Incremental construction: a strategy to facilitate access to housing

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dc.catalogadoraba
dc.contributor.authorGreene, Margarita
dc.contributor.authorRojas, Eduardo
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T21:19:04Z
dc.date.available2023-08-28T21:19:04Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe "enabling" approach to housing markets promotes financing systems based on family savings, public subsidies and mortgage loans to unleash the potential of individuals and communities to produce and improve dwellings. However, the approach failed to benefit lower-income households, as they have less ability to generate savings or make mortgage payments. These households are forced to use informal mechanisms to access housing, such as purchasing land in illegal sub-divisions or squatting on public land and incrementally building their dwellings. The present work argues that supporting the incremental housing construction undertaken by poor households through an enabling approach can make a significant contribution to solving the housing problem in Latin America. The paper discusses the challenges and opportunities in executing this new type of programme, which requires coordinating the resources and capabilities of the beneficiaries with those of the different levels of government and the civil society. While this paper draws on experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean, the proposed approach is also relevant in other settings.
dc.description.funderFONDECYT
dc.description.funderFrench Trust Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2023-08-28
dc.format.extent20 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0956247808089150
dc.identifier.issn0956-2478
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0956247808089150
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/74530
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000255580600006
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Arquitectura; Greene, Margarita; 0000-0001-9105-0502; 50939
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido parcial
dc.pagina.final108
dc.pagina.inicio89
dc.publisherInternational Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
dc.revistaENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectGovernment programmes
dc.subjectHousing policy
dc.subjectIncremental house construction
dc.subjectInformal housing
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subjectMicrocredit
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectUrban land development
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleIncremental construction: a strategy to facilitate access to housing
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen20
sipa.codpersvinculados50939
sipa.indexISI-1995-2006-2007-2008
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;05-06-2021
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