Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

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Challenges to Urban Planners: Slums & Urban Congestion

This is a presentation on slum prevalence, slum improvements in various countries, and a brief about some big slums of the world.    

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what is modular Housing System

An 11-page Bahria Town (a private development company) presentation on special features of modular housing systems and their manufacturing process.

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HBFC Pakistan- to Provides “Opportunity” not “Charity” for poor housing

A 15-page presentation by the House Building Finance Corporation of Pakistan about its objective and objectivity, and its plan to be a pro-poor organization by initiating the following steps, which fell into th...

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Low Cost / Income Housing

Market segment –Small & Medium Housing (SMH) Finance for low and middle-income populations. Our Mission: To be a socially responsible and commercially Sustainable entity—-a difficult mission. Nearly 3...

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Global – Attracting Private Capital into Low-Income Markets

Housing is a special consumer good and an important part of financial markets. It is the largest component of the typical household asset portfolio and often the largest single category of household expense. It...

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land banks

A 4-page presentation about the objectivity and functioning of the land banks. It states that a land bank develops housing for target groups (e.g. affordable housing), stabilizes land prices, and follows a fram...