The impact of housing finance policies on the right to adequate housing of those living in poverty 2012, para. 60
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Some community funds, such as Baan Mankong in Thailand and the Community Mortgage Programme in the Philippines, have demonstrated a great capacity to expand their coverage and to execute complex housing and infrastructure projects that involve national and local Governments, landowners and several communities. The Baan Mankong programme, introduced in 2003 by the Government of Thailand and implemented by an independent Government agency, the Community Organizations Development Institute, aimed to improve living conditions for 300,000 families by 2008. Its strategy for delivering low-income housing is to channel funds to community-based organizations that plan and carry out projects themselves. The programme became an exemplar for community-supported slum upgrading, although it has been implemented on a smaller scale than originally envisaged.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Families
Year
2012
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the UNGA (2012), A/67/286, para. 60.