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6 q Yangon q 300, 000 squatters q From Ayeyawady Region after Cyclone Nargis in 2008 q Migrant workers from various rural areas q Dagon Myo Thit (Seikkan) q Located in the eastern part of Yangon q Second biggest squatter settlement q Over 50, 000 squatters q Originally planned as industrial zone q Overcrowding, inadequate accommodation, limited access to clean water and sanitation, lack of proper waste disposal system, deteriorating environment, …

7 • Integrated Apartment Users committee (IAUC) in Dagon Seikkan in 2016 • A low cost housing project: • 240 families with 12 units of 5 story building • minimum land provided by government • social mobilization and beneficiary selection

8 URBAN UPGRADING POLICIES IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN FARZIN FARDANESH, PHD

9 CHALLENGES HOUSING I AND SOLUTIONS AND SHELTER POLICIES

10 Main Physical Planning Challenges cumbersome procedures Outdated data & assumptions no connection with the budgeting systems, technical criteria without consideration for socioeconomic aspects constant land use conversions the lack of coordination between implementing agencies an infeasible document

Housing Supply Housing Market Increase Rate for Land, Rent And Dwelling Prices in Urban Areas 11 140% 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% -40% Land increase rate Dwelling increase rate Rent increase rate 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 -20% 1991 0%

12 Main Housing Planning Challenges Unrealistic architectural standards Turnkey approach rather than incremental Unrealistic Technical specifications Technical and Administrative overheads Unaffordable

13 II CURRENT STRATEGY PRACTICE AND

14 National Policy Document for Regularizing Informal Settlements Adopted by the Cabinet in 2004 National Enabling Task Force Provincial Enabling Task Force

15 National Strategy Document for Revitalizing, Rehabilitation, Renovation and Enabling Deteriorated and Underserviced Urban Fabrics Adopted in 2014 Key Strategies: � Strategy 1: a coordinated urban development policy framework— giving priority to ‘Endogenous Development’ � Strategy 2: Real estate and capital market to correspond to demand by lowincome urban strata

16 National Strategy Document for Revitalizing, Rehabilitation, Renovation and Enabling Deteriorated and Underserviced Urban Fabrics Key Strategies: � Strategy 3: Improve quality of life and strengthen and nurture the identity of target urban areas and neighbourhoods � Strategy 4: participation of residents � Strategy 5: Facilitating investment and creating appropriate incentive structures aimed at the private sector

17 National Strategy Document for Revitalizing, Rehabilitation, Renovation and Enabling Deteriorated and Underserviced Urban Fabrics Key Strategies � Strategy 6: Improving economic, social, and environmental conditions for residents � Strategy 7: leveraging the physical, social, economic and environmental capacities appropriate financial system � Strategy 8: An

18 Youth and Social media

19 Move from physical upgrading to social empowerment

Current Challenges 20 Missing Links: � National Planning Institutions � Provincial Planning Task Forces � Local Authorities and Grassroots Effective Monitoring � Applicable indicators and indices � Monitoring procedures � Shared responsibilities

21 National Regeneration Task Force 8 February 2018

22 For further information…

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