All The Houses I've Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System that Fails Us

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I tore through the pages. A book Ill read over and over againCANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS

A beautiful exposition of home and what it means. StunningBOLU BABALOLA
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By the age of twenty-five journalist Kieran Yates had lived in twenty different houses across the country, from council estates in London to car showrooms in rural Wales. And in that time, between a series of evictions, mouldy flats and bizarre house-share interviews, the reality of Britains housing crisis grew more and more difficult to ignore.

In prose that sparkles with humour and warmth, Yates charts the heartbreaks and joys of a life spent navigating the chaos of the housing system. She exposes the issues underpinning the crisis, from the states neglect of social housing to the rental rat race, and the disproportionate toll these take on the most marginalised in society. Drawing on interviews with tenants across the country and the stories behind our interiors, she explores the unexpected ways we can fight back finding beauty in the wreckage of a broken system, friendships in cramped housing conditions, and home even in the most fragile circumstances.

All the Houses Ive Ever Lived In is at once a rallying cry for change and a love letter to home in all its forms.
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So incisive it's hard to put downPANDORA SYKES

Moving and urgentLAURA BATES

Wholly transportiveCLARA AMFO

A powerful, personal and intricate tour of our housing system exposing who it works for and who it doesnt BELL RIBEIRO-ADDY MP

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I believe that Kieran Yates was born to write, but crucially, to write this vital piece of work. I tore through the pages . . . A book Ill read over and over again -- Candice Carty-Williams, author of 'Queenie'
'A beautiful exposition of home and what it means. Yates infuses such gentle care and humanity into the exploration of race, the failings of society and government Stunning' -- Bolu Babalola, author of 'Love in Colour'
I read this in two sittings . . . its so incisive its hard to put down -- Pandora Sykes
'Wholly transportive and informative. With every home visited, you will leave feeling like a welcomed guest, a deeply concerned neighbour or probably both' -- Clara Amfo
'A moving and urgent expos of the housing crisis' -- Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project
'Intimate and fascinating. Both a memoir and a social commentary of Britain' -- Annie Macmanus
'Warm andfunny. A powerful call to action against bad landlords, gentrification and class inequality in Britain' -- Symeon Brown, author of 'Get Rich or Lie Trying'
Vital. Everyone should read it -- Vicky Spratt, author of 'Tenants'
A powerful, personal and intricate tour of our housing system exposing who it works for and who it doesnt -- Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
Yates writes with clarity, warmth and passion and leaves the reader wanting to march on Whitehall immediately
-- Nikesh Shukla
This book is so special. Kieran writes with a warmth and joy that is so often devoid from discussions based around housing and working class people. [It] manages to have taught me ten million things while also making me fall in love with Kieran and her family - weaving together activism with storytelling in the most gorgeous way -- Ione Gamble, author of 'Poor Little Sick Girls'

Author Bio

Kieran Yates is a journalist, broadcaster and author who writes regularly on youth culture, housing, immigration and politics for publications including the Guardian, the Independent and VICE. She recently produced the BBC Radio 4 documentary "Estate Music", which explored the link between music, immigrant communities in the UK and social housing. All The Houses I've Ever Lived In is her first solo book.