Quick Guides for Policy Makers - Housing the Poor in Asian Cities. 5: Housing Finance. Ways to help the poor pay for housing
This Quick Guide introduces some of the key concepts of formal housing finance and an overview of how both the formal and informal systems of delivering housing finance work especially with regard to the urban poor.
The guide provides insights to innovative ways in affordable housing finance for the urban poor living in Asia’s cities.
Quick Guides for Policy Makers - Housing the Poor in Asian Cities. 6: Community-Based Organizations. The poor as agents of development
This Quick Guide examines how community organizations can be valuable and resourceful partners when it comes to finding viable solutions to their own housing problems.
It looks at how community organizations have developed in Asia, how they function and what tools they use, which are useful for policy makers, in particular in the context of decentralization.
Quick Guides for Policy Makers - Housing the Poor in Asian Cities. 7: Rental Housing A much neglected housing option for the poor
This Quick Guide reviews the characteristics of rental housing markets and how they function. The issue of demand and supply of rental housing are discussed, followed by policy options to regulate, promote and expand rental housing - especially for the urban poor living in Asia’s cities.
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