| Author | Chularathna, H. M. U. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-84-08 |
| Subject(s) | Self-help housing--Sri Lanka
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillments oi the requirements for the degree of Master or Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The Government Aided Selt-Help (ASH) Housing Program was introduced by the Government of Sri Lanka in 1972. ASH housing was then accorded a higher priority under the Government Housing Program of 1978 to 1983 for 100,000 houses. The role of the government in ASH housing was to provide basic inputs for self-help house construction such as land, building materials and technical assistance. The beneficiary households were expected to organize the construction of their houses according to the specified standards within a specified period of time.
The present study attempts to identify and assess the achievements and problems of the program through detailed case studies study of three ASH housing projects. These three housing schemes were implemented under the ASH program in the Kalutara Administrative District of Sri Lanka.
Problems related to implementation of the program were identified from the viewpoint of both the beneficiary households and the implementing agency. Achievements of the Program were analysed in relation to the initial implementation stage and the follow-up stage after completion of the projects. The effectiveness and efficiency of the program were assessed in terms of the satisfaction of the recipient households, the extent of their improvements to land and house, and the cost recovery aspect of the project.
The selection of beneficiaries, supply of building materials through private contractors, heavy arrears in instalment payments and the illegal transfer of houses by the original allotters, have been identified as important problem areas and which are the responsibility of the national Housing Development Authority as the implementing agency. Lack of income generating opportunities, the irregular income of many households, the limited improvement of their land and houses, and frequent non-payment of instalment, are identified as the problems on the beneficiaries side of the project.
Most of these problems can be overcome and the living conditions of individual households can be improved as well as the quality of their living environments if the National Housing Development Authority adopted better management arrangements in the post completion stage of the projects. This con be done through measures such as estate management guidance to the households, encouraging income generating activities, enforcing of regulations and collecting the low instalment regularly, and preventing misuse of properties by households. |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Archer, Raymon W.
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| Examination Committee(s) | Kammeier, Hans Detlef ; Chamnien Paul Vorratnchaiphan
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.v. (CDG), (Federal Republic of Germany) |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1984 |