Housing Crisis
-population = 21.6 million people
- 15% live under the poverty line. 2.4 million live in extreme poverty and 1.2 million can’t obtain their everyday needs
-the unemployed, farmers, and housewives are most affected by severe poverty
-2/3 of Romania’s population is into agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
- 2005 and 06, they faced the worst floods in 100 years and in July of 2008, they had new floods in the northern countries and it left thousands of people without homes
-Many Romanians live in crowed houses and only half have access to piped water
-house quality is poor. Many houses are deteriorating because of lack of maintenance
-EX- a family of 8 would live in a 2 bedroom flat rather than a 4 or bedroom house
-many families live together
-it’s common for children to live with parents through their 20’s or 30’s because finding a house that is affordable is hard
-What’s being done?
- Habitat for Humanity has begun to help Romania. They have helped 1,185 families by building houses, rehabilitations, repairs, technical, financial and other services as well.
- Other groups that have helped out are USAID, CHF, UNICEF, Soros Foundation, andASCO Oradea
-Companies such as Petrom, Vodafone, Isover, Consolis, Pfizer, Arcelor Mittal, Lafarge, BRD Societe Generale, Timken, Whirlpool, MoneyGram, ABN AMRO, CitiBank, AVIVA, and European Western Union are bringing their support to remove poverty houses in Romania.
-population = 21.6 million people
- 15% live under the poverty line. 2.4 million live in extreme poverty and 1.2 million can’t obtain their everyday needs
-the unemployed, farmers, and housewives are most affected by severe poverty
-2/3 of Romania’s population is into agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
- 2005 and 06, they faced the worst floods in 100 years and in July of 2008, they had new floods in the northern countries and it left thousands of people without homes
-Many Romanians live in crowed houses and only half have access to piped water
-house quality is poor. Many houses are deteriorating because of lack of maintenance
-EX- a family of 8 would live in a 2 bedroom flat rather than a 4 or bedroom house
-many families live together
-it’s common for children to live with parents through their 20’s or 30’s because finding a house that is affordable is hard
-What’s being done?
- Habitat for Humanity has begun to help Romania. They have helped 1,185 families by building houses, rehabilitations, repairs, technical, financial and other services as well.
- Other groups that have helped out are USAID, CHF, UNICEF, Soros Foundation, andASCO Oradea
-Companies such as Petrom, Vodafone, Isover, Consolis, Pfizer, Arcelor Mittal, Lafarge, BRD Societe Generale, Timken, Whirlpool, MoneyGram, ABN AMRO, CitiBank, AVIVA, and European Western Union are bringing their support to remove poverty houses in Romania.
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