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August 11, 2012
Vietnam: Housing assistance for poor households
Three years after the implementation of Governmental Resolution on housing assistance for poor households, 507,143 poor households throughout the country have been provided with houses in Vietnam. In total, 224,000 poor households from ethnic minorities benefited from total disbursed capital of nearly VND12 billion. Read more here.
August 11, 2012
India: Cholamandalam to finance affordable homes, enter rural financing
As part of derisking strategy Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company (CIFC), the asset financing arm of $4.4 billion Murugappa Group, is planning to foray into new areas including affordable housing, rural financing and MSME. The lender also said that it is awaiting RBI’s guidelines for entry into banking. Read more […]
August 11, 2012
Brazil: A breakthrough investment model in affordable housing
The challenges in Brazil’s housing scenario are well known. Brazil has a housing deficit affecting 28.5 million people, affecting 1.48 million houses in Sao Paulo alone. The US$3.6 million investment by Bamboo Finance in Bille of Crinale (a Brazilian housing developer) has recently been much in the news. This post […]
August 11, 2012
Real stories from the harsh Mathare slum
This post gives a real version of what to expect when in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya. The children are exposed to diseases through bad drainage, and rampant crime due to negligible security. Their parents cannot provide them with education, and the only way they do raise themselves out […]
August 11, 2012
India: Urban development department in Gujarat has maximum RTI grievances
Gujarat Information Commission (GIC) in its first year of implementing the Right To Information Act (RTI) received the most appeals and complaints about urban development and housing department. There were, however, no complaints and appeals for panchayats, rural housing and rural development. Read more here.
August 11, 2012
Nigeria faces battle over housing demolitions
Nineteen villages inside the Nigerian capital are suing the government, demanding a halt to plans to demolish most of their homes and businesses. At the end of this month, the government plans to take down almost every tin or wooden shack and concrete building in Mpape, and 18 other communities […]
August 11, 2012
Namibia: Discussing housing for the BoP, and the NHE
According to Dr Anna Muller of the Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG), any formal process of addressing the acute shortage of housing will be a failure because the majority in need of housing are the poor. The only affordable option for housing the urban poor is through the Shack Dwellers […]
August 11, 2012
India: Mumbai slum structures have grown by 40 per cent since 1995
According to Maharashtra state’s latest data, slum structure in Mumbai have grown by nearly 40 per cent since 1995, at which point there were 1.06 million slum structures. Now, the number seems to have crossed the 1.45 million mark. Read more here.
August 11, 2012
India: Practo appointment scheduling
An interesting new enterprise is catering to thousands of people in India. It simplifies the task of scheduling appointments for patients, while also eases the tasks of doctors. Read more here.
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