Urban development

Here's a story about how members of the Changemakers community are working with businesses to help people in poor communities invest in building or expanding their homes:

For thousands of Mexicans like Rosa Magaña, the dream of living in a home large enough to humanely accommodate her family hovered far on the horizon. Then an initiative by a local building supply company in Guadalajara gave her the tools to make her dream come true. “Now I have a house in which my family lives a much better and more dignified life,” she said.

The company, cement manufacturer Cemex, found a way to address the numerous barriers to home building and home expansion for the millions of families living in single room shacks of corrugated metal or cardboard.

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