This leaflet addresses UN-HABITAT’s Urban Finance strategy.
It describes the different types of financing approaches used by UN-HABITAT and
its partners in enhancing sustainable credit and investment for affordable and
social housing. It also iden...
Year: 2010,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
UN-HABITAT is providing loans to affordable, social housing
and infrastructure projects through a Revolving Housing Finance Loan Fund Programme
called ERSO (Experimental Reimbursable Seeding Operations).
This leaflet provides informa...
Year: 2010,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
UN-HABITAT is providing loans to affordable, social housing
and infrastructure projects through a Revolving Housing Finance Loan Fund Programme
called ERSO (Experimental Reimbursable Seeding Operations).
Year: 2010,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
UN-HABITAT is providing loans to affordable, social housing
and infrastructure projects through a Revolving Housing Finance Loan Fund Programme
called ERSO (Experimental Reimbursable Seeding Operations).
This leaflet provides informati...
Year: 2010,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
In this edition we talk about the importance of savings schemes in slums, and the why slum dwellers should be involved in decisions around design and affordability of upgrading projects. This is a part of the “Finance Plus” approach of SUF – it is...
Year: 2008,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
The Slum Upgrading Facility has had a busy first quarter, building and detailing SUF finance facilities in Ghana, Indonesia and Sri Lanka in readiness to undertake lending and project monitoring. This is not an easy task. The lead article in this ...
Year: 2008,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
Ensure that financing for slum upgrading is recognised as a priority within national development planning and as a key investment element contributing to economic growth. This emphasis should be reflected in a slum upgrading budget line within nation...
Year: 2008,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
For many people, buying a home is the most expensive purchase of their lives, and it requires a mortgage from the bank. But slum dwellers do not have access to formal credit for homes or home improvement. The Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF) Pilot Pr...
Year: 2008,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
These Guidelines are produced to assist low income groups and slum dwellers organizations, to set out their plan for residential area upgrading , home improvements and new low income housing in such a way that potential commercial banks and finance o...
Year: 2007,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
At its Twentieth Session in April 2005, the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT comprising 57 member states of the United Nations convened a high level dialogue on “Financing Human Settlements” in Nairobi, Kenya. Lasting over 3 hours in duration, the dia...
Year: 2007,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material