Abstract
Housing shortages in the cities of the Global South have often resulted in poor populations creating their own shelter. Collections of self-built housing have been termed ‘squatter settlements’ and are often assumed to be built on invaded land on the urban periphery. This article addresses the diversity of informal settlements and examines the reasons for regional and national differences in their occurrence. Official approaches to squatter settlements and the housing of the urban poor have changed over time from policies of clearance and relocation to schemes which promote the involvement of the private sector and nongovernmental organizations in supporting poor residents to improve their own housing and neighborhoods.
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