Are squatter slums different from city-center slums?
Both need support and improvement to allow them to join the city community, but in different ways. Squatter slums tend to be on the outskirts and often illegally occupy land. Families incrementally build their own houses, but have great difficulty in getting clean water, disposing sewage in a sanitary way, and accessing other customary community services. In addition, legalization and regularization are big issues. (See: Land readjustment) City center slums are found in older city sections, with families and young migrants crowded into run-down buildings with very poor or no services. They generally rent rooms or share small apartments in converted houses or apartment buildings. Services are deteriorated and other public services are poorly provided or non-existent. Historical districts often suffer from deterioration and decline and they require sensitive approaches to improvement. On the other hand there are many casual employment opportunities, and housing is very inexpensive althou
