On the FIG web site we publish each month a paper called the Article of the Month. This is a high-level paper focusing on interesting topics to all surveyors. It can be picked up from an FIG conference or another event. The Article of the Month in February 2012 is written by Chryssy Potsiou and Ifigenie Boulaka Greece:Informal Development in Greece: New Legislation for Formalization, the Chances for Legalization and the Dead Capital. FIG-Vice President Chryssy Potsiou is beside other responsibilities leading the Task Force on Property and Housing which is very relevant for FIG in these challenging times. The Task Force will have two sessions during the Working Week in May 2012. In this peer-reviewed paper the authors present the results of a recent scientific research on the problem of informal development in Greece and explain the new legislation for formalization of those informal constructions, that are built on legally owned land in the planned and the non-planned areas; the existing informalities refer only to planning and building regulations.www.fig.net/pub/monthly_articles/march_2012/march_2012_potsiou_boulaka.html
