| dc.description.abstract | The UNCHS (HABITAT) goal of providing decent shelter
for all by the year 2000, appears quite a high one, given
the current trends of poor economic performances,
especially in the developing world. It is only ten years
to the target year, yet the problem of shelter is getting
aggrevated by high density concentrations in our urban
systems. These should be the priority areas, when
tackling the shelter problem.
This paper addresses the problem of housing in a
typical developing country, where the urban spatial
pattern is dominated by a metropolis - a primate city.
It looks at the mobilization of a very crucial resource~s~
finance, - for housing development in respect to the urban
poor families.
Part one has looked at the models, and solutions
approaches, to this problem, as they are applied in other
parts of the world, especially· those with a similar
economic, and political set up to Kenya.
The research is undertaken in the institutions
dealing with low-cost housing in N~irobi. A wide range
of these are in policy formulationT ~-financing, technical
fields and actual implementation. Some interviews have
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been carried in selected low~cost housing projects.
The study tries to identify the major problems,
inhibiting adequate provision of housinq. It is established
that affordability is a function of many factors such as
land, building materials, construction modes, price of
money etc, which must be addressed in totality by the
relevant authorities.
My recommendations, are given as a guideline to
policy formulations in ,various aspects of housing final ce
for the urban low-income. | en_US |
