Housing microfinance : a guide to practice / edited by Franck Daphnis and Bruce Ferguson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Housing microfinance : towards a definition -- The key importance of housing microfinance -- Housing microfinance : the state of the practice -- Market assessment for housing microfinance -- Elements of product design for housing microfinance -- Construction assistance and housing microfinance -- Land and collateral issues : the asset dimension of housing microfinance -- The context of housing microfinance in the United States -- The market for housing microfinance in the United States -- Expand entry-level housing : a key lesson from developing countries for the United States -- The future for housing microfinance in the United States -- Taking housing microfinance to scale : advice for governments and donors.