Public Housing and Livelihood, a comparative study in Greater Cairo. KU Leuven
The housing of low-income groups in Greater Cairo has always been difficult. The general shortage in housing supply is contrasting with the low occupancy rate of newly constructed public housing units. In contrast, despite their bad living conditions, informal settlements have a high occupancy rate. In order to analyze the reasons behind this contradiction, the study compares four neighbourhoods ranging from the formal Mubarak Youth Housing ...