Self-Help Policy Assistance

Housing is often built by owner-builders, sometimes with the help of extended family, neighbours, or co-workers. ‘Aided self-help’ refers to the provision of assistance to owner-builders by government or nonprofit agencies. Assistance can take various forms, including advice, land, materials, and finance. As a policy, aided self-help emerged in the developed world in the early twentieth century. It was promoted for the developing world in the …