ABSTRACT
Housing for low-income groups in Mexico is provided by two housing delivery systems: self-help housing and social housing. Before 1960, low-cost housing demand in Mexico was normally solved by urban rental markets. In the early 1960s, however, many poor townspeople and rural-urban migrants began making their homes in self-built areas located adjacent to cities. Social housing policy in Mexico has been developing for four decades and currently it is intended to benefit low-income families. In 1972, cooperation between government, labour unions and employers started a new phase of public housing production. The housing developers Casas GEO and Homex, as well as many others, build economical and popular houses, but they produce residential housing and expensive apartments as well. Private building companies and developers do not offer cheap basic houses or starter houses. Mexico's social housing policy encourages private home ownership. Project for 70 social housing units was realized in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
