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In this June 27, 2015 photo, Neslie Etienne, 28, seen through a hole in mosquito netting, sweeps the room she shares with her husband and six-year-old son in an abandoned shipping container in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Forced evictions and rental subsidies cleared many of the camps that had been set up for those displaced by the 2010 earthquake, but didn't provide long-term solutions for those left homeless by the quake. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 27, 2015 photo, Neslie Etienne, 28, seen through a hole in mosquito netting, sweeps the room she shares with her husband and six-year-old son in an abandoned shipping container in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Forced evictions and rental subsidies cleared many of the camps that had been set up for those displaced by the 2010 earthquake, but didn't provide long-term solutions for those left homeless by the quake. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 27, 2015 photo, Johnly Clif Gaspard, back left, heads to Sunday morning Mass with his mother and two younger siblings, as they leave the abandoned shipping depot where they live in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Although his mother works full-time in a button factory and Gaspard earns money selling motorized toys built from scrap materials, the family cannot afford to move out of the depot where they are squatting along with five other families. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 27, 2015 photo, Johnly Clif Gaspard, back left, heads to Sunday morning Mass with his mother and two younger siblings, as they leave the abandoned shipping depot where they live in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Although his mother works full-time in a button factory and Gaspard earns money selling motorized toys built from scrap materials, the family cannot afford to move out of the depot where they are squatting along with five other families. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 26, 2015 photo, a worn yoga mat is the only padding to sleep on for a family of three living in one room of an abandoned shipping depot in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The six squatter families residing in the building have each taken an office as a bedroom, but at night, they say, other homeless workers come to sleep on the floor in the depot and hallways. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 26, 2015 photo, a worn yoga mat is the only padding to sleep on for a family of three living in one room of an abandoned shipping depot in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The six squatter families residing in the building have each taken an office as a bedroom, but at night, they say, other homeless workers come to sleep on the floor in the depot and hallways. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, hairdresser Loavia Bienaime, 30, sits on her bed as she prepares to begin her day in the room her family occupies in an government office building that was damaged in the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bienaime's husband, Jimmy Bellefleur, used his skill as an electrician to connect the abandoned building to the power grid, and has repaired broken televisions, fans, and a blender for the family to use. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, hairdresser Loavia Bienaime, 30, sits on her bed as she prepares to begin her day in the room her family occupies in an government office building that was damaged in the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bienaime's husband, Jimmy Bellefleur, used his skill as an electrician to connect the abandoned building to the power grid, and has repaired broken televisions, fans, and a blender for the family to use. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 26, 2015 photo, two-year-old Naika Pierre sleeps on a bed in the dirt-floor tent where she lives with her parents in one of the remaining post-earthquake camps in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. When the earthquake struck in 2010, the building where Naika's parents were living in Cite Soleil was heavily damaged and they were forced to move into a tent camp inside the slum. Five years later, they are still living under pieced-together tarps, with cardboard and cinderblocks, the only buffer from a dirt floor that can turn to mud in the rains. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 26, 2015 photo, two-year-old Naika Pierre sleeps on a bed in the dirt-floor tent where she lives with her parents in one of the remaining post-earthquake camps in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. When the earthquake struck in 2010, the building where Naika's parents were living in Cite Soleil was heavily damaged and they were forced to move into a tent camp inside the slum. Five years later, they are still living under pieced-together tarps, with cardboard and cinderblocks, the only buffer from a dirt floor that can turn to mud in the rains. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, a makeshift squat toilet installed over a shallow pit serves families living in and around damaged buildings behind the ruins of the National Theater, in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sanititation is a problem in camps and squatter settlements alike. Many people live without access to any toilet facilities, and water for drinking and washing must be bought in by the bucket. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, a makeshift squat toilet installed over a shallow pit serves families living in and around damaged buildings behind the ruins of the National Theater, in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sanititation is a problem in camps and squatter settlements alike. Many people live without access to any toilet facilities, and water for drinking and washing must be bought in by the bucket. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 27, 2015 photo, Fritzna Oralist, 12, eats lunch inside an abandoned shipping depot where she lives with her mother and three brothers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After the 2010 earthquake, some residents returned to unsafe homes or moved into damaged and abandoned buildings across the capital. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 27, 2015 photo, Fritzna Oralist, 12, eats lunch inside an abandoned shipping depot where she lives with her mother and three brothers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After the 2010 earthquake, some residents returned to unsafe homes or moved into damaged and abandoned buildings across the capital. