Squatter Settlement improvement

Squatter Settlement improvement

1. Squatter settlements are any collection of buildings where the people have no legal rights to the land they are built upon. The people are living there illegally and do not own the land. They provide housing for many of the world's poorest people and offer basic shelter.

2. Site and service

   • These give people the tools and training to improve their homes. Low-interest loans may be used to help people fund these changes. People may be given legal ownership of the land.

3. local authority schemes

   • funded by the local goverment to improve tempary accodation built by residents

4. self help schemes

   • These give people the chance to rent or buy a piece of land. The land is connected to the city by transport links and has access to essential services (eg water). People build their own homes using money from a low-interest loan.

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