COPAC

Although with A.I.D.'s assistance Botswana has achieved an excellent record in providing public sector housing, its extensive efforts have been managed by several different governmental agencies often resulting in poorly coordinated and implemented housing policies. This paper presents an outline of steps to be taken in preparing a national housing implementation plan. Preparation of the housing plan should include the following elements: gathering socioeconomic data; establishing housing demand and identifying target groups; analyzing available public and private resources; refining the national housing strategy and establishing shelter objectives; assigning management responsibility; monitoring and evaluation; and ongoing policy development and implementation improvements. The implementation plan should cover the issues of allocating housing resources, developing financial institutions, organizing a middle income housing program, redirecting subsidies, and investigating rural housing strategies. A second section of the report describes pending housing policy actions.

Source: DEC abstract, PN-AAS-214 (1984). The source's own text.