UN-Habitat Publishes Policy Guide to Rental Housing in Developing Countries
| Date Published | 5/10/2011 |
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| Theme | Housing Finance Policy |
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The report emphasizes the importance of rental housing, as
part of any comprehensive urban strategy. It discusses the many different types
of rental housing. The guidelines for policy makers emphasize the importance of
tenure neutrality in the tax and subsidy systems; the need to avoid or reform
rent controls; the frequent requirement for some form of rent supplement or
rental voucher, even though expensive; different types of support for landlords
who cater to the low income tenant; the facilitation of upgrading and
improvement of existing low quality rental housing; measures to provide some
security of rental tenure and promote clear legal rights for both tenant and
landlords ,and the need for
international development agencies to promote rental housing.The rental guidelinesare however very general in nature and
focused on rental housing for the lowest income groups upgrading. Lacking is a serious
discussion on the difficulties to finance formal rental housing.
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