Focus Note: Focus on Housing and Finances of the Poor

This paper is an output from the Financial Diaries project (www.financialdiaries.com). The Focus Note brings together evidence from the South African Financial Diaries with Bangladesh and Indian Financial Diaries to expand our understanding of how poor families “turn money into house”. Areas in this South African study include Langa, an urban township; Lugangeni a rural village; a peri-urban township.