When Your Landlord Becomes the Leak

Daniel and his family had to evacuate their Jerusalem apartment after a landlord refused to fix a roof leak, let mold spread, and then terminated their tenancy the day after being recorded admitting fault. In a brutal rental market with under two percent vacancy, they spent months scrambling with a six-month-old. This episode explores whether such experiences of disempowerment and degradation constitute trauma — and what it means to rebuild after the systems that should protect you don't.