Integrated Habitat and Housing Project

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The development objective of the Integrated Habitat and Housing Project for Argentina are to: (i) increase access to formal housing for eligible households; and (ii) improve living conditions for households in selected precarious urban settlements. The project consists of four components are : First component, increased access to formal housing will finance the provision of up-front subsidies to selected beneficiaries . It will support the roll-out of the first nation-wide demand-driven housing subsidy program, the Solucion Casa Propia Program (SCPP). Second component, integrated habitat improvement will finance subproject interventions in precarious urban settlements that meet basic eligibility criteria. Each subproject will aim to transform the settlements (both physically and socially) through integrated interventions to provide secure legal tenure, access to basic services, public spaces, community infrastructure, works to reduce environmental risks, including those related to climate change and social programs, such as gender specific programs. Each subproject will be designed and implemented in a participatory manner (consultations will include the GOA, civil society and private sector service providers), leveraging existing programs and services. Third component, institutional strengthening is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments in the housing, habitat and urban sectors through, inter alia, the provision of support to strengthen SVH’s capacity to implement the project, including: (a) carrying out of assessments of the existing national-level housing initiatives; (b) design and implementation of an evaluation study for SCPP; (c) provision of support for the design and implementation of the management, operational and reporting systems for federal housing programs; (d) strengthening land regularization processes, improving urban design and sustainability of basic services and improving economic, cultural and social aspects of the subprojects under Component 2; and (e) carrying out of capacity building and training activities for the national and local governments’ staff and the participating entity’s staff for subproject preparation, in line with the National Habitat Plan; Fourth component, project management will finance support for the management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Project, including, inter alia: (a) carrying out of the Project audits; (b) conducting outreach campaigns to disseminate the Project; (c) carrying out of mid-term and final impact evaluation surveys to evaluate the Project’s impact; (d) provision of technical support on procurement, safeguards and financial management requirements, including the hiring of the National Coordination Unit (UCN) staff; and (e) financing of Operating Costs.

FY17 - Financial Sector,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank

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