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 26, 2015 photo, a young woman shares a cracker with a kitten in a post-earthquake tent camp that residents are hoping to turn into a permanent neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. More than five years after a magnitude 7.0 quake destroyed much of the capital, there are few visible signs of the disaster and the vast majority of the people who were displaced have found homes. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 26, 2015 photo, a young woman shares a cracker with a kitten in a post-earthquake tent camp that residents are hoping to turn into a permanent neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. More than five years after a magnitude 7.0 quake destroyed much of the capital, there are few visible signs of the disaster and the vast majority of the people who were displaced have found homes. But there are still tens of thousands of people who have never been able to repair their homes, whose rental subsidies have run out or who never managed to find permanent housing in the first place. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, Zarmor Sendi walks along the stairwell of the abandoned, earthquake damaged government building where she's living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sendi, 28, lost her home in the quake and was later evicted from a camp set up for those displaced by the quake. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, Zarmor Sendi walks along the stairwell of the abandoned, earthquake damaged government building where she's living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sendi, 28, lost her home in the quake and was later evicted from a camp set up for those displaced by the quake. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, fan parts recovered by Jimmy Bellefleur sit stacked in the hallway of the abandoned, earthquake damaged government office building where he lives with his family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bellefleur's work as an electrician enables him to buy food and afford relative luxuries such as a double bed and the used televisions and fans he's brought back to life. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, fan parts recovered by Jimmy Bellefleur sit stacked in the hallway of the abandoned, earthquake damaged government office building where he lives with his family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bellefleur's work as an electrician enables him to buy food and afford relative luxuries such as a double bed and the used televisions and fans he's brought back to life. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, electrician Jimmy Bellefleur, 35, sits on his bed in the room his family occupies inside an abandoned, earthquake damaged government office building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Before the quake, his family lived in two rented rooms, but the building was destroyed, Bellefleur said, and they lived on the streets for more than a year before finding their current home. “I don't have the means to leave”, he said. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, electrician Jimmy Bellefleur, 35, sits on his bed in the room his family occupies inside an abandoned, earthquake damaged government office building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Before the quake, his family lived in two rented rooms, but the building was destroyed, Bellefleur said, and they lived on the streets for more than a year before finding their current home. “I don't have the means to leave”, he said. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, Zarmor Sendi sleeps in an open room inside an abandoned, earthquake damaged government office building where she's living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. During the day, Sendi inhabits one of the building's former bathrooms, too small to lie down in, and protected only by a thin curtain. Although the building's residents all know each other, there is no way to secure the site, leaving children and single women like Sendi particularly vulnerable. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, Zarmor Sendi sleeps in an open room inside an abandoned, earthquake damaged government office building where she's living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. During the day, Sendi inhabits one of the building's former bathrooms, too small to lie down in, and protected only by a thin curtain. Although the building's residents all know each other, there is no way to secure the site, leaving children and single women like Sendi particularly vulnerable. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, single father Jean Donalson Tousena Bagui holds his two-year-old daughter outside their room at the earthquake-damaged Hotel Le Palace in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tousena Bagui said he was a security guard at the hotel before the 2010 earthquake and stayed on as a self-appointed caretaker. He receives no compensation, he said, and has not received word from the hotel's owner on what will become of the site. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, single father Jean Donalson Tousena Bagui holds his two-year-old daughter outside their room at the earthquake-damaged Hotel Le Palace in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tousena Bagui said he was a security guard at the hotel before the 2010 earthquake and stayed on as a self-appointed caretaker. He receives no compensation, he said, and has not received word from the hotel's owner on what will become of the site. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 27, 2015 photo, a man uses a shard of mirror to check his reflection as he passes the time with other residents inside the abandoned shipping depot where they live in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Some residents of the building have full-time jobs, while others are partially-employed or look for day work. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 27, 2015 photo, a man uses a shard of mirror to check his reflection as he passes the time with other residents inside the abandoned shipping depot where they live in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Some residents of the building have full-time jobs, while others are partially-employed or look for day work. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, carpenter Camen Innocent builds a market stall with a built-in seat for a client, outside his room in an earthquake-damaged government building in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Innocent, 57, says he was the first person to take up residence in the abandoned building after the quake. For the last several years, the residents have lived here largely undisturbed. But they know the government could return to reclaim the building at any time, leaving them on the street once again. