The most realistic short-run approach for rehousing most people affected by the earthquake in Haiti will be to help as many as possible return to their original neighborhoods if it can be done safely, while progressively improving the safety, accessibility, and services in those neighborhoods over time.
Those whose safety cannot be assured should be voluntarily relocated. Relocation may be to more appropriate locations within their previous communities, or to new settlements elsewhere. While this approach is challenging, and requires significant work to operationalize properly, it is considered the most feasible by the IHRC and by reconstruction agencies working on the ground
Experience shows that the reconstruction process could take as long as a decade. Therefore, the link must be made between reconstruction, development, and needed institutional reforms, by requiring the use of good practices--even in the early phases of reconstruction--and by simultaneously implementing more fundamental reforms in the Haitian institutions that together form the œlow-income housing and community development system". This includes developing fiscal, policy, and regulatory tools to properly finance, oversee, and regulate reconstruction.
The Second section of this document explains the purposes of each type of project, and describes the different indicative activities:
Type A: Neighborhood project investment ("Specific neighborhood project" & "Specific camp project")
Type B: New settlement project investment
Type C: Neighborhood infrastructure and site mitigation
Type D: Neighborhood technical assistance
Type E: Policy and technical advice to government
Type F: Institutional Strengthening
The most realistic short-run approach for rehousing most people affected by the earthquake in Haiti will be to help as many as possible return to their original neighborhoods if it can be done safely, while progressively improving the safety, accessibility, and services in those neighborhoods over time.
Those whose safety cannot be assured should be voluntarily relocated. Relocation may be to more appropriate locations within their previous communities, or to new settlements elsewhere. While this approach is challenging, and requires significant work to operationalize properly, it is considered the most feasible by the IHRC and by reconstruction agencies working on the ground
Experience shows that the reconstruction process could take as long as a decade. Therefore, the link must be made between reconstruction, development, and needed institutional reforms, by requiring the use of good practices--even in the early phases of reconstruction--and by simultaneously implementing more fundamental reforms in the Haitian institutions that together form the œlow-income housing and community development system". This includes developing fiscal, policy, and regulatory tools to properly finance, oversee, and regulate reconstruction.
The Second section of this document explains the purposes of each type of project, and describes the different indicative activities:
Type A: Neighborhood project investment ("Specific neighborhood project" & "Specific camp project")
Type B: New settlement project investment
Type C: Neighborhood infrastructure and site mitigation
Type D: Neighborhood technical assistance
Type E: Policy and technical advice to government
Type F: Institutional Strengthening
The most realistic short-run approach for rehousing most people affected by the earthquake in Haiti will be to help as many as possible return to their original neighborhoods if it can be done safely, while progressively improving the safety, accessibility, and services in those neighborhoods over time.
Those whose safety cannot be assured should be voluntarily relocated. Relocation may be to more appropriate locations within their previous communities, or to new settlements elsewhere. While this approach is challenging, and requires significant work to operationalize properly, it is considered the most feasible by the IHRC and by reconstruction agencies working on the ground
Experience shows that the reconstruction process could take as long as a decade. Therefore, the link must be made between reconstruction, development, and needed institutional reforms, by requiring the use of good practices--even in the early phases of reconstruction--and by simultaneously implementing more fundamental reforms in the Haitian institutions that together form the œlow-income housing and community development system". This includes developing fiscal, policy, and regulatory tools to properly finance, oversee, and regulate reconstruction.
The Second section of this document explains the purposes of each type of project, and describes the different indicative activities:
Type A: Neighborhood project investment ("Specific neighborhood project" & "Specific camp project")
Type B: New settlement project investment
Type C: Neighborhood infrastructure and site mitigation
Type D: Neighborhood technical assistance
Type E: Policy and technical advice to government
Type F: Institutional Strengthening