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… over the past decade many have moved back. Demand for accommodation, driven by migration and population growth, is leading to ad hoc … built onto existing structures are creating increasingly congested housing. And the situation is only set to get worse. These high-rises do … often used to build real estate for commercial purposes, or to create housing for the elite or the middle classes. Often speculators will …

… communities are only described by their negative attributes: unsafe housing, insufficient basic services, location on marginal lands. … how organised communities of the urban poor are using community-driven processes and innovative slum upgrading projects to reframe the … World Urban Forum – Hall 2, Room 3  Hosted by: Asian Coalition for Housing Rights in partnership with IIED, FAO, and Lumanti Speakers: John …