Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Title: Affordable housing, a social challenge amidst Lebanese crises Number: 2cb316e4-f333-45cd-ac34-50f82cfde55f Handle: RePEc:avg:wpaper:en12383 Publication-Status: Published in Policy Brief Author-Name: Irène SALENSON Author-Name: Bruno MAROT, urbaniste et chercheur associé à l’Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) Author-Name: Olga KOUKOUI (AFD) Abstract: Since 2019, Lebanon has been experiencing the worst financial and economic disaster in its history. The explosion on 4 August 2020 affected many of the capital’s residential buildings. With over half of the country’s 6 million residents living under the poverty line, these crises reinforce the social need for affordable housing. Creation-Date: 2021-05-27 File-URL: https://www.afd.fr/sites/afd/files/2021-05-02-05-35/affordable-housing-social-challenge-lebanon-crises.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Keywords: Orients, Liban Classification-JEL: Q Length: 2