Housing policy in developing countries

This book presents a comprehensive vision of the concept of housing policy and the transformations that accompanied the development of policies in developing countries over the past fifty years. The book begins by explaining the concept of housing policy, its components, and its relationship with economic and social systems. This book discusses a wide range of traditional and non-traditional methods and approaches to providing housing, and reviews the means adopted by developing countries to bridge the gap between household income and housing. The book addresses popular efforts to confront the challenges of housing the urban poor and the broad concept of slums as one of the community solutions to the housing crisis. The book contains 240 pages.