Sudanese refugees face soaring rent prices in Cairo: Mohannad had been in Cairo for only a few weeks when his landlady said he would have to pay triple the rent if he wanted to keep his apartment.
Hardship: People fleeing war-torn Sudan arrive at Qastal land port between Egypt and Sudan. Egypt’s economic crisis has resulted in rents soaring. Photo: Khaled Desouki/ Getty Imagesudanese refugee Mohannad had been in Cairo for only a few weeks when his landlady said he would have to pay triple the rent if he wanted to keep his apartment.
Mohannad signed a six-month lease for a furnished apartment for 6 000 Egyptian pounds a month, the average monthly income for an Egyptian family, according to official figures. New arrivals face the same hardships, with realtors reporting a sharp increase in demand in the satellite city of 6 October, west of Cairo.
Another broker, who also requested anonymity, said rent prices in the traditionally well-off neighbourhood of Heliopolis in eastern Cairo used to be similar to 6 October rates before the influx of Sudanese refugees, but within months have climbed to 12 000 pounds. “As residents of central Cairo move out of the city to new satellite cities, they’ve converted their old units to sources of revenue,” he said.
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