Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

Modular Construction

How Modular Construction is Revolutionizing Affordable Housing

How Modular Construction is Revolutionizing Affordable Housing There are still too many people who face the problem of finding the housing that can be considered decent and affordable when compared to their ...

hybrid construction

Hybrid Construction: Combining Materials for Construction

Hybrid Construction: Combining Materials for Better Buildings Hybrid construction is relatively new methodology in construction process where the concept of Construction embraces the combined use of two or m...

compact settlement

Housing and Public Health – The Critical Connection

Housing and Public Health – the Critical Connection The influence of housing in the lives of people as a necessary (shelters, homes) & enough to affect all aspects of human health. Specifically...

compact settlements

What is Compact Settlement: A Complete Overview

What is Compact Settlement: A Complete Overview A compact settlement is a human settlement, in which buildings, houses, structures in general, are located close to one another and usually in a limited territ...

River gypsies

River Gypsies – An Interesting Background

River Gypsies – A Background The community known as River Gypsies or ‘water nomads’ is rather unusual as people living in close connection with water. Dispersed in Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Laos...

mortgages in Pakistan

Mortgages in Pakistan: Navigating Home Financing

Mortgages in Pakistan: Navigating Home Financing The market of mortgages in Pakistan has been developing more steadily over the last years since the country strives to meet the needs of housing finance. ...