Housing improvement project is a new urban renewal programme initiated in 1989 by the government with the object of improving living conditions in urban squatter. This programme aims at gradual improvement rather than clearance and redevelopment with ...
Housing improvement project is a new urban renewal programme initiated in 1989 by the government with the object of improving living conditions in urban squatter. This programme aims at gradual improvement rather than clearance and redevelopment with mass demolition. For this reason it was expected to ameliorate some negative effects of joint redevelopment project on the lower income residents.
In this paper, I tried to evaluate the on-site housing improvement project through a case study of two projects completed recently. It was found that the standard of each house was upgraded considerably as a result of the project, but the eviction problem of the former tenants was very serious as in joint redevelopment project.