Displaced Syrians in housing crisis in Lebanon

Official sources have told Arabstoday that the housing  crisis of the displaced Syrians who have fled to Lebanon has been aggravated, particullary in the north, due to the cut in donations dedicated to the housing allowance for the new refugees.  The estimated numbers of displaced has swollen to 17,000 Syrians,  9000 of whom are located in north Lebanon. The Islamic Endowments Administration of Akar (north Lebanon) has issued a statement expressing itsresponsibility and humanitarian duty " towards our brothers from Syria" adding that  the administration has rented a school building in the village of Berkabel, to use as temporary housing for some of the displaced families." In Tripoli, the Syrian refugees' coordination spokesperson, Ahmed Moussa, has warned of expulsion threats issued to about 20 Syrian families who couldn't pay their housing fees. Moussa revealed that only 150 Syrian families could afford their housing fees in Tripoli, while other families are depending on charitable donations. Khalediyeh al-Ali, as Syrian originally from Homs, said "I left my city for Lebanon three months ago, and rented a house in Tripoli that costs me $400 US monthly, in the beginning i sold my daughters' jewellery to pay two months advance rent, as I thought we will be back home soon, but this has not happened, so in the third month we received a donation of $200, US, while the rest of the rent was paid by my son who has started to work as a construction worker in Lebanon to help us afford to live. But a few days ago, the house owner told me I had to pay the monthly rent, while I can't do now as the donation has been cut, so me and my family are about to live in the streets."