Five rows of makeshift houses sit on the rooftop of a three-storied building in Weifang, East China's Shandong province, Sept 12. The 40 shanty houses, about 10 to 15 square meters in size each, have been for rental use over the past decade, according to a tenant. Whether the houses are illegal is yet determined, according to the Qilu Evening News.

A spate of illegal rooftop buildings have popped up in media reports in the past few months, after the most notorious one – a complex of a villa, rocks and trees atop a high-rise apartment building in Beijing- was exposed and ordered demolition in early August. [Photo/CFP]

A bed and a desk make up pretty much of the humbled living condition of a makeshift house built on the rooftop of a three-storied building in Weifang, East China's Shandong province, Sept 12. The monthly rent is around 100 yuan ($16) or so, according to the tenant. [Photo/CFP]