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A DIAGNOSIS OF URBAN POOR HOUSING IN VIETNAM
Since the introduction of open-market economic reform policies in the late 1980s, known as Doi Moi, private and foreign investment has been encouraged by the government mainly in or near the large cities, namely Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). [...]it has been argued that the growth of informal settlements is linked directly to the Doi Moi investments for economic growth (Vinh and Leaf, 1996) that spurred extensive migration and the consequent need for affordable housing - which is met by informal and slum housing. [...]housing demand has increased, but the formal sector is not geared to provide the vast supply of affordable and serviced housing that is required, resulting in the growth of inadequate buildings and urban poor settlements in hazardous, marginal and unserviced areas (Gattoni, 2003) that nonetheless provide an affordable housing supply to the urban poor. [...]government officials at the district, ward and neighbourhood levels in Hanoi who were involved in the delivery/management of urban housing were interviewed and a report produced on official perspectives (RMIT and VGBC, 2009), which allowed understanding the institutional context within which urban poor housing was positioned. In Hanoi, 10 urban poor households were interviewed in a variety of living conditions and circumstances. Because of the involvement of government officials at an earlier stage, they tried to influence the sample selection process and steered the research team towards households that did not necessarily meet the criteria of 'urban poor'.
A DIAGNOSIS OF URBAN POOR HOUSING IN VIETNAM
Since the introduction of open-market economic reform policies in the late 1980s, known as Doi Moi, private and foreign investment has been encouraged by the government mainly in or near the large cities, namely Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). [...]it has been argued that the growth of informal settlements is linked directly to the Doi Moi investments for economic growth (Vinh and Leaf, 1996) that spurred extensive migration and the consequent need for affordable housing - which is met by informal and slum housing. [...]housing demand has increased, but the formal sector is not geared to provide the vast supply of affordable and serviced housing that is required, resulting in the growth of inadequate buildings and urban poor settlements in hazardous, marginal and unserviced areas (Gattoni, 2003) that nonetheless provide an affordable housing supply to the urban poor. [...]government officials at the district, ward and neighbourhood levels in Hanoi who were involved in the delivery/management of urban housing were interviewed and a report produced on official perspectives (RMIT and VGBC, 2009), which allowed understanding the institutional context within which urban poor housing was positioned. In Hanoi, 10 urban poor households were interviewed in a variety of living conditions and circumstances. Because of the involvement of government officials at an earlier stage, they tried to influence the sample selection process and steered the research team towards households that did not necessarily meet the criteria of 'urban poor'.
A DIAGNOSIS OF URBAN POOR HOUSING IN VIETNAM
Iftekhar Ahmed (author)
2017
Article (Journal)
English
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