Solve the housing crisis with self-build cities not slums - FT.com
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Le plus intéressant n’est peut être pas ce plaidoyer, qui dans le détail ne me paraît pas très convaincant, voire est très naïf, mais son existence même qui indique une aspiration à un changement des rapports de force dans nos villes...
Slums fail when landlords exploit vulnerable tenants with nowhere else to go, with people forced through economic necessity into crowded, dangerous accommodation. They are a symptom of powerlessness.
If those excluded from the market are, on the other hand, allowed the freedom to build their own less formal districts, will they be any worse than the anonymous suburbs or towering, empty investment vehicles that are officially sanctioned?
It is no substitute for a serious social housing programme; but, if a government fails to house its people or cultivate a functioning market, perhaps those who want to — and who are able to — should be allowed to try for themselves.