The urgent need to develop and increase housing units has always featured prominently in
electioneering campaigns in Ghana. Successive governments have developed countless …

After defaulting on their foreign‐debt obligations in the 1980s, several Latin American
countries had to restructure their economies to boost market‐led growth. Some of the …

Comparative housing studies traditionally focus on housing systems and social or economic
policy, only rarely considering design issues. Through an examination of subsidized …

ABSTRACT Land Value Capture (LVC) in the Global South has long been a subject of long-
standing debate, primarily driven by the need to address uneven urbanization and finance …

This article examines the emergence of large-scale real estate developers in the Minha
Casa, Minha Vida [My House, My Life] housing programme launched in 2009 by the Lula …

Many emerging economies have established long-term collective saving schemes to
support housing consumption. One of the most eminent schemes is the Housing Provident …

The past two decades have witnessed a notable increase in affordable housing production
across Latin America, along with persistent challenges regarding habitability and access to …

La financiarización de la vivienda es central para comprender el desarrollo urbano y los
procesos de gentrificación transnacional en el Sur Global. La ciudad de Cuenca es un caso …

The appropriation of the housing sector by global finance has transformed housing policies
worldwide while leading to new opportunities for capital accumulation. Financialized models …

The financialization of rental housing, driven by post-GFC financial contexts, sees assets
concentrated in the hands of corporate landlords aided by technological innovations and …