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September 15, 2012
Tunisia invites private sector to help rehouse poor
Social tensions that toppled the former regime last year have made the Tunisian authorities seek effective housing measures by ways of inviting private builders, to improve the situation of the poorer city dwellers living in huts. Read more here.
September 15, 2012
Nicaragua: Government advances housing infrastructure
The government will now be helping those below the poverty line in Nicaragua have their own houses through an initiative which, in the words of Judith Silva, director of the Urban and Rural Housing Institute (Invur) ‘unites the will of different institutions’, both private and public, while also generate jobs. […]
September 15, 2012
UNDP targets route of inclusive governance to protect rights of informal slum dwellers
UNDP has launched a new programme at the World Urban Forum in Naples, which will campaign for better and more inclusive urban governance to fight for the rights of urban slum dwellers, who are forever vulnerable to evictions and exploitation. Read more here and here.
September 15, 2012
India: Hiranandani submits plan to build 3000 low cost houses
The Hiranandani group, after problems with the law regarding building of urban luxury houses instead of low cost ones will now be building 3000 low cost houses for the government, to house the poor in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Read more here.
September 15, 2012
Mexvi houses for Mexico’s base of the pyramid
In Mexico, most people work in factories, or in farms, or both. They build their houses brick by brick over a period of several years, as and when they have some cash to spare. Mexvi is a new company whose innovation lies in the fact that it can build a […]
September 15, 2012
Better housing for the poor tested in South America
A UK-Latin American engineering collaboration is soon going to result in the building of housing prototypes for the impoverished in Brazil and Ecuador. The tests will lead to design innovations which will make houses safer and more durable for the poor underserved population of South America. Read more here.
September 15, 2012
Brazil: How legalizing of slums has helped Brazil, and what more must be done
Legalizing of Brazil’s favelas has led it down the path of sustainable growth. However, according to a new study by IDB (Inter-American Development Bank), Cities Alliance, the Ministry of Cities, and the Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF), the technical capabilities of Brazilian government administrations must be matched to make changes of […]
September 15, 2012
How land value can bring viability to BoP housing
BoP (Bottom of the Pyramid) housing has suffered low growth in terms of quality output globally because of lack of process innovation. Now, a new concept of and value capture is being hailed by development analysts as the way to fill this gap. Read more here.
September 15, 2012
Slum Upgrading – Lessons learned from Brazil
This study by the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank), Cities Alliance, the Ministry of Cities, and the Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF) seeks to draw attention to the critical aspects of design that must be focussed on if similar projects are to be targeted in the future. Read the report here.
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