Housing Policy in Developing Countries

Gil Shidlo

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Routledge
18 November 2025

Homelessness; Sociology; Human geography; Urban & municipal planning

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Housing

Originally published in 1990, this title asks, what has been the role of the state vis-à-vis housing policy in developing countries over the last few years? To date there had been no significant attempt to deal comprehensively with state intervention in the housing market in the developing world, most of the literature choosing to concentrate either on specific country studies or on single issues.

This book attempts an analysis of comparative housing policy – the study of how, why, and to what effect different governments pursue particular courses of action or inaction. Two main strategies can be identified – the demand-side and the supply-side. Policy makers opt for subsidies either to builders (whether they are formal or informal, profit making or non-profit making) or to consumers, or for a combination of both. This book analyses the consequences of those decisions in a wide cross-section of developing countries. Its conclusions will interest all those studying housing in the developing world.

Edited by: Gil Shidlo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781041140696
ISBN 10: 104114069X
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Housing
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 18 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Adult education , Primary , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

List of Tables. The Contributors. Acknowledgements. Housing and the State – An Overview. 1. Housing and the State in Mexico Priscilla Connolly 2. Housing Policy in Brazil Gil Shidlo 3. The State and Housing in Chile – Regime Types and Policy Choices Fernando Kusnetzoff 4. Housing in India – Observations on the Government’s Intervention Policies K. P. Bhattacharya 5. Housing Development and Reforms in China Joochul Kim 6. The New Towns in Egypt Gil Feiler 7. Housing Policy in Turkey Rusen Keles. Index.

Gil Shidlo was, at the time of original publication, joint lecturer at the Department of Political Science and the Graduate Programme of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University. He has widely written on the subject of housing and social policy in the developing world.