12 Taking Housing Microfinance to Scale: Advice for Governments and Donors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables, Figures, and Boxes vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Preface and Acknowledgments xv
6. Acronyms xix
7. 1 Housing Microfinance: Toward a Definition 1
8. 2 The Key Importance of Housing Microfinance 15
9. 3 Housing Microfinance: The State of the Practice 33
10. 4 Market Assessment for Housing Microfinance 69
11. 5 Elements of Product Design for Housing Microfinance 85
12. 6 Construction Assistance and Housing Microfinance 115
13. 7 Land and Collateral Issues: The Asset Dimension of Housing Microfinance 123
14. 8 The Context for Housing Microfinance in the United States 151
15. 9 The Market for Housing Microfinance in the United States 175
16. 10 Expand Entry-Level Housing: A Key Lesson from Developing Countries for the United States 201
17. 11 The Future of Housing Microfinance in the United States 235
18. 12 Taking Housing Microfinance to Scale: Advice for Governments and Donors 259
19. Bibliography 275
20. About the Contributors 285
21. Index 287