Rural people improve their housing in Tanzania

Ninety-six per cent of the District’s 3000 people live in villages and engage predominantly in subsistence agriculture. The two major ethnic groups have different housing arrangements, but most of the villagers” houses have mud-and-pole walls and grass thatched roofs, which last about seven years. Traditional building materials are now becoming increasingly scarce and villagers aspire to a modern house of industrially produced materials. The nee for shelter can no longer be satisfied in the usual way; demands for industrial materials and new skills are increasing.

Analysis of the Tarime Rural Development Project (TARDEP) emphasizing improvement of housing and living conditions.

Why are collaborative housing models needed today?

Why are collaborative housing models needed today?

Our President Adriana Allen joined the opening of the Collaborative Housing Day at the Third International Social Housing Festival that took place in Helsinki between 14–17 June 2022.  “Why are collaborative housing [...]

HIC thematic priorities

HIC thematic priorities

* Go back to HIC at the World Urban Forum 11 Activities developed during WUF11 will help highlight some of HIC’s key strategic lines of work: Housing and land rights [...]