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This requires a different understanding of the concept of housing and shelter for developing and developed countries. Population increase and emerging habitation patterns in parts of Latin America have required that policy-makers review traditional \u2018top down\u2019 approaches to the way the homeless poor are treated and how self-help or \u2018bottom up\u2019 schemes are increasingly seen as a sustainable way forward in providing affordable housing options to both governments and communities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Over the last decades, mass in-migration to cities has put pressure on governments to provide public housing - but two major problems arose: firstly, governments found it difficult to finance the increasing demand for public housing; and secondly, the nature of employment and the informal economy in the developing world meant that this new housing was often too costly for the urban poor, in some cases increasing homelessness still further.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Recent policy developments tend to favour supporting what the poor are and have been able to achieve for themselves, with appropriate government support. Upgrading shack settlements is now recognised as a community driven and cost-effective response that can, if appropriately supported, offer an initial and sustainable solution to urban housing need by tapping into additional non-governmental sources of funding. In the absence of a major public sector housing stock to meet demand, governments are also recognising that self-help housing schemes for families able to access funding and resources offer a further innovative approach to meeting housing need.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The nature of housing and shelter in the developing world requires a unique response so that it remains attainable and affordable to the poor. Neo-liberal policies, increasingly adopted in Latin America, are not able to provide suitable, sustainable and affordable housing delivery and alternatives need to be explored. This paper traces some developments in Latin American housing policy and explores some of the challenges that are faced in responding to the unique housing needs of the urban poor.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/146642400212200211","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,11,9]],"date-time":"2005-11-09T20:57:56Z","timestamp":1131569876000},"page":"99-107","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Community self-help and the homeless poor in Latin America"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"122","author":[{"given":"J","family":"Stewart","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Health and Social Care, Avery Hill Campus, Mansion Site,                         University of Greenwich, Avery Hill Road, Eltham SE9 2UG, England,"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"P","family":"Balchin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Architecture and Construction, University of Greenwich,                         Oakfield Lane, Dartford DA1 2SZ, England,"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2002,6,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"atypb1","volume-title":"Statement to the International Symposium on Social Housing","author":"Gonzales R."},{"key":"atypb2","volume-title":"Housing in the Modern World: Man\u2019s Struggle for Shelter in an Urbanising World","author":"Abrams C.","year":"1964"},{"key":"atypb3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1467-7660.1983.tb00161.x"},{"key":"atypb4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4324\/9780203318164"},{"key":"atypb5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00420989650011816"},{"key":"atypb6","first-page":"351","volume":"10","author":"Clarke CG","year":"1976","journal-title":"Actes du XLII Congr\u00e8s International de Americanistes"},{"key":"atypb7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/3145530"},{"key":"atypb8","volume-title":"Urbanisation and Planning in the Third World: Spatial Perspectives and Public Participation","author":"Potter RB.","year":"1985"},{"key":"atypb9","volume-title":"The City in the Developing World","author":"Potter RB","year":"1996"},{"key":"atypb10","volume-title":"The World Bank Annual Report 1998: Latin America and the Caribbean","author":"World Bank."},{"key":"atypb11","volume-title":"An Urbanising World: Global Report on Human Settlements 1996","author":"HABITAT","year":"1996"},{"key":"atypb12","volume-title":"The Habitat Agenda: Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements","author":"United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)","year":"2001"},{"key":"atypb13","volume-title":"Africities 2000 Summit","author":"Vanderschueren F."},{"key":"atypb14","volume-title":"Population With Access to Safe Water, Sanitation","author":"United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)"},{"key":"atypb15","volume-title":"Number of Housing Units Per 100 Inhabitant","author":"United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)"},{"key":"atypb16","volume-title":"Secure Tenure Indicators","author":"Auclair C."},{"key":"atypb17","volume-title":"South African Homeless People\u2019s Federation Conference on Housing Finance","author":"Mitlin D."},{"key":"atypb18","volume-title":"People and Housing in Third World Cities","author":"Dwyer DJ.","year":"1975"},{"key":"atypb19","volume-title":"Urbanisation, Housing and the Development Process","author":"Drakakis-Smith D.","year":"1981"},{"key":"atypb20","first-page":"5","volume":"10","author":"Toepfer K.","year":"2000","journal-title":"Developments: The International Development Magazine"},{"key":"atypb21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/03736245.1989.9713528"},{"key":"atypb22","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-1-137-06223-9"},{"key":"atypb23","volume-title":"Inside Crossroads","author":"Kiewiet K","year":"1980"},{"issue":"3","key":"atypb24","first-page":"207","volume":"4","author":"Aduwo GO","year":"1989","journal-title":"African Urban Quarterly"},{"key":"atypb25","first-page":"7","volume":"10","author":"Wakeley P.","year":"2000","journal-title":"Developments: The International Development Magazine"},{"key":"atypb26","volume-title":"South African Homeless People\u2019s Federation Conference on Housing Finance","author":"Ortiz E."},{"issue":"3","key":"atypb27","first-page":"142","volume":"71","author":"Beavon KSO.","year":"1989","journal-title":"S Afr Geographical J (Special Issue: Urbanisation in the Developing world: Policy Papers for South Africa)"},{"key":"atypb28","volume-title":"IDB approves $505 million loan to support Mexico housing finance programme","author":"Bate P.","year":"2000"},{"key":"atypb29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/095624789100300215"},{"key":"atypb30","volume-title":"Bridging the Finance Gap. 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