3.5 million Iraqis are living in slums and the crisis is on the rise

3.5 million Iraqis are living in slums and the crisis is on the rise



Mostafa Al Anbari   07/31/2019 - 18:38

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliamentarian Alaa al-Rubaie said on Wednesday that more than 3 million to 500,000 Iraqis were living in squatter areas and houses in various Iraqi provinces, most of them in Baghdad, pointing out that all governments had neglected this aspect and there were no solutions to solve the housing crisis. Serious security, economic and political consequences for the country and Iraqi society.

"There are more than 3 million and 500 thousand Iraqi citizens living in informal areas and houses in various Iraqi provinces, most of them in the capital Baghdad," Al-Rubaie told Basnews. "The capital Baghdad contains 1022 illegal, irregular and illegal areas and in other governorates 3 thousand random areas until these areas become the source and starting point of various criminal acts such as drug trafficking and armed robbery and others ».



Alaa Al Rubaie

"All the governments have neglected this aspect, and there are no solutions to solve the housing crisis, which carries serious security, economic and political consequences for the country and the Iraqi society," he said, pointing out that "all parties and political blocs talk about magical solutions to the housing crisis. Only elections but after you get positions do not implement anything on the ground which means that the crisis is escalating day by day and solutions become more difficult over time ».

Observers believe that the problem of slums has become difficult to control, because there are parties and parties benefiting financially from them, as the file of slums is no longer exclusive to the families of the needy and did not find accommodation, but the file includes several parties of the parties of power, Many of the land in and around the capital center, and cut and sell and the issuance of title deeds, without going through the departments concerned with city planning and the Secretariat of the capital.

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