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An illustrated comic strip. Panel 1: A circa 1920s-style block of flats. The text reads “We have a council flat, me and three kids”. Panel 2: Two electric fan heaters, and a person wrapped in a blanket. The text reads: “I try to keep us warm with these heaters, and our blankets”. Panel 3: A cold-looking boiler that has broken. The text reads: “And today our boiler isn’t working”.
An illustration of a circa 1920s-style block of flats. The text reads “We have a council flat, me and three kids”An illustration of two electric fan heaters, and a person wrapped in a blanket. The text reads: “I try to keep us warm with these heaters, and our blankets”.An illustration of a cold-looking boiler that has broken. The text reads: “And today our boiler isn’t working”.

Interview 3

person Participants: M and her three children
distance Location: Basildon
apartment Housing type: Flat
receipt_long Heating costs: £250/month

M is nervous about the condition of her boiler because it just stops working on some days. The unpredictability of the boiler makes the cold and the discomfort worse. So M has two electric heaters that she carries around the house, plugging it into the spot where she is sitting, and using it only for a short amount of time.