Urban Slums and Katchi Abadis

Incremental Housing Program

Khuda Ki Basti,
Hyderabad,
Karachi
Lahore

One out of six

people live in slums
in the world.

Urban Growth and Housing

Need in Pakistan
Current backlog of 8-9 million housing units.
More than 300, 000 housing units needed per year.
35% of urban population live in slums
50% urban population lives in one room houses

Public Sector and

Housing
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)

Affordability
Inappropriate Targeting
Allotment Handing
over Time Lag
Complicated
Procedures
No Social Services

Informal Sector and

Housing
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)

Simple Process
Occupation of State
Land
Handing Over is Easy
Affordability
Compatible with
Sociology of the Poor

Sequence is Important
Type of
housing

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Conventional
style housing

Land

Infrastructure

Housing

People

Site &
services

Land

Infrastructure

People

Housing

Incremental
housing

Land

People

Housing

Infrastructure

Ideal solution

People

Land

Housing

Infrastructure

Incremental Housing Scheme

Formalize Informal Sector Approach.

Incremental Housing
-easily replicable: it is simple
-sustainable: community is involved
-- ownership: access to tenured land
-- affordable because it is self financing

How do we
respond?
How to Solve Housing Problem in
Pakistan?

Reception Area

Possession of Plot

Building Clinic

Water Supply
Arrangements

Transport Facility

Day 1: Allocated Plot

Type of Houses

Construction Process

Health Care

Education

Development Works

Commercial Activities

Cottage Industry

Plantation

Incremental Development

INNOVATION IN THE IDEA

KHUDA KI BASTI 4
KALA SHAH KAKU

IMPORTANT FEATURES
Established on private land
Executed purely by NGOs
Financial support (loan) for purchase of
land provided by a financial institution
Provision of built up units
Facility of house building / purchase loan
by HBFC & AKHUWAT

INAUGURATION OF SITE
OFFICE

LAND USE PLAN

LAYOUT PLAN

ARRIVAL OF FIRST FAMILY

Very first resident of
khuda ki basti-4 was a
Lady named by Madam
Nazli

INCREMENTAL HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT

INCREMENTAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT

SELF HELP CONSTRUCTION

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
IN GREEN ENVIRONMENT

Community Development

ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY
SEWRAGE SYSTEM

HEALTH FACILITIES

EDUCATION
at initial stage

EDUCATION
at present stage

JASN-E-BAHARAN

RECREATION

CHILDREN LEISURE

MARKET

MAIN PARK

BLOCK PARKS

Jamia Masjid Obaidullah Sindhi

THANKS