Philippines housing crisis: Filipinos need affordable homes
Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy has a housing shortage, with more than 6 million homes needed for impoverished families.
The International Monetary Fund expects the Philippines to become the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia.
But many Filipinos doubt whether they will benefit.
Millions of affordable homes are needed to cope with a growing population and to alleviate extreme poverty.
Al Jazeera’s Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila on those who have been left behind.
Published On 31 Mar 2019