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Looking behind the Façade:
How People Manage in Squatter Settlements

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Rich man, poor man

  1. When relative tenure security is possible, people do invest and improve their homes! Many times this tenure can be perceived - for example a tacit agreement not to evict squatters from a land parcel.


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