Despair in a Working-Class Neighborhood Is Growing by the Day: 'We Live Among the Rats'

Omroep Brabant

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They dart across the streets at night, run through backyards, and even pop up in living rooms. A rat infestation in Breda's Tuinzigt neighborhood is getting worse and worse, and residents are fed up. The municipality is still setting up some rat traps, but according to residents, the housing association is doing absolutely nothing. "If this continues, I'll release a hundred rats into their office," says one distraught resident. "My son was turni…