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, carpenter Camen Innocent builds a market stall with a built-in seat for a client, outside his room in an earthquake-damaged government building in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Innocent, 57, says he was the first person to take up residence in the abandoned building after the quake. For the last several years, the residents have lived here largely undisturbed. But they know the government could return to reclaim the building at any time, leaving them on the street once again. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 26, 2015 photo, single mother Manushka Doneis, 18, sits inside the abandoned shipping company building where she lives with her siblings and five-month-old daughter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitians who are homeless since the 2010 earthquake can be found living in the best conditions they can find – the ruins of a luxury hotel, makeshift shelters on the grounds of the destroyed national theater, and even in one case in an unventilated trailer. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 26, 2015 photo, single mother Manushka Doneis, 18, sits inside the abandoned shipping company building where she lives with her siblings and five-month-old daughter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitians who are homeless since the 2010 earthquake can be found living in the best conditions they can find – the ruins of a luxury hotel, makeshift shelters on the grounds of the destroyed national theater, and even in one case in an unventilated trailer. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, houses pack a hillside in the Jalousie district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti suffered from a severe housing shortage even before the 2010 earthquake. According to a January 2015 report by Amnesty International, the earthquake further increased the deficit. Meanwhile reconstruction efforts focused on building temporary shelters over permanent housing. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, houses pack a hillside in the Jalousie district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti suffered from a severe housing shortage even before the 2010 earthquake. According to a January 2015 report by Amnesty International, the earthquake further increased the deficit. Meanwhile reconstruction efforts focused on building temporary shelters over permanent housing. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, a young man walks to an upper level inside an earthquake-damaged building where young men are squatting in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At night, damaged but intact buildings serve as homes to some of the many still left homeless after the 2010 earthquake, even if the structures lack water and other amenities. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, a young man walks to an upper level inside an earthquake-damaged building where young men are squatting in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At night, damaged but intact buildings serve as homes to some of the many still left homeless after the 2010 earthquake, even if the structures lack water and other amenities. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 26, 2015 photo, a boy sits in a tree inside a tent camp set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake but that has turned into a longterm settlement in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  According to the International Organization for Migration, nearly 65,000 people were still living in 66 camps as of March 31, 2015. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 26, 2015 photo, a boy sits in a tree inside a tent camp set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake but that has turned into a longterm settlement in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. According to the International Organization for Migration, nearly 65,000 people were still living in 66 camps as of March 31, 2015. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 26, 2015 photo, Mirlande Senate, 17 and eight-months pregnant, stands in the small makeshift shelter where she lives alone in a Cite Soleil tent camp set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Orphaned years earlier and with no family to protect her, Senate said she has occasionally had to engage in prostitution to survive. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 26, 2015 photo, Mirlande Senate, 17 and eight-months pregnant, stands in the small makeshift shelter where she lives alone in a Cite Soleil tent camp set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Orphaned years earlier and with no family to protect her, Senate said she has occasionally had to engage in prostitution to survive. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 29, 2015 photo, a resident of the earthquake-damaged Hotel Le Palace makes his way downstairs from the room he inhabits in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Though much of the hotel was destroyed, some of the guest rooms, which still have intact walls, have become homes to people displaced by the quake. The ruined hotel has no running water or working sanitary facilities. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 29, 2015 photo, a resident of the earthquake-damaged Hotel Le Palace makes his way downstairs from the room he inhabits in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Though much of the hotel was destroyed, some of the guest rooms, which still have intact walls, have become homes to people displaced by the quake. The ruined hotel has no running water or working sanitary facilities. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)




In this June 28, 2015 photo, Loavia Bienaime, 30, comforts her youngest daughter Martina as she watches TV in the stairwell outside their room in an abandoned earthquake-damaged government building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. “I don't like the children here. It's very open. There is no security”, said Bienaime's husband, Jimmy Bellefleur. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

In this June 28, 2015 photo, Loavia Bienaime, 30, comforts her youngest daughter Martina as she watches TV in the stairwell outside their room in an abandoned earthquake-damaged government building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. “I don't like the children here. It's very open. There is no security”, said Bienaime's husband, Jimmy Bellefleur. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)
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