HOUSING FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES:

COMMITMENTS ANDPARTNERSHIP

OPPORTUNITIES

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Sustainable Housing Development. 13-15 October, 2008, Abu Dhabi - U.A.E.

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World

URBANIZATION OF POVERTY IN

THE « URBAN ERA »

2005- Urban Population in Western Asia 55%

Urban Growth Rate 2.24%Slum Growth Rate 2.22%

2005- Urban Population 47%2030- Urban Population 60%

Western Asia

World

Urban Growth Rate 2.9%Slum Growth Rate 2.7%

Western Asia

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IMPROVING SLUMS FOR

ACHIEVING MDGs

Providing adequate shelter

for urban poor, is anopportunity for

addressingMDGs.

UN MDGs cannot be achieved if the urban

poorare ignored.

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WHAT IS A SLUM? • Durable Housing.

• Sufficient Living Area.

A SLUM HOUSEHOLDS IS A GROUP

OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING UNDER THE SAME ROOF IN AN URBANAREA WHO LACK ONE OR MORE

OFTHE FOLLOWING FIVECONDITIONS:

• Access to Improved Water.• Access to Sanitation.

• Moderate deprived.

• Secure Tenure.

• Low deprived.

Different levels of shelter deprivation:

• Severely deprived.

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WHAT IS RUSPS?

Background

SLUMS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES

36

43

3128

2124

19

05

1015

2025

3035

4045

EasternAsia

SouthenAsia

South-Eastern

Asia

WesternAsia

Urban HouseholdsLiving in Slums (%)

Urban Householdswith one shelterdeprivation (%)

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WHAT IS RUSPS?

Background

In 1996 Habitat II has allowed, NGOs, local governments and private sector

to take the floor and table proposals for textual amendment of Habitat

Agenda.

UN-HABITAT recognizes the importance of promoting partnership between:

UN HABITAT: STRENGHTENING PARTNERSHIP IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

• Local Government

• Civil society

• Private sectors

GENERAL SHOW CASES

- Participatoring Housing Budget in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.- Social Housing in Singapore.

- Social Housing Policy in the Netherland.

- Community Construction System in Sri Lanka.

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BUILDING PARTNERSHIP WITH

CIVIL SOCIETY:

THE CASE OF COLOMBO IN SRI LANKA

The Community Construction

System

• It is a tool to empower people to take control of the process of local level development.

• It is a partnership arrangement between a community and the Local Government

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WHAT IS RUSPS?

Background

• CBOs as promoter, engineer, contractor and end user.

• Demand-driven approach.

• Monitoring from the government’s special committee.

• NGO as mediator between CBOs and Government.

Main issues:

Community Construction System in Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Incorporation of the CCS into the municipal procurement system.

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BUILDING PARNERSHIP WITH

CIVIL SOCIETY:

THE CASE OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGET

SYSTEM IN BRAZIL

In Brazil 15% of the populationlive in severely deprived slums.

Participatory Budgeting Systemis a process of decision making inwhich residents decide how to allocate a portion of the municipal budget.

Participatory Budgeting Systemhas been adopted in a wide range of cities in Brazil.

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WHAT IS RUSPS?

Background

• Introducing participatory budgeting for housing.

• Participation of the organization “homeless movement” in housing policy decision making process.• Distribution of public resources through Quality of Life Index.

• Existence of a specific budget line for housing.

Land invasions in Belo Horizonte have declined precipitously, and there have been no land invasions during the past 3

years.

Participatory Housing Budget in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Main issues in Belo Horizonte:

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PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP:

THE CASE OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN SINGAPORE

1960 - Singapore had one of the

largest and worst slum settlement in

the world.

Political Commitment - Government has adopted the Public Social Housing Programme.

Public-Private Partnership - Government specifies selling prices and the parameters for the construction.

Financial Commitment - Subsidizing houses and concessionary interest rate for housing.

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WHAT IS RUSPS?

Background

• Central Provident Fund (CPF)

Social Housing in Singapore

HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMME - Innovative self-help mortgage financial scheme.

• Citizens contribution to the fund with a certain percentage of their salary. • Citizens may use their contribution to the CPF to fund the purchase of their houses.

85% of population live in a home rented or bought in the public sector.

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BUILDING PARTNERSHIP WITH

NGOs:

THE CASE OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE NETHERNALDS

Netherlands has the highestpercentage of social housing in

theEuropean Union.

Housing policy is based on governance, rather than

government.

Local authorities work closely with

Local Housing Associations, which

are private, not-for profitOrganizations.

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WHAT IS RUSPS?

Background

Private, non-profit organizations owning more than 99% of the social housing stocks.

Social Housing Policy in the Netherlands

How do they work?

• At the beginning they were heavily subsidized, but now they are financially and administratively independents organizations.

• They provide social housing and subsidies according to the parameters established by the Government.

• The Government supervises their activities.

• They adopt environmentally friendly measures according to the parameters established by the government.

Local Housing Associations: who they are?

CASE STUDY:

Low Income Housing in Jordan

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BASIC INDICATORS FOR JORDAN

Total Population: 5.600.000

Percentage of urban population - 82.6%

Annual population growth rate - 2.3%.

Population in Amman - 2.173.000 (38% of the total population).

Poverty line (2005) - 1.38JD/person/day – about 2$

Unemployment rate: - 12.9%

Poverty ratio (2005) - 14.7%

Urban Population Poverty ratio (2005) - `13.1%

Average monthly income of household: 518 JD (2006)

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BASIC HOUSING INDICATORS FOR

JORDAN

Housing Stock Annual Increase rate: 3.7%

Demand for new housing in Amman: 13.000

National Demand for new housing: 32.600

National demand for new housing: 45.000

2008

2012

URGENT DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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WHAT IS RUSPS?

Background

Political Commitment – Ensuring adequate housing to low income groups.

National Housing Strategy – Providing affordable housing for all income groups.

Housing policy and urban poverty in Jordan

Creation of Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDC)

170 housing projects (Houses/plots) for 400.000 citizens.

Site and service schemes with small plots - enabling the beneficiaries to participate in acquiring their own housing units

2008 – New projects for providing 75.000 housing units for employees in the public sector. 7% of the houses/plots will be subsidized.

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WHAT IS RUSPS?

Background

1996 – Reform programme to promote private sector involvement in land and housing production for low and moderate income houses.

The adopted measures are the followings:

Housing policy in Jordan:Public-Private Partnership

• Granting full right to the private sector to adopt and use the HUDC privileges and standards

• Exemption of taxes on small units production and simplification of procedures

• Establishing a secondary mortgage facility as a backing for long term lending.

The private sector production of housing units increased from 4.7% in 1994 to 24.8% in 2003.

LESSONS LEARNED AND

RECOMMENDATION

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WHAT IS RUSPS?

Background

Lessons learned

Housing for low income households as one of the National Agenda priorities.

Crucial roles of the government in ensuring affordable housing

for low income groupsPOLICIES

DEFINITION

Civil Society Involvements:- Communities- NGOs

Create Partnerships with:- Communities- NGOs- Private Sector

Consultation/ Participation with Communities and NGOs

POLICIES IMPLEMENTATION

SUSTAINABILITY

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WHAT IS RUSPS?

Background

• Encourage and support partnership with communities, NGOs and private sector.

• Strengthen local authorities’ legislations particularly in the sectors of housing and community services.

Recommendations

• Create innovative tools for affordability of housing.

• Provide incentives to involve more effectively the private sector in the provision of housing.

• Increase consultation with communities in all policy matters.

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