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An illustrated comic strip. Panel 1: A close-up of some toy vehicles - a child is playing with them. The text reads: “After work, the kids and I go to Mum’s” Panel 2: A cold living room. The text reads: “Our house is very cold and we have no living room for the kids”. Panel 3: A large hole in the ceiling. The text reads: “There is a hole in the ceiling that is full of wires. The hole brings in cold air”.
A close up illustration of some toy vehicles - a child is playing with them. The text reads: “After work, the kids and I go to Mum’s”An illustration of a cold living room. The text reads: “Our house is very cold and we have no living room for the kids”.An illustration of a large hole in the ceiling. The text reads: “There is a hole in the ceiling that is full of wires. The hole brings in cold air”.

Interview 22

person Participants: B and her two children (5 years and 1 year old)
distance Location: Brent
apartment Housing type: Flat
receipt_long Heating costs: £200 per month

B lives in a 1-bedroom privately rented house. She mainly stays here and goes to her mum’s home after work. As there is no living room for the kids in her house so she prefers to stay at her mum’s, despite the mould issues in mum G’s house.

“The house is very cold; electric is very expensive. Son comes close to the hobs and oven because its hot and the corridors are very cold. The ceiling has a hole (attic) which is full of wires and the hole brings in all the cold”

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