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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Greg Pitcher

‘I don’t sleep, I feel unwell’: how London’s brutal rental market is ruining tenants’ mental health

“There is despair – I don’t sleep, I feel unwell, very anxious,” says Esther, a Hackney resident who moved to London from Barcelona 25 years ago.

“It is horrible that people of my age feel obsolete, irrelevant, like we have nothing to give to society. That is how this situation makes me feel,” continues the 61-year-old artist.

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