countries. This study reviews the housing conditions of urban households in urban Latin America and the Caribbean and its … comprise 95 percent of the urban population of the region, show reductions in the proportion of urban households facing housing …. Despite these optimistic findings, the number of households facing different deprivations of housing services is still …

This paper discusses the evolution of housing conditions in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to … region. The results indicate that, on average, the proportion of urban households facing housing shortages is declining. This … combination of problems and was improving its housing conditions at a different pace, which indicates that it is highly unlikely …

of housing and poverty indicators to provide a sense of the magnitude of the housing problem in the LAC region and the …This document analyzes evidence in the literature about the effectiveness of housing policies in the Latin American and … Caribbean (LAC) region, paying particular attention to regularities about the effectiveness of housing policies across countries …

This study analyzes the evolution of the housing sector and the public interventions in low-income housing in three … the problem. The report is divided in three parts. The first part looks at the recent evolution of housing conditions in … Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the rationale for government intervention in housing. The second part focuses on …

-demographic groups. This is then tested using housing satisfaction data from a large-scale household panel survey from Australia. We find … objective reality. For instance, male, older, migrant, and Indigenous individuals rate equal housing conditions more favourably … self-reported housing satisfaction, and wellbeing data in general, are to be used to inform evidence-based policy …

This paper explores the role played by policy instruments in access to housing finance by low-income households. It … also analyzes the impact of housing credit and subsidies on both the quality of life and the quality of dwelling of the … aimed at easing access of low-income households to affordable housing such as subsidies and loan guarantees have played a …

This paper analyzes the determinants of housing demand for Uruguay and the extent to which housing policies have an … impact on their target population. The paper first analyzes the determinants of housing demand, following an approach based … (or markets) to estimate a housing demand function. The determinants of formality and ownership choices were examined …

paper identifies the factors that affect housing tenure decisions in Colombia. Households with higher incomes are more … likely to purchase than to rent, and the choice of formal housing is positively associated with wealth. Households eligible … for social housing subsidies are more likely to purchase than to rent, and those working in the informal sector are more …

This paper surveys housing finance in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama. The development of a secondary mortgage … Panama has not grown due to high liquidity. In Costa Rica's subsidy policy, core institutions responsible for housing policy … housing deficit is concentrated. A solution based on public budgets is not sustainable, requiring an active role of the …

This paper describes the determinants of housing demand in Brazil, with the intention of informing policy aimed at … reducing the housing deficit and increasing home ownership. As price elasticity for renters is slightly higher, public policies … owners. Given that rent is a pro-cyclical variable and that housing-price supply elasticity tends to be low, a social housing …