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Title Room for development : housing markets in Latin America and the Caribbean / César Patricio Bouillon, editor.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 318 pages) : illustrations.
text file PDF
Physical Medium polychrome
Series Development in the Americas
Development in the Americas.
Summary Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and have very high home ownership rates. Many cities in the region also show high average family incomes for developing world standards. However, despite these accomplishments, many of the region's inhabitants are still poorly housed. Of the 124 million families living in the region's cities, five million rely on another family for shelter; three million live in houses that are beyond repair; and a remaining 31 million live in houses that lack either title, water, sewerage, adequate flooring, or sufficient space. Most of these dwellings and many more otherwise satisfactory homes are located in neighborhoods that lack many basic urban amenities. This book looks at both the determinants and consequences of these poor housing outcomes. Housing and neighborhood conditions strongly influence health, nutrition, education, and environmental outcomes, along with access to economic opportunities and vulnerability to social ills. The book examines, with new data sources and rigorous analytical methods presented in an accessible way, the three main related factors usually identified as key determinants of the region's poor housing outcomes: high housing prices relative to family income, lack of access to mortgage credit, and high land prices. The book also looks at the role of government policies and regulations as well as public housing programs, both at the local and federal level, in shaping housing outcomes in the region.
Contents Dirt Floors and Unpaved Streets: Why Housing Markets Matter -- Portrait of a Problem: The Housing Sector -- Two Bedrooms, Two Bathrooms, and a Big Yard? Housing Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean -- To Buy or Not to Buy: Expanding the Rental Housing Market -- Digging up the Truth about Land Markets -- A Construction Industry in Need of Remodeling -- Too Small to Thrive: The Housing Finance Market -- Doing It Yourself -- Hammering Out a Housing Policy that Works.
Summary "Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and enjoy very high home ownership rates. But one look at the shantytowns clinging precariously to the hillsides around many of the region's cities is enough to know that poor housing remains a serious problem. This book taps new data sources and rigorous analytical methods as it examines the causes and consequences of inadequate housing. It then considers the policies and programs that shape the sector today and those that could reshape the future for many of the region's residents"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Housing -- Latin America.
Housing.
Latin America.
Housing -- Caribbean Area.
Caribbean Area.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Urban & Regional.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Wohnungsmarkt.
Wohnungspolitik.
Karibik.
Lateinamerika.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bouillon, César Patricio.
Inter-American Development Bank.
Other Form: Print version: Room for development. First edition. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 9781137005649 (DLC) 2011049337 (OCoLC)761850226
ISBN 9781137031464 (electronic book)
1137031468 (electronic book)
9781137005632
1137005637
9781137005649
1137005645
1137005645
9781137005649
Standard No. 9786613657688
10.1057/9781137031464
9781137005649