Quick Guides for Policy Makers - Housing the Poor in Asian Cities. 2: Low-Income Housing. Approaches to help the urban poor find adequate accommodation

This Quick Guide describes ways of addressing low-income housing. It reviews well - tried methods of improving the housing environments of people living in slums and informal settlements, and providing adequate housing for future generations living in Asia’s cities.

The guide examines considerations needed to improve these settlements, and to produce housing at a city-wide scale.