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Land and housing for the urban poor. Case studies of Bogotá-Soacha and Medellín - Colombia

This research involved the preparation of city case studies of the urban settlement pattern, both formal and informal in the last 20 years in the two cities.

Preparation of city case studies of the urban settlement pattern, both formal and informal in the last 20 years in the two cities. These (i) outlined a diagnosis of the urban settlement pattern of both formal and informal housing; (ii) assessed the costs to households, society and government of formality (government-assisted core expandable units, rentals) and informality; (iii) evaluated the institutional capacity of each municipality to control and regulate urbanisation, and to promote/facilitate the provision of urban land for low-income housing development; and (iv) outlined a set of policy recommendations towards facilitating access of low-income households to formal-sector housing and land development in the selected urban areas. Funded by Cities Alliance.