Housing the Urban Poor

Quick Guides

This set of seven Quick Guides has been jointly prepared by UNESCAP and UN-HABITAT to aid the daily work of national and local government officials and policy makers as well as other low-income housing stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific in their quest to improve housing for the urban poor. It is not aimed at specialists, but by using easily understandable language and a user-friendly consise structure, is aimed as a quick tool to provide a basic understanding of low-income housing issues. Each Quick Guide is further accompanied by a poster, which highlights some of the main messages.

To download the Quick Guides, the corresponding posters or the original papers they are based on, please click on the respective links below.

Please click here to view Quick Guide 1 - URBANIZATION: The role the poor play in urban development

QG1) URBANIZATION: looks at current trends in urbanization and provides a conceptual framework for housing the urban poor.
QG1-Eng	QG1-Bah	OrigPaper1
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Please click here to view Quick Guide 2 - LOW-INCOME HOUSING: Approaches to help the urban poor find adequate accommodation

QG2) LOW-INCOME HOUSING: provides information on proven and innovative approaches to address low-income housing.
QG2-Eng	QG2-Bah	OrigPaper2
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Please click here to view the original paper on: Land for housing the urban poor

QG3) LAND: reviews various issues and concepts related to securing land and tenure for housing the urban poor.
QG3-Eng	QG3-Bah	OrigPaper3
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Please click here to view Quick Guide 4 - EVICTION: Alternatives to the whole-scale destruction of urban poor communities

QG4) EVICTION: looks at causes of evictions, their effect on people's lives and explores viable, replicable alternatives.
QG4-Eng	QG4-Bah	OrigPaper4
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Please click here to view Quick Guide 5 - HOUSING FINANCE: Ways to help the poor pay for housing

QG5) AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE: introduces key concepts of housing finance and how to extend financing to the urban poor.
QG5-Eng	QG5-Bah	OrigPaper5
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Please click here to view Quick Guide 6 - COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS: The poor as agents of development

QG6) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS: shows how they can be powerful development mechanisms of the urban poor.
QG6-Eng	QG6-Bah	OrigPaper6
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Please click here to view Quick Guide 7 - RENTAL HOUSING: A much neglected housing option for the poor

QG7) RENTAL HOUSING: presents rental housing as an important option for urban poor households not ready/able to own their housing.
QG7-Eng	QG7-Bah	OrigPaper7
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