... to the consumer, quickly, and at the same time conserve resources (minimize waste) (Womack et al., 1991). Lean construction Affordable housing Latin America Social housing Information technology Housing customization Around 42 million families in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC...

... principles employed in the production process (Shah and Ward, 2003 ; Moayed and Shell, 2009). Whilst this paper does not seek to develop a lean social housing maintenance system, it does use the concept of MUDA to provide an insight into the perceived problems associated with the social housing maintenance...