In the UK, around 2.5 billion square feet of vacant storage and space are available but about a third of the working-class families are suffering from psychological difficulties as they do not have access to the space that they need.
A lot of issues like cost of living, socio-economic discrimination and exploitation, and corruption are directly responsible for the current condition of people from the working class.
Due to their low incomes, a lot of working-class people live in overcrowded areas, and because of the poor accommodation system, 29% of the people are going through severe psychological pressure.
The data also shows that 24% of those people need extra space desperately. But they do not have the financial ability to rend such spatial facilities for them.
Unfortunately, throughout the Covid-19 period, due to the demand, the price of space facilities rose from 50p on average to 86p per square foot. During that time, the industry saw the highest occupancy of space.
Because of the rising price and extra demand, around 12 % of the people, with low incomes, are keeping their personal possessions in more than one place. Though 32 % of the people have extra space of their own, they do not want to rent their space permanently.
People, with high incomes, have free and unused space, but 45 % of them are not willing to help the people who really need space for their psychological well-being.
Data suggests that around 4.3 million families who belong to the middle class are currently enjoying additional space. This number shows that there are class inequalities because about 2.3 million working-class families have no access to minimum space.
Everyone should have the right to space because it is important for the psychophysical well-being of a person. But due to the exploitation of the upper-class people, working-class people get no access to their basic rights. And the government does not do anything effective to bridge the socio-economic gap.
According to the research, space is an important element that helps to have a balanced life. And not having enough space, as mentioned early, can have a bad impact on the human psyche too.
The UK storage business is growing gradually but it is way behind in making sure that everyone has equal spatial rights. The problem is that, a few companies dominate the business, and because of that the pricing is not working-class friendly.
There is no doubt that working-class people do not have enough space or access to the needed space. And because of this socio-economic crisis, they are going through some severe psychological issues. People may even become traumatised if things keep going the same way. It is important to address the issue of space and spatial rights of the working class seriously because the general well-being of a lot of people depends on this.
