Acquiring housing – understanding outcomes, improving choices and “leaving no one behind”

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10889IIED.pdf
Language:
English
Published: December 2020
Publisher(s):
Environment and Urbanization Briefs
Product code:10889IIED

The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the centrality of the home as a site of social reproduction. Housing is also a commodity, with diverse actors transacting in (and competing over) property. 

Housing precarity and discrimination remain rife across the global South, with woefully inadequate basic services and undersupply of affordable housing. To address these challenges, government policies and citizen initiatives need to carefully consider issues of inclusion, participation, security and quality.

Cite this publication

Bartlett, S. and Mitlin, D. (2020). Acquiring housing – understanding outcomes, improving choices and “leaving no one behind”. IIED, London.
Available at https://www.iied.org/10889iied