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SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 5: REVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
AND INITIATIVES FOR 2013
INITIATIVE
MEDIUM
TERM
PRIORITY
(Where
Applicable)
BENEFICIARY
CATEGORY
PROJECT
OUTPUT
ACHIEVEMENTS
OUTCOME
MINISTRY OF HOUSING, LAND AND MARINE AFFAIRS
NEIGHBOURHOOD UPGRADING
PROGRAMME (NUP)
There are three components to
this programme:- (1) Squatter
Regularisation and Upgrading, (2)
New Home and Home Improvement
Subsidy and (3) Sector and Institutional
Strengthening. Its overall aims are to:-
•
Improve housing conditions for
lower income groups
•
Make public expenditure for
housing more efficient and
equitable
•
Provide incentives and assist both
public and private institutions, in
their transition to more market-
driven roles
Poverty
Reduction
and Human
Capital
Development
Families and
Communities
New Housing
Units
Completed
&
Squatter
Regularisation
and
Settlements
Upgraded
For the period October 2012 – March
2013
•
196 families
were furnished with
home improvement subsidies
through the Programme
Monitoring and Coordinating Unit
(PMCU)
•
The Ministry, working in
collaboration with the Land
Settlement Agency, Sugar
Industry and Labour Welfare
Committee and TTConnect,
assisted 1,745 families
Access to Adequate
and Affordable
Housing
