Housing project for squatters in satellite towns

September 25, 2017

Yangon Region government is planning to draw a housing project for the squatters in satellite towns, according to a report in the Myawady Daily yesterday.

There are over 150,000 squatter households in Yangon Region. The housing project for squatters will be implemented within three years.

The low-cost and affordable housing project for squatters will be implmented in all four townships in Dagon Myothit, Hlinethaya township and Shwe Pyi Thar township, which are satellite townships of Greater Yangon.

Yangon Region government has conducted a squatter population survey in 2016 and issued the slips to the squatters.

The issuing of slips is almost finished across the nation. Most of the squatters are living in the industrial zones.

Though Yangon Region government is planning to start building the housing estates for squatters in October, we don’t know the location of the construction site exactly yet, said U Nyi Nyi, Yangon Region Hluttaw representative for South Dagon Township Constituency -1.

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Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar