The enabling approach to housing markets promotes financing systems based on family savings, public subsidies and … 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 subdivisions or squatting …

and credit is explained by demand for low-income housing. … paper identifies the factors that affect housing tenure decisions in Colombia. Households with higher incomes are more … likely to purchase than to rent, and the choice of formal housing is positively associated with wealth. Households eligible …

subjective information in evaluating urban quality of life. The paper further suggests techniques to identify and rank issues of … potential importance for urban dwellers. In order to combine objective and subjective information in a coherent manner and focus … complementary nature of two approaches: the "hedonic" approach, which employs market prices for housing, and the "life satisfaction …

, both traditional and LAC-specific, including demographics, education, labor market, housing, and income. The indicators are …

.3 billion people live in urban areas. This significant increase in urban population has resulted from both natural population … growth and rural to urban migration. It is important to emphasize that poverty tends to concentrate in cities. More than two …-thirds of the urban population lives in developing countries and the increasing level of urbanization in those countries have …

The enabling approach to housing markets promotes financing systems based on family savings, public subsidies and … 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 subdivisions or squatting …

Despite a recent expansion in housing finance, Brazil still faces a severe housing shortage, especially among lower-income … people, and it is important to examine the development, limitations and prospects of the country's housing finance market … contractual obligations or is merely an effect of the higher level of housing loans imposed by the government on financial …