Shacks

have a sentimental connotation. That is of course of you are living in one. Unbelievable! Let’s help a family living in a shack.

Slums of the World get new Housing – or do they?

Posted by: Richard Grabowski

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28
JAN
2013

Housing in Third World Countries, Housing Problem, Slums of the World

Cycle of Poverty, land+title, Shacks, Shelter, Third World Countries Housing Problem

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