Seventeen Reasons Why the Squatter Problem Can’t Be Solved (1976)

Title: Seventeen Reasons Why the Squatter Problem Can’t Be Solved

Article in: Ekistics, Vol. 41, No. 242

Authors: Shlomo Angel, Stanley Benjamin

First published: January, 1976

Pages: 20‑26

Overview: Third World societies are faced with a difficult challenge — shelter — the task of assuring that everyone is adequately housed. Are we really willing to confront this challenge — to solve the housing problem? Many believe that we are solving the problem. We are not.

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