Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

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Directions for Affordable Housing Policy in Indonesia

A 28-page presentation on framing the housing opportunity in Indonesia and rapid urbanization and demographic trends. It is said to be self-built houses are the most common acquisition method, especially in sma...

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Rental housing an essential option for the urban poor in developing countries

A 228-page PDF document on rental housing as an essential option for the urban poor in developing countries. The report contains the significance of renting houses and also the concept and practice of “bu...

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Urbanization and mushrooming Slums in Paksitan

Pakistan, ranked 141 of 182 on the United Nations Human Poverty Index, faces complex development challenges and is characterized by major inequalities in income and access to basic services. A high proportion o...

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Low Cost/Income Housing

An 80-page presentation on low-cost/low-income housing. It covers housing – a mega issue, affordability issues (small and medium housing (SMH) financing), Social Housing Company (SHC), a low-cost settlement (Kh...

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Economic Empowerment of Shelter-less

A 23-page presentation on the economic empowerment of shelterless people by providing affordable housing through micro housing supply (social housing company), micro-housing finance (social housing bank), and e...

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Issues of Affordable Housing

A 19-page document about the acute housing shortage in Pakistan, requiring encouragement of housing supply through new constructions, which also boosts economic activity in the country, as it put into motion mo...

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The Housing bank for Small Medium Housing Finance

To be a socially responsible and commercially sustainable housing Bank. To be the prime housing finance institution of the country for providing affordable housing to low and middle-income groups of the populat...

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Low Cost Housing-Bahria Town

This project should be envisaged as a special project of national Importance & declared as such. We must select a hybrid project management & execution team directly reporting to the CEO. The Nominated ...

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National Housing Polices with primary focus on Prime Minister’s Low Income Housing Program

A 27-page presentation about the proposed low-cost housing program of the prime minister of Pakistan planned in 2013-14. Given the magnitude of the housing shortage in the country and the budgetary constraints ...

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Low Cost Housing Scheme for Poorest of the Poor, Widows and Landless

The PML-N Government is keen to initiate a National Program for Housing, especially for the poorest of the poor, widows, and landless. According to the State Bank of Pakistan, the Average national occupancy rat...

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Social Housing Company

A 19-page presentation on a socially responsible and commercially sustainable solution to poor people’s housing problems proposed by the House Building Finance Corporation of Pakistan in 2005-6. A social ...

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Road-map for construction of 250,000 LCH-Presentation to Adviser to the PM

A 19-page presentation on the Roadmap for the construction of 250,000 low-cost houses to the Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan by HBCL in 2007. The country is facing a massive backlog of housing, estima...

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Indonesia: Socio-economic Snapshot and Housing

In Indonesia, affordability is calculated not by individual wage earner, but by the total income of a household. Interestingly, household consumption/income figures showed far less volatility during the crisis ...

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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...

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Islamic REITs/REIFs prospects in Asia

A Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT (rēt, which rhymes with a treat) is a tax designation for a corporation investing in real estate that reduces or eliminates corporate income taxes. The REIT structure was ...

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Affordable Housing for Low Income Groups

A 50-page presentation by the House Building Finance Corporation of Pakistan about affordable housing solutions with issues of low-cost housing projects and a center for the promotion of low-cost construction t...