“Surrounded by boxes yet again, about to move knowing that we will be moving again in the new year. I have cleaned and painted the new flat and it’s still a dump. I am forty-six and I have lived in over thirty houses and I still have no security.” This was posted on social media at the end of 2016 by Jan.
She has a good job earning almost £40,000 a year, her husband works full time, they have two children and this is what they have to put up with. These are some of the replies her post elicited, none of which registered surprise: “Truly a tragedy isn’t it. Other countries so different.” “What a nightmare. There is nothing more destroying to peace of mind than moving because you have to.”
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