This paper complements the IDB's Operational Guidelines for Housing and should be used together. It establishes guidelines for the design and evaluation of housing subsidies in Latin America. It provides a motivation and justification for subsidies on the basis of both traditional and enabling...

Poland's housing and macroeconomic policies have restricted investments in housing and urban infrastructure to a level well below that of other European countries. This has resulted in a shortage of housing typified by 15 to 20 year waits for government sponsored housing. Shortages of this...