Decent, affordable, and accessible housing for all city dwellers is surely a desirable goal. However, in a large city like Bangkok (official population: eight million in 2010) ensuring adequate and affordable housing for all can be difficult. There are multiple competing pressures for land, and private commercial developers play a big part in shaping both land and housing markets. One approach to maximizing land usage is through high-rise construction (“densification”). However, few private developers cater to the lower-income bracket; low-income households have historically moved into informal settlements in the city, where neither household nor settlement density may conform to official standards.