A 228-page PDF document on rental housing as an essential option for the urban poor in developing countries. The report contains the significance of renting houses and also the concept and practice of “buy to let” in the UK. It also deals with the general belief that, in affluent countries, almost everyone owns a house, which may not be true in reality. Among other discussion points, it deals with the definition and characteristics of social housing in selected countries of the European Union, living conditions in the backyards of South African cities, improving living conditions in South Africa, efforts to improve the quality of private rental housing, and promoting family housing in Bamako, Mali, Africa.