Case Studies
Exploring Rental Housing (Peppercorn, 2015)
- Rental Housing - An Introduction
- Rental Housing Subsidies after Disasters - The Case of Haiti
- Small Scale Solutions to Meet Large Scale Rental Housing Challenges
- Problems with Some Current Housing Assumptions and Formulas:
The Need for Reality Based Housing Policy Solutions
Success Stories from the Field (Giddings, 2012)
- Alagados: Integrated slum upgrading in Salvador, Brazil
- The Water and Development Alliance: Water Supply in Chimoio, Mozambique
- FIRE-D: A Sustainable Essential Infrastructure Upgrading Program for the Urban Poor in India
- SPARC-NSDF - Mahila Milan Alliance: Lessons Learned from Building Successful Communal Toilets in India
- Slum Upgrading and Land-Regularization: Successful Urban Development in Mauritania
- Housing Microfinance for Women-Headed Households: The Kuyasa Fund in South Africa
Global Development Issues
Women and Secure Property Rights: A How-To Primer on Effective Reform in Developing Countries
Adapting to Climate Change: Cities and the Urban Poor (Feiden, 2011)
Housing Challenges and Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Giddings, 2007)
In-Depth Regional Reports
Homeowners Associations in the Former Soviet Union: Stalled on the Road to Reform (Lipman, 2012)
Haiti Shelter Sector Assessment (Painter, 2011)
Executive Summary
Full Report
Short Summary in Creole
Urban Upgrading in South Africa: Policy & Reality (Martin, 2010)
It All Depends: Buying and Selling Houses in Rio’s Favelas (Perlman, 2010)
The Land Market in Kampala, Uganda and its Effect on Settlement Patterns (Giddings, 2008)
Foreign Assistance Financing and Policy
The Implementation of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act 2008-2010 (Giddings, 2011)
Proposal for a New USAID Approach to Programming for the Urban Poor (Giddings, 2009)
The Challenge of an Urban World: An Opportunity for U.S. Foreign Assistance
The Challenge of an Urban World: IHC Recommendations to Improve U.S. Foreign Assistance
Estimate of Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Urban and Shelter-Based Investments (Lombardo, 2008)






