Rural Private Housing Reconstruction Program Pakistan
Weiersmueller Martin
Factsheet, English, 6 pages
Summary
Following the earthquake of October 8th, 2005 in Northern Pakistan that affected over 3 million people, the Government of Pakistan embarked on an ambitious Rural Private Housing Reconstruction Programme (RHRP). This programme targeting the rural private households is based on an “owner driven” approach whereby beneficiaries receive a financial grant to rebuild or repair their house. The grant is restricted to beneficiaries following approved “Build Back Better” construction designs. A total of 460'000 houses were destroyed and 120'000 partially damaged. The adopted policy is aimed at “Building Back Better” by training thousands of self-builders, artisans and village leaders in earthquake resistant building techniques and monitoring the progress of each construction. The data available in May 2008 indicates that 225'000 houses have been completely rebuilt according to approved earthquake-resistant standards and 160'000 were under construction most of these being expected to be completed by end of summer 2008.
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Construction | Shelter | Permanent | Earthquake resistant | Owner driven | Traditional | Cash