This article is based on a research project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on shelter in East Africa. It explores Mogadishu’s history, political settlements and variations in housing to inform more inclusive, affordable shelter interventions. MAIN FINDINGS: • Connection between urban poverty and internal displacement. Mogadishu’s informal settlements are inhabited by people displaced from other regions and poor urban residents. As the urban poor live in areas with high tenure insecurity and can be evicted without notice, there are migration flows both into the city and within Mogadishu itself. • Role of informal networks and relations. As access to land and shelter is governed by a complex system of formal and informal rules, having contacts with powerful actors in the informal settlements is key to finding shelter. • Vulnerabilities of women, people with disabilities, and young single men. In Somalia’s patriarchal society, the male-headed family is the fundamental social unit; people who fall outside this category are heavily disadvantaged when accessing housing.

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摩加迪沙的包容性住房

本文基于国际环境与发展研究所（IIED）牵头的东非住房研究项目。它探讨了摩加迪沙的历史，政治住区和住房变化，以提供更具包容性，负担得起的住房干预措施。主要发现：•城市贫困与国内流离失所之间的联系。摩加迪沙的非正式定居点居住在其他地区的流离失所者和贫穷的城市居民中。由于城市贫民生活在土地使用权高度不安全的地区，可以不经通知就被驱逐，因此有大量移民涌入该城市以及摩加迪沙内部。•非正式网络和关系的作用。由于获得土地和庇护所受制于复杂的正式和非正式规则体系，在非正式定居点与有权势的演员保持联系是寻找庇护所的关键。•妇女，残疾人和年轻单身男子的脆弱性。在索马里的父权制社会中，男户主家庭是基本的社会单位。不在此类别的人在获得住房时处于严重的不利地位。