Main Objective:
The housing projects for the poor (HPP)
aim at improving the housing conditions for the poor households
living in unacceptable housing, through providing them with new
houses or upgrading their existing houses (repair, expand, or
improve), which will have a significant impact on the quality of
life of these households, who usually have no access to the
available housing programs and / or could not afford getting
into these programs.
The houses are designed in
accordance with the minimum needs of each benefiting family. The
size of each living unit ranges from 40 -70 square meters and is
comprised of 2-3 rooms, kitchen and bathroom, depending on the
size of the family, in addition to having an outside fence and
septic tank (for collecting waste water).
Components:
HPP consists of three main parts:
1- HPP–A :
Development of poor housing locality or site, were people are
living in very bad housing conditions ( residents of tents,
shanties, caves …), this includes planning of the site,
provision of all the physical infrastructure –
roads, water networks, electricity, storm water drainage….-
and construction of new houses (50-60 m2
each ) to the eligible poor households. ,
based on a comprehensive socio-economic survey for the targeted
area. The developed site could be provided with an income
generation project at a later stage.
2- HPP –B: Providing decent
housing for individual poor households living in very bad
housing conditions (residents of tents, shanties, caves, unsafe
houses ….and / or highly overcrowded houses) through
construction of new houses or expanding / maintaining their
existing houses. Similar to HPP-A the eligible households are
selected according to a certain criteria by the Ministry of
Social Development (MoSD) - the executing agency -. This
criteria depends on many indicators related to the
socio-economic conditions of the potential beneficiary and his
current housing situation.
3- HPP –C : Upgrading housing
units for individual poor households living in the refugee camps
in very bad housing conditions. This includes maintenance of the
existing unit and the addition of one single room and / or
kitchen and bathroom. The eligible households are selected
according to a certain criteria by the Department of the
Palestinian Affairs (DPA).
The King Abdullah II housing project
In addition to the above projects,
and according to the instructions of His Majesty King Abdullah
II, a housing project for the needy families has been launched
to provide decent housing for the most needy families across
various governorates in the kingdom, more than 550 housing units
in the first stage of the project, with a total cost of around
6.0 million JD, are currently being executed.
Selection of Beneficiary families
The needs of the targeted families
entail urgent responsive measures and actions, especially those
living in mud houses, tents, tin barracks as well as those with
very limited income and beneficiaries from the NAF recurring
cash aid program. The criteria used to select these families
cover factors such as income, family size, and condition of
existing housing facility. Priority is given to families living
in marginalized housing conditions (tents, Bedouin tents,
Barracks and mud huts). Lists of potential or candidate
beneficiaries are prepared and each family status assessed
through an analytical critical approach that verifies all
factors, especially issues relating to family income, considered
most relevant to qualify families to benefit from this project.
Whether the family owns lands with potential productivity or
houses that are fit for living are also investigated. These
verification efforts are carried out in cooperation with the
Department of Lands and enlist the services of official
land/real estate registries across the country.
Accomplishments:
The housing projects for the poor
families commenced in 2002 in collaboration with many parties.
To date 2,126 families across the Kingdom benefited from these
projects, including the 1st stage of The King
Abdullah II housing project, with a total cost amounting to JD
16 million.
Distribution:
|
Governorates |
|
Amman |
|
Zarqa |
|
Irbid |
|
Ajloun
|
|
Jerash |
|
Mufraq |
|
Balqui |
|
Madaba |
|
El-Karak |
|
Tafelah
|
|
Mu’an
|
|
Aqaba
|
|
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