Informal Housing: Streets and Slums

What are some similarities between informal slum housing in India and homeless encampments in Santa Ana, California? Why is the government in Mumbai demolishing homes and structures in slums? Why is regulatory intervention from a program like the Slum Sanitation Programme (SSP), difficult because slums inhabit a grey area between legality and illegality? Regulating persons experiencing homelessness outside of the Santa Ana Civic Center is an immediate answer to the problem in that area, but without a long-term solution, the homeless situation will continue to exist. What are some other effective strategies that government can use to solve the homeless issue in the long-term? Discuss how the UPPP 5 housing policy guest speakers on 5/15/19 offered three (or more) examples of long-term solutions to provide affordable housing and social services