The housing crisis increases the number of cemetery residents

For years, thousands of families have lived in the northern cemetery of Manila

Have you ever imagined living in a cemetery? It may seem frightening or, at least, very strange, but this is a common reality between the different Philippine families. THE serious housing crisis This occurs in the country has led many families to look for refuge in the northern cemetery of Manila, located in the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. This is one of the poorest regions of the city and in the face of the extreme poverty and the lack of accessible housing options, this space designed to bury their loved ones Only alternative to survive.

The Manila cemetery is a shelter for several families

THE Shared space between life and dead In the cemetery it is not new in the capital of the Philippines. Since 1950, some families have built irregular and improvised houses inside various cemeteries in Manila, as if they were barracks. Generally, they are built with wood, canvas and cardboard tables, which form a residential development similar to the traditional Brazilian slums, but on tombs or inside the mausoleums.

This is the reason why these places were known as “Cemeteries of the slums“

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