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Date:
1987-1991
Source:
Office of the Prime
Minister, National Economic and Social Development Board, Bangkok, Thailand
Subject:
population policy, slums,
housing
Text:
5.2
Work Plan for Developing Housing and Upgrading Slums
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Build 27,000 housing units mainly in urban areas
for low-income and middle-income groups. Sale, rental and hire purchase
prices will be set appropriately.
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Set up joint ventures between the National Housing
Authority and the private sector to construct housing for low-income and
middle-income groups. Joint venture policies, criteria and conditions will
be clearly specified.
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Assign local authorities to upgrade the physical,
economic and social conditions of slums, either in their existing
locations or by relocating them to more suitable sites. The National
Housing Authority will coordinate the operations.
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Include public parks in housing developments. The
ratio of park area to community area should be 1:10. In urban and specific
areas, large public parks should be developed at the ratio of 2 rai to
every 1,000 people.
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Revise regulations by reducing procedures in
applying for permits for land development, building construction, housing,
land and public utilities in order to reduce production costs.
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Issue rules that encourage financial institutions
to offer long-term loans to house buyers and housing developers. The
Government Housing Bank, for example, will be encouraged to expand its
services by opening more branches in Bangkok and in towns in provincial
regions; emphasis will be placed on loans to small borrowers and on
becoming a long-term financing source for the National Housing Authority.
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