotel room in Ilford. In her words, "she had to run away. It was filthy to the point that the bed had unwashed and stained covers, broken wardrobe and mould everywhere. The kitchen containing a single stove was serving 23 families. It had no fridge and no cupboards and dirty." Shocked she went straight to the council to denounce the place. Admittedly, they sent her to another emergency hotel room, again in Ilford. Equally rotten, she took photo as evidence which have enabled her to put a case forward into review. However, months later she is still living an unsettled life causing her and her children anguish.
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  • Samantha is a single mum of three children that became homeless after her landlord gave her an eviction notice. The council of Newham did not fulfil his duty to house her. She became homeless. With no-where to go, Samantha relied on friends and family for support, including coach surfing in various homes.<br />
UK, London.
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  • UK, London, June-August 2014 Samantha is a single mum of three children that became homeless after her landlord gave her an eviction notice. The council of Newham did not fulfill his duty to house her. She become homeless. With no-where to go, Samantha has relied on friends and family  for support, coach surfing in various homes.
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  • The lack of affordable homes in the UK has affected badly young people and in particular those that have no one to turn to for help.
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  • Daniela is a single mum and became  homeless through a series of bad circumstances. The council has offered her a temporary shelter which she shares with her daughter.
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  • Samantha is staying in a friends' flat, whilst her two other sons live with her mother.
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