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31-35 of 130 matching articles 5 20 100 All How do we reconcile the planner's perceptions with the slum dwellers' reality? India's Rajiv Awas Yojana Mukta Naik • 13 March 2012 The Government of India has launched a grand housing scheme for a 'slum-free India'. But can grand schemes work when planners and policymakers neither understand the reality of the urban poor nor connect to their aspirations? Manila to relocate 500,000 informal residents ... but to where? Kerwin Datu • 30 August 2011 The Philippine government is planning to demolish 104,000 homes across Manila. Everyone involved knows that this is a bad idea, yet we have no international framework to stop them going ahead. What's wrong with renting? Home ownership not the only solution for India's slum dwellers Asako Matsukawa / Beyond Profit • 9 July 2010 Governments often assume that home ownership is the main tool for housing their urban poor, but this neglects the usefulness of renting, which is important at all income levels. Langa township, Cape Town: How do residents rebuild after a shack fire? Andrew Fleming • 3 April 2012 Another shack fire broke out in Cape Town last month, killing one woman and affecting 1,500 residents. Andrew Fleming reports on the City's response, residents' attitudes, and recent initiatives that may alleviate the problem. Legal battles and fraud claims stalling Kibera upgrade IRIN • 7 July 2010 Several months after residents of Kibera's 'Soweto East' settlement were decanted into temporary housing, the process of returning them to permanent housing is stalled by legal battles over ownership of the sites. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
