Young adults living at home: your pictures and stories

"I am 29 and recently lost my job at the Environment Agency working with communities to prepare themselves for flooding incidents. I had to move back to my parents' as a result of not being able to find another job in Yorkshire soon enough and not being able to pay the rent and JSA not being anywhere near adequate to cover the costs that I had." Photograph: tom1502/GuardianWitness

"Wish I could blame the economy! But Brazil's employment rate has never been so good: something around 5% are unemployed, mostly young adults by the way. Things may be good today, but we know we're losing breath. I do have a job, but salaries are low and rent is as high as ever." Photograph: felipekiper/GuardianWitness

"I am 26 and graduated in 2013 with a first class degree. I had to move back because I couldn't afford the rent to stay in Leeds, so I'm back at home. At the moment I sleep on a fold up bed in a small room rammed with ikea storage containers, clothes, loads of vinyl and bags of crap. I have so much stuff. Things really do build up when you've lived away from home for a while. I had an idea I'd be expecting to move back home for a while, but I had no idea I'd be here for this long." Photograph: Justin Gerald/GuardianWitness

"I moved back home owing my landlord £1000 (who happened to be very understanding with repayment arrangements, thankfully). I'm now a County Borough Councillor in Torfaen, through which I've met more people struggling along in the current climate. I'm still living with my parents because I can't yet afford to live away from home, but I'm now finally able to start paying off my student overdraft so that I can save enough to move in with my girlfriend." Photograph: Cllr David Daniels/GuardianWitness

"Had to move in with my parents after university, am working two jobs over the whole week with six hours on, Sunday off, to pay back the debt, rent and bills. They didn't have a spare room in the two bedroom house they own, so they converted the kitchen extension (which had the washing machine and fridge/freezer) into a box bedroom. It measures 8.5ft long by 5.3ft wide." Photograph: funomoly/GuardianWitness