This thesis investigates patterns of informal migration and proposes the Informal Regeneration Palette, a prototypical kit-of-parts that seeks regenerative development of informal settlements. Instead of “slums,” the term “informal settlement” is widely used to discuss the “incremental, unauthorized, and self-organized production of new urban neighborhoods.” Informal settlements are the most ubiquitous form of urban development in the last fifty years. They are typically seen as poverty-stricken and a problem in need of solutions. However, they are rarely acknowledged for their interesting position as urban forms that own the means of production of their urban form. Considering their ubiquity and unique relationship to capital, informal settlements represent an enormous and powerful opportunity to consider regenerative design. How can design empower informal immigrants to improve outcomes at the building, neighborhood, and regional landscape scale, while preserving residents’ self-identity and strengthening community? Informal Regeneration is a proof of concept and a detailed methodology, the result of which could precipitate micro-adjustments in informal settlements that promote justice and resilience environmentally, economically, and socially.