Background: The launch of the urban based housing initiative took place in the second national plan[1] (2005/06-2009/10) through the Ministry’s Urban Development Package that integrated five initiatives: Pillar 1: Micro and Small Enterprise Development Programme; Pillar 2: Integrated Housing Development Programme; Pillar 3: Youth Development Programme, Pillar 4: Development of Land, Infrastructure and Services; and Pillar 5: Rural-Urban and Urban-Urban Linkages. The Urban Development Package was implemented in parallel with the Urban Good Governance Package that contained seven sub-programs. The Integrated Housing Development Programme was further developed and extended during GTP I, particularly in Addis Ababa. This process now moves into a third phase in GTP2 as a substantial contribution to economic transformation
Objective: The housing development and administration pillar is a key investment area with social and economic aspects, particularly contributing to job creation and prosperity
Goals:
- Urban housing: To construct 750,000 housing units, create 600,000 job opportunities, upgrade the existing 50% standardized urban housing to 70%, promote a saving culture and strengthen the construction sector;
- Rural housing: to construct 1.7 million housing units in 17,000 rural development centers, create 4,200 micro and small enterprises and establish a system for 8,400 extension agents who participate and support in the rural housing development projects.
- Housing administration: Provide the supporting institutional and organizational framework, capacities, capabilities, systems, procedures and guidelines, and human and financial resources that ensures that housing supply is managed and resourced during development and operation phases so as to meet housing needs
Linkages: Pillar 5 is linked to Pillars 1, 3 and 10 which provide the institutional and organizational capacity and resources (human and financial) to plan cities, deliver serviced land and support the real property market transactions that involve public and private investments in urban development. Pillar 4. Provides the planning and serviced land for housing construction.
[1] Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty