Most of the housing deficit in Latin America and the Caribbean can be addressed not necessarily by building new houses, but by improving existing ones. The qualitative housing deficit (i.e., homes with poor quality building materials, structural deficiencies, or overcrowding) particularly affects people in informal neighborhoods, where most of the houses are self-produced. In this episode, we focus on the work of three organizations that aim to address the qualitative housing deficit and improve the quality of self-production: Habitat for Humanity, Vivenda, and Build Change. [This episode was originally recorded in Spanish and translated into English using AI.]

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At the Inter-American Development Bank we work to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.iadb.org