Question

Which of the following problems faced tenement dwellers? Select all that apply.

Answer 1

The problems faced by tenement dwellers are: poor sanitation and several families living in one apartment.

Answer: Option A and C

Explanation:

Multiple tenants residing in a single apartment are known as tenement dwellers. People who cannot afford paying high rent decide to reside in such apartments as the rent is shared by the other tenants. These tenement dwellers face many problems, one of the major problem is poor sanitation.

Since many people make use of single washroom, it becomes difficult to maintain the cleanliness that is required. Apart from this, tenement dwellers also face the problem of over crowding as several families living in one apartment.

Answer 2

Tenements were the houses built for the immigrants that arrived US during 1840 and 1850. Tenements are the urban dwellings but it does not meet the standard of a good sanitary life or poor sanitation.

Explanation:

Impoverished and undernourished families live in testaments. They are apartment house which fail to meet the sanitary standards, safety and comfort too. Trash piled up and garbage littered on the streets, poor sewage system also contribute to the spread of hazardous and contagious diseases.

Air quality also proves to be terrible. there was lack of fresh running water. Tenements housed more than one family in the same apartment. Unsanitary conditions always prevail which is not good for health. These were the housing facilities offered to immigrants until the implementation of new deal Programs.