Housing microfinance : a guide to practice / edited by Franck Daphnis and Bruce Ferguson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Annotation This is the first book to give a comprehensive overview of the new field of housing microfinance practice worldwide. The expert contributors provide guidance to practitioners and policymakers on what works best, and look at the applicability of developing world experience of housing microfinance in the United States. The book takes experience from the separate fields of housing policy and microfinance and explores what each can learn from the other. The contributors review the important issues for microfinance institutions which are considering expanding into housing, or providers of conventional housing loans who seek to offer products for poor clients who lack collateral or a regular salary income. Although there are differences between the low-income housing market in the United States and in developing countries, the book explores lessons from international experience that can be applied domestically. With lessons for both housing policymakers and housing microfinance practitioners, this will be a crucial book in putting the new field of housing microfinance on the map.

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Housing microfinance : towards a definition -- The key importance of housing microfinance -- Housing microfinance : the state of the practice -- Market assessment for housing microfinance -- Elements of product design for housing microfinance -- Construction assistance and housing microfinance -- Land and collateral issues : the asset dimension of housing microfinance -- The context of housing microfinance in the United States -- The market for housing microfinance in the United States -- Expand entry-level housing : a key lesson from developing countries for the United States -- The future for housing microfinance in the United States -- Taking housing microfinance to scale : advice for governments and donors.

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