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33 images Created 17 Nov 2013

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Homelessness is a growing problem in the UK exacerbated by a growing poverty and shortage of housing. With nowhere to go, millions are forced to live in temporary accommodations and in overcrowded and inadequate conditions whilst on council housing waiting lists. The project captures these grim realities allowing the viewer into the lives of Britain's hidden homeless: people stuck in hostels, B&B and temporary flats. It represents a dramatic crisis because many are left in temporary, provisional situations for an unacceptable long time, living in limbo for two years or more. This has a lot of physical and psychological repercussions. The impact is great.
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  • A corridor in a hotel for temporary accommodation in London. Families and individuals are placed in temporary rooms by the Hammersmith and Fulham council until a permanent home would be available for them. September, 2013.
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  • This is the time when I found Nikkunj hardly conscious and I called an ambulance. Nikkuny.
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  • The hostel rooms have a sink, bed, a table generally set against the wall and a small wardrobe. There is no space to fit a chair.
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  • I ask: Did you go out? No.<br />
I don't know which day it is. <br />
I ask: Have you had any food? I don't remember. I cannot even move. Nikkunj.
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  • "I often go to have something to eat at the Emmaus House. I don't  have kitchen utensils for cooking. I get more depressed stuck in here." Nikkunj, September 2013.
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  • I found Nikkunj still ill lying on the hostel room bed. The food of three days earlier was on the table untouched. Nikkunj,July 2013
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  • The communal room in the hostel is hardly ever visited by anyone.<br />
Nikkunj, 2013.
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  • An electricity cord exposed and unsafe. Temporary shelters, London.
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  • Dave is waiting for a bedsit to move into. He is now thinking he will pass away in the hostel as he is very ill. Dave,June.
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  • Philip lives in a very small room, with little light as the flat is below the yard level, with bars on the only window.
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  • Daniel is under medical care for tuberculosis. Daniel, September.
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  • Daniel is 71 years old and he used to be a bricklayer. Daniel, September 2013.
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  • Philip is a 71 years old and most his life is described in paper files in plastic bin bags. These are his important files and in a way they determine how and what is happening to his life. Daniel,September.
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  • Philip has been homeless for a long time. He has respiratory problems and he is still on medication for TB.
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  • That' s how it is and just have to live with things as they are.” Daniela.
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  • "It is not easy living here ...even turning on the light... because my daughter is still little I can manage" Daniela, September 2013.
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  • "But when you have emotional stress things are much harder than when you are living in a comfortable situation." Daniela.
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  • This photograph was commissioned by 4in10 in partnership with Save the Children UK. This image was then made as a postcard and distributed to all the Housing Counsellors of every borough in London delivered with a message outlining the plight of women and children in hidden homelessness in the capital.
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  • "There are only two pieces of furniture that fit in the flat, the chest drawer and a medium sized futon which I share with my daughter" Daniela.
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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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  • "For us to be normal we wouldn't have to think of having no space, but we do all the time" Alison, Chichester, June 2012.
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  • "we have been living In this flat for 8 years. Ralph, my first child was one year old and Ollie was just two weeks old." Alison, July 2013
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  • "We wrote to our local MP.  Emily was 7 months old then. We were told that the Environmental Health had assessed that our home is only meant for 4 people. We were moved back to band B. We have been waiting for 8 years now.” Alison, 2013.
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  • For over a year, Rachel has been living in a hostel room for young mothers with her infant baby. The hostel is closing down due to financial cuts and her future is uncertain. Rachel, 2014.
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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's optimism and pragmatism has enable her to consider her temporary home and temporary status in the UK as a transitional period and overcome hard times. Linda, April 2012.<br />
"I moved in this flat around Christmas time in 2008. It was rather a relief as we were living out of a suitcase and could not find help for a long time." Linda, Linda, April 2012.
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  • "I don't have enough money. Everything is on top of you, you do the best you can, face the causes, and plead your case" Linda 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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  • Sandy cannot walk because of diabetes. She sleeps and stays in the living room for most part of the days. Sandy, June 2013.
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  • "Living in an overcrowding conditions is stressful. There is not enough room for my little one to play, there is not enough storage so you have lots of clutter." Vivienne, October 2012.
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