Property rights, security of tenure and the urban poor in Metro Manila

• Main Authors: Porio, Emma E, Crisol, Christine
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2004
• Subjects: Security of tenure; Property rights; Intermediate tenure; Gentrification; Place and Environment; Sociology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/50; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0197397503000687
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

A restrictive formal property rights and tenure system leaves many urban poor households in Metro Manila without security of tenure. The meaning and consequences of tenure vary by tenure status and contextual characteristics of the urban poor settlements. Although security of tenure is equated with...