tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15659738.post3485171384101164900..comments2023-10-05T18:32:31.021+03:00Comments on O C C U P I E D: Housing problems in Jaffayudithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694345940567222710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15659738.post-45497596255351124502007-01-21T06:37:00.000+02:002007-01-21T06:37:00.000+02:00That's the point, i'm not actually sure there is s...That's the point, i'm not actually sure there is such. <br />I know there is a definition of the minimum size of a window (and as a result, that became the standard window size in Israeli bedrooms) and the minimum height which also became the standard room height.<br />I think there are a lot of requirements for details, but given the infamous "palkal" scandal. i think (am not sure) there is an actual definition of what is a "home".<br />In anty case in Jaffa Tel Aviv, there house-owners are kings, as there is this trend of cutting up 1 big 4 room apopartment into 4 or 5 small "studio-appartments" or "mini-lofts" and rent them out for exagerated prices. Offcially it is not legal, but no one does anything about it. there are many of those in Jaffa. <br />The worst are the hovels "illegal" migrant workers. I once visited one of those in the area of the old central busstation: it used to be a diamond polishing factory, which had been sub-devided into an endless row of little cubicles, made out of plywood and shuttered off with curtains, for each 5 cubicles there was a shower and little kitchen corner, with A GAZ BOTTLE inside. As the place had been a diamond factory, all windows were barred, so if a fire would have erupted, it would have been a deathtrap. And as the electricity wiring between the cubicles was terrible, a fire could have erupted easily.yudithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694345940567222710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15659738.post-55510206080029175082007-01-20T22:33:00.000+02:002007-01-20T22:33:00.000+02:00There has to be a national prescription for good h...There has to be a national prescription for good housing and the square metres and other "normal" facility any citizen is entiteled to.<br />But to make your dream come true I think there first has to be somebody <br />like Godzilla, to sweep a broom through the municipallity and hereby make room for people who do what they promise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com