Squatter settlement improvements

Squatter settlement improvements

1. Site and Service schemes

   • Give people the chance to buy or rent land that is close to to transport and services e.g water. People build their own homes from loans. An example is in Cairo, Egypt they have added satellite towns.

2. Self help schemes

   • The government and locals join to improve life. The government supplies building materials and the people build their own homes. An example is in Kibera groups of people are encouraged to build their own homes but materials are provided.

3. Local authority schemes

   • Funded by the local government and are about improving the temporary accommodation built by residents, For example the City of Rio ,(Brazil) they spent $120 million on the Favela-Bairro project, aimed to improve life for inhabitants of the favelas

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