{"id":115436,"date":"2020-04-06T22:34:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/this-crisis-has-changed-our-experience-of-home-and-exposed-the-deep-pain-of-poor-housing-suzanne-moore\/"},"modified":"2020-04-06T23:07:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:07:10","slug":"this-crisis-has-changed-our-experience-of-home-and-exposed-the-deep-pain-of-poor-housing-suzanne-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/this-crisis-has-changed-our-experience-of-home-and-exposed-the-deep-pain-of-poor-housing-suzanne-moore\/","title":{"rendered":"This crisis has changed our experience of home \u2013 and exposed the deep pain of poor housing | Suzanne Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nDo you have a garden? Do you live on the 17th floor of a tower block or in a castle? Coronavirus is making old divisions sharper, clearer and more damaging than everCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHow does your garden grow? My local neighbourhood app is full of people swapping compost while my Facebook feed is full of photos of daffodils \u2013 little explosions of hope and rebirth. Who can resent that? Well, quite a few people, actually; the hashtag #selfishpricks has been trending on Twitter. The selfish pricks are people who go to parks and don\u2019t observe social distancing. This may well be selfish, but another kind of selfishness is growing alongside it, from those who fail to recognise many people don\u2019t have outside space. To live through this pandemic is to feel this viscerally; so much inequality is being played out.One can refuse this knowledge or fake it. Every time I see a Tory minister saying they know what it\u2019s like being indoors all day with small kids, I catch myself thinking: \u201cWhat do you actually know? Have you ever lived in a tiny flat with small kids and no garden? Do you really know what it is like not to have a tiny scrap of land where you can sit outside, set up a swing and still know you\u2019re at home?\u201d I lived this way with two kids until my mid-30s. The memory of acquiring a small concrete yard stays with me. To this day, I cannot garden, but to be able to sit outside is a luxury. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/apr\/06\/coronavirus-crisis-garden-housing-tower-block-home\" target=\"_blank\">This crisis has changed our experience of home \u2013 and exposed the deep pain of poor housing | Suzanne Moore<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Do you have a garden? 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