 In the nights following the earthquake , many people in Haiti slept in the streets , on pavements , in their cars , or in makeshift shanty towns either because their houses had been destroyed , or they feared standing structures would not withstand aftershocks . Construction standards are low in Haiti ; the country has no building codes . Engineers have stated that it is unlikely many buildings would have stood through any kind of disaster . Structures are often raised wherever they can fit ; some buildings were built on slopes with insufficient foundations or steel supports . A representative of Catholic Relief Services has estimated that about two million Haitians lived as squatters on land they did not own . The country also suffered from shortages of fuel and potable water even before the disaster . 
 In the nights following the earthquake , many people in Haiti slept in the streets , on pavements , in their cars , or in makeshift shanty towns either because their houses <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> been destroyed , or they feared standing structures would not withstand <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>aftershocks</mark></a> . Construction standards are low in Haiti ; the country <a href='got' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> no building codes . Engineers <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>have</mark></a> stated that it is unlikely many buildings would <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>have</mark></a> stood through any kind of disaster . Structures are often raised wherever they can fit ; some buildings <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> built on slopes with insufficient foundations or steel supports . A representative of Catholic Relief Services <a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>has</mark></a> estimated that about two million Haitians lived as squatters on land they did not own . The country also suffered from shortages of fuel and potable water even before the disaster . 
In the nights following the earthquake , many people in Haiti slept in da streets , on pavements , in their cars , or in makeshift shanty towns either because their houses done been destroyed , or they feared standing structures would not withstand no aftershocks . Construction standards are low in Haiti ; tdacountry got no building codes . Engineers done stated dat it is unlikely many buildings would done stood through any kind of disaster . Structures are often raised wherever they can fit ; some buildings was built on slopes with insufficient foundations or steel supports . A representative of Catholic Relief Services done estimated tdatbout two million Haitians lived as squatters on land they did not own . The country also suffered from shortages of fuel and potable water even before the disaster .