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Author(s): Melissa
Publication Date: 2009
Melissa ran away at age 15. She has been treated like a toilet all her life, as a child, as a teenage girl and now as a woman she has been raped sometimes daily by whatever male wants to use her.
Author(s): Melissa
Publication Date: 2009
Hello my name is Melissa and my husband's name is Sean. We are a young couple in our early twenties. We have four children, two boys and two girls and we live in London. I have had problems with housing instability since sixteen years of age. Non-payment of rent, illegal borders, and illegal activities are some of the reasons for this.
Our first experience of homelessness was in December of 2006. Due to non-payment of rent, my family and I moved...