I've spent some time living in a third-world country and one of the things I've observed is that even the poorest people are still living in some sort of structure that is capable of providing a limited amount of protection from the elements, a small bit of privacy, and a place to come back to at night. Even in villages, these small homes have electricity and satellite TV. They're often built with low cost materials like bricks and tin roofs, but they allow people who can't afford a brick-and-mortor home the opportunity to have some stability in life.
I'm a big fan of safety regulations for construction but after time living abroad, I'm beginning to see a case for loosening some construction rules to make true low-cost housing available to more people. I don't intend to say bricks and tin, nor so dense it becomes a large fire risk, but some simple allowances that would let people build theirselves a small place to call home without city regulators barring it. Perhaps this could help with the increasing amount of health issues occurring like typhus.
I'm a big fan of safety regulations for construction but after time living abroad, I'm beginning to see a case for loosening some construction rules to make true low-cost housing available to more people. I don't intend to say bricks and tin, nor so dense it becomes a large fire risk, but some simple allowances that would let people build theirselves a small place to call home without city regulators barring it. Perhaps this could help with the increasing amount of health issues occurring like typhus.