ABSTRACT
The key debates and issues relating to the place of housing investments in national economic development have taken different dimensions over time from one of denial to a realization of the potential and possible contributions of housing to economic development. The evolution of housing policies, objectives and policy instruments has been shaped by economic ideologies, experiences and international development agendas. There is now more or less a global consensus as to the role of housing policy in national economic development. This chapter reviews the emergence and trajectories of change in ideas on housing and economic development.
