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Building Cities reviews the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region in the design and implementation of neighbourhood upgrading programmes. The volume has a particular focus on the lessons learned by specialists of the Inter-American Development Bank and their technical and...
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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 …
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Using micro data on judicial proceedings in Uruguay, this paper presents evidence that female defendants receive more favorable treatment in courts than male defendants. This is due to longer foreclosure proceedings and higher probabilities of being granted extensions in evictions and...
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In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the … main drivers of Argentina's housing market and relates them to the macroeconomic environment in order to advance a policy … agenda for housing policy reform. The demand for housing was calculated and tenure choice was analyzed. Structural …
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co-management of small infrastructure and urban improvement projects and by lending small loans for housing improvement …
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Building Cities reviews the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region in the design and implementation of neighbourhood upgrading programmes. The volume has a particular focus on the lessons learned by specialists of the Inter-American Development Bank and their technical and...
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Limited access to affordable and decent housing for the low-medium income households of Namibia, especially in Windhoek …, is a major concern. This is evident as nearly 70 percent of the population are unable to access affordable housing. This … situation is exacerbated by lack of an integrated framework for affordable housing delivery strategy. Adopting an interpretivist …
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The cost of building nine affordable housing projects in Los Angeles under the terms of a project labor agreement … between the years 2008 and 2012 are compared to 121 affordable housing projects developed and built in the same time period … projects measured by square foot size and housing unit size, and 3) "nearest neighbor" analysis comparing the nine PLAs each to …
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Issues of housing in India are synonymous with ignorance of housing in active government involvement at the policy and …, illiteracy, and unemployment brought. These issues extenuated the housing problem, causing a housing shortage of 51 million in … 2011. Though India has a long history of establishing policies, programs, and institutions to cater to housing, without …
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