> Also, not sure if you are linking Roma and slavery, at least in East that was absolutely never the case, in contrary there were medieval laws banning them fro

> Also, not sure if you are linking Roma and slavery, at least in East that was absolutely never the case, in contrary there were medieval laws banning them from entering cities etc. It absolutely was the case. Roma slavery in Romania is a well known part of history.[0] It doesn’t matter that they might have been banned from cities, because slavery put them to work on e.g. boyars’ and monastic estates. > gave them whole apartment blocks which they destroyed beyond repair Some Roma communities have a code of ritual purity similar to kosher laws in Judaism. Dwellings fall into disrepair once a generation has died in them. It is a failure of public housing policy that this factor was not taken into account when serving the needs of this particular community. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Romania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Romania