Sri Lanka: North East Housing Reconstruction Program

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The North East Housing Reconstruction Program for Sri Lanka will facilitate the reconstruction of 46,000 houses in the North East over a four-year period through the provision of housing support cash grants. In doing so, it would support the return of displaced populations in the North East and the regularization of land title to targeted beneficiaries. The project has the following three components: Component 1) IDA will initially finance this component in full. North East Housing Reconstruction Program (NEHRP) will support the reconstruction of 46,000 houses including 36,800 fully-damaged houses and 9,200 partly-damaged houses in the North East over a four year period. Component 2) Capacity Building and Monitoring: US$2.72 million. IDA will initially finance this component in full. NEHRP offers a comprehensive technical assistance program to upgrade implementation capacity. Component 3) will be partly financed by IDA for US$2.7 million. The Government will finance the rest. The nature of the housing reconstruction program, is scale, coverage area, and the condition of beneficiaries require that an effective program management and monitoring system be in place to ensure smooth and successful implementation.