Ideas to solve housing problems in a LEDC city Rio de Janiero Think of the advantages and disadvantages of each possibility

Why can favelas be seen as a problem? For the residents of favelas For the city as whole Why bother to try to solve the problem? Political will Corruption

Raise taxes - on the rich to pay for improving housing for the poor Forced evictions of squatter settlements – To clear land for formal development Low cost housing – Very basic breeze block housing constructed. People re-housed in them. City of God Site and Service – Land is cleared and building plots prepared with water and electricity. Self Help Scheme – Existing settlements provided with water, sewage and rubbish collection. Building materials provided for residents to upgrade their homes (Favela Barrio Plan) Rural Development – To reduce rural to urban migration Increasing policing - to stop new squatter settlements