Slum Housing And Poverty//

These photographs form a record of the housing crisis that existed in the late 1960s and early 70s. They were taken for the Birmingham Housing Trust and for Shelter the National Campaign for the Homeless.

Families And The Interiors Of Slum Housing

The families depicted were caught in a never ending cycle of poverty, insecurity, and frequently ill health. Their evident despair reflects the complete loss of hope in there being any positive resolution to their deprivation.

The Environment Of Slum Housing

Slum clearance, which had become very necessary, was frequently a long winded bureaucratic process, in which residents were left side by side with half demolished properties and litter strewn wastelands.