This paper describes the ambitious national slum and squatter upgrading programme launched by the Thai government in 2003 and imple-mented through the Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI). The programme centres on providing infrastructure subsidies and housing loans to low-income communities to support upgrading in situ wherever possible and, if not, to develop new homes close by. (more…)
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Academic paper: Baan Mankong: going to scale with “slum” and squatter upgrading in Thailand
Friday, August 28th, 2009Augmented informality: South Africa’s backyard dwellings as a by-product of formal housing policies
Monday, August 24th, 2009Insufficient and inadequate housing for the urban poor has a long history in South Africa, as in other African cities. Nearly one-fifth of urban households in South Africa reside in an informal dwelling. While most live in informal settlements, significant proportions have erected informal structures (essentially ‘shacks’) in the backyard of another property, a distinctly South African phenomenon. (more…)