Why does USDA Rural Development do this? USDA Rural Developmentâs Section 502 Direct Loan Program provides a path to homeownership for low- and very-low-income families living in rural areas, and families who truly have no other way to make affordable homeownership a reality.
Shanty town is a part of large cities where poor people live in home-built shacks, often with no electricity or water. - A part of many 3 world cities in Africa and south America.
Shanty town in Soweto, South Africa, 2005. A shanty town or squatter area is a settlement of plywood, corrugated metal, sheets of plastic, and cardboard boxes.Such settlements are usually found on the periphery of cities, in public parks, or near railroad tracks, rivers, lagoons or city trash dump sites.ometimes called a squatter, informal or spontaneous settlement, a typical shanty town often lacks proper sanitation, safe water supply, electricity, hygienic streets, or other basic human necessities.