Artist moves into rubbish skip in protest at 'crazy' London costs World News
Reuters
Mar 08, 2023
Artist Harrison Marshall poses outside the skip which he has converted into a home, where he intends to live in for a year, in Bermondsey, London, Britain, on March 3, 2023.
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LONDON - An artist has built a home in a rubbish skip in London and plans to live in it for a year, seeking to draw attention to the "crazy" price of renting a room in Britain's capital during a cost of living crisis.
Harrison Marshall, 28, moved into the specially-adapted skip on a patch of grass in Bermondsey, south London a month ago, explaining that it was the only way he could afford to live in the central area near where he works.
Returning to the city after a period abroad, he said he struggled to find somewhere to live given the shortage of housing.
"As was the case with thousands of people across the city and across the country, the prices had gone crazy. Rent was mad," Marshall said.
"And even if I found somewhere that was in my price zone, then there'd be 100 other people or so looking for that room."
British consumer price inflation hit a 41-year high of 11.1 per cent in October and remains in double digits, fuelling a cost of living crisis, as wages have failed to keep pace with rising food and household bills.
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