Explain ONE reason why squatter settlements are common features of cities in the developing world.
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Answer:
Squatter Settlements are found in citites in developing countries because the price of housing is quite expensive and not many individuals can find the money to pay taxes or utiltity bills that comes with renting or buying a property
Explanation:
Squatter settlements are found in various locations, but are usually built on the edges of cities in the world’s poorest countries or LEDC. They are also built on marginal land, which is land which has less value and is not occupied by legal land uses and buildings. Many of the people who live in squatter settlements work in the informal sector of the economy. The informal sector of the economy is that in which people do not pay tax, have no legal working rights, have no sick pay or holiday entitlement. These industries are often cheap to set up, unregulated, and pose significant health and safety risks to the people that work in them.
Squatter and slum settlements have formed mainly because of the inability of city governments to plan and provide affordable housing for the low-income segments of the urban population. Hence, squatter and slum housing is the housing solution for this low-income urban population.