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The Housing of Belize

Belize's houses are different in a couple ways from our houses. Most of the houses there are made of wood, with iron roofs, and seven windows. Lots of houses are built on stilts to protect them from floods. The lowest rooms are used for kitchens or storage places. An average home has at least two or three rooms shared by a couple generations. In some areas, wooden houses have roofs of coconut hatch. Rural Mestizos live in adobe brick houses. Varieties of colorful tropical trees and plants surround the rural houses. In cities there is a shortage of housing. Belize's housing situation is bad because of hurricanes. Imagine living in houses like these with a lot of your relatives!

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