Tondominium (Tondo Condominium) is a type of vertical box houses that can be found in the slums of Happy Land, Tondo, Manila. The houses are made of a variety of materials that include flattened tin cans, cardboard, plywood, trapal, styrofoam, and other materials that had been salvaged from the nearby dump site. This type of housing settlement is not unique to Tondo, however, as I have seen this also in other depressed areas of Manila. Some even reach as high as six stories even without a solid foundation.
These dangerous type of homes are often preferred by poor people rather than living in the streets and sidewalks. Yet there is always the danger of these houses collapsing like a house of cards in case of typhoon or earthquakes. If nature fails to destroy them, the Manila government acts on its behalf by threatening to demolish them--in the excuse that they are an eye-sore to foreign tourists.
These dangerous type of homes are often preferred by poor people rather than living in the streets and sidewalks. Yet there is always the danger of these houses collapsing like a house of cards in case of typhoon or earthquakes. If nature fails to destroy them, the Manila government acts on its behalf by threatening to demolish them--in the excuse that they are an eye-sore to foreign tourists.
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