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- Cornwall’s housing shortage has pushed many young locals into permanent van living.
- Twenty-five-year-old Skye, a special-educational-needs teaching assistant, lives full-time in a van after failing to secure rental housing.
- Traveller Space says many van dwellers lack knowledge of insulation, water access and repair, causing breakdowns and hardship.
- Louella reports chronic loneliness, scarce toilets and costly campsites while Sue Nicholls says support and mental-health services remain insufficient for vulnerable youths.
