FICTION: There's No Place Like Home For Those Who Are Poor

There's No Place Like HomeFlash Fiction By Mark CantrellCopyright © February 2015

“AFFORDABLE housing? Affordable housing! Are you taking the piss?”

 

I rolled my eyes. Phil was off on one again.

 

“A fucking palace is affordable if you’ve got the fucking money, but you don’t get that by working for it. Working class folk like us aren’t allowed on the property market. We can barely manage to rent. We’ll be lucky if they let us live in shant...