Low Income Community Housing Support Project

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The objective of the Pro-Poor Slums Integration Project is to improve shelter and living conditions in selected low income and informal settlements in designated municipalities in Bangladesh. There are five components to the project, the first component being community mobilization and planning. The objective of this component is to facilitate community-driven planning for housing projects. It will finance technical assistance in the form of community architects, social mobilizers, engineers, as well as social, environmental, and financial specialists for community organizations to prepare detailed designs and layouts for improved living conditions and shelter improvements. The second component is the urban community improvements and upgrading. This component will finance a multi-sectoral package of tertiary infrastructure and service improvements. This includes a combination of water supply, drainage, paved access, electricity, gas, sanitation services and solid waste management in a single package of upgrading works, depending on the expressed demands and needs of the specific communities. The third component is the shelter component and lending. This component will finance a credit line within PKSF to provide access to Partner Organizations (POs) for investment in shelter in urban areas, and to address the current gap in shelter lending programs among qualified microfinance institutions (MFIs), lenders and/or NGOs. The fourth component is the monitoring and evaluation and learning. This component will support independent M&E and learning activities. This will include continuous and ongoing M&E of project implementation and results. In addition, this component will finance peer-to-peer learning programs between community groups, and strengthening community networks at the town level. Finally, the fifth component is the project management, training, and capacity building. This component will finance the project management costs for NHA, including technical advisors, incremental staff, audits, and expenditures incurred for the project, as well as for any additional costs to implement the Governance and Accountability Action Plan (GAAP).