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Self-reliant housing has been proliferating in Hanoi and other Vietnamese cities since the beginning of 1990s and contribute great amount of housing supply in cities every year. This paper is at first to address socioeconomic context and policy changes that brought about the explosion of self-reliant housing. At second, the paper discuss about processes of self-reliant housing provision, focusing on households as principal actors and their activities. The paper also investigates 'product' of this housing provision model - the outputted residential environment through intensive fieldwork at a peripheral commune in Hanoi city. The paper closes with conclusions on merits and demerits of self-reliant housing activities and suggests way to mitigate its shortcoming.
