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Financing Self-help Housing: Evidence from Bogota, Colombia
A priority for housing policy in most Third World countries is to channel credit to the poor. Unfortunately, this has proved difficult to achieve as formal lending institutions are reluctant to lend to the poor. This paper examines how formal lenders deal with self-help housing in Bogota, Colombia. It also compares how housing construction and/or purchase is financed in four self-help settlements and in two formally constructed, low-income estates in the city. Finally, some ideas are presented about how housing finance for the poor might be improved.
Financing Self-help Housing: Evidence from Bogota, Colombia
A priority for housing policy in most Third World countries is to channel credit to the poor. Unfortunately, this has proved difficult to achieve as formal lending institutions are reluctant to lend to the poor. This paper examines how formal lenders deal with self-help housing in Bogota, Colombia. It also compares how housing construction and/or purchase is financed in four self-help settlements and in two formally constructed, low-income estates in the city. Finally, some ideas are presented about how housing finance for the poor might be improved.
Financing Self-help Housing: Evidence from Bogota, Colombia
Gilbert, Alan (author)
International Planning Studies ; 5 ; 165-190
2000-06-01
26 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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