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For many years, Latin American governments sought to reduce their national housing deficits through the construction of public housing. A state agency was entrusted to build new homes for the poor; sometimes it was also responsible for removing slum and self-help housing. Gradually, governments began to realise that this approach was doomed to failure.1 Governments could not build sufficient homes to satisfy the large numbers of families requiring better accommodation. The unwelcome consequence was that the numbers of families living in ‘informal’ housing were increasing through time.2
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Gilbert, A. (1998). Colombian Housing Policy During the 1990s. In: Posada-Carbó, E. (eds) Colombia. Institute of Latin American Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26050-8_8
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