Baghdad’s housing crunch

The World

Baghdad property prices are soaring and residential neighborhoods are suffering fr0m overcrowding. As a result, informal neighborhoods are sprouting up around the city as families move outwards in seek of more space. Correspondent Susannah George has the story.

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