Secure Housing for the Urban Poor in Thailand

This research focuses on the origins and effects of a housing policy called Baan Mankong (“Secure Housing”) in Thailand. The goal of Baan Mankong is to give poor urban residents threatened with eviction the opportunity to gain legal access to land as a community. Hayden’s research looks into how a variety of different actors, from the community members themselves to land rights activists to intergovernmental organizations, have shaped this policy. The ultimate goal of the research is to better understand how being part of a Baan Mankong community changes the lives of individual residents participating in the policy.