The Tsunami also affected host families and communities. In all the affected countries, extended families, friends and strangers took in displaced people and thus alleviated some of the need for special camps and centres. They provided a roof and four walls and became a major source of psychosocial support. But host families now feel they are being overlooked by many of the relief operations. They believe they are not being given a fair share of the relief goods available to displaced people, despite having sacrificed their own scarce space, privacy and materials. On the reverse side, displaced people in some of these communities are beginning to say that they are not being truly integrated and are not being allowed to participate in decision-making about their future. The reality is that the arrival of displaced people in massive numbers has become a heavy burden on households and communities for whom space, food and even mattresses were always scarce. Given that in many parts of the region these people may have to remain displaced for some time, this new tension and the collective sense of relative deprivation could become a serious issue.