Published : 02-02-2021
Local authorities in Yarmouk Camp issued permits for the reconstruction of 30 houses, 48 hours after their residents submitted demands to that end.
Municipal staffers also cleared debris around the municipality building to smooth reconstruction works.
Recently, Palestinian refugees said they have been blackmailed by staffers tasked with assessing the habitability condition of houses in Yarmouk Camp.
In letters emailed to AGPS, a number of residents said return to abandoned houses is only greenlighted after a sum of up to 30,000 is shelled out to control staff. A number of habitable houses have been blacklisted after their owners failed to secure the required sum.
Over recent years, activists have called on the residents of Yarmouk Camp, in Damascus, to stand on guard to all attempts to force them to forfeit their houses and property at low prices.
The activists have warned against attempts by crooked real estate brokers to pressurize civilians to sell their homes and properties following the widely-condemned reconstruction plan proposed by Damascus Governorate.
Real estate dealers have reportedly established limited-liability contracting companies to buy real estate from the residents at extremely cheap prices. Civilians who have lost their property ownership documents have particularly come under simmering pressure.
Local authorities in Yarmouk Camp issued permits for the reconstruction of 30 houses, 48 hours after their residents submitted demands to that end.
Municipal staffers also cleared debris around the municipality building to smooth reconstruction works.
Recently, Palestinian refugees said they have been blackmailed by staffers tasked with assessing the habitability condition of houses in Yarmouk Camp.
In letters emailed to AGPS, a number of residents said return to abandoned houses is only greenlighted after a sum of up to 30,000 is shelled out to control staff. A number of habitable houses have been blacklisted after their owners failed to secure the required sum.
Over recent years, activists have called on the residents of Yarmouk Camp, in Damascus, to stand on guard to all attempts to force them to forfeit their houses and property at low prices.
The activists have warned against attempts by crooked real estate brokers to pressurize civilians to sell their homes and properties following the widely-condemned reconstruction plan proposed by Damascus Governorate.
Real estate dealers have reportedly established limited-liability contracting companies to buy real estate from the residents at extremely cheap prices. Civilians who have lost their property ownership documents have particularly come under simmering pressure.
