📋 Tender Overview
Project ID: P173663
Region: South asia
Commitment Amount US$ 200.00 million
The proposed project will have three components with a total cost of US$ 300 million: i) Technical Assistancefor ComprehensiveHousing Policy, Strategy, and Programs; ii) Developing and Piloting Alternative Models for Affordable Housing Delivery;and iii) ProjectManagementand Capacity Building.21.Component 1: Technical Assistance for Comprehensive Housing Policy, Strategy, and Programs.This component will help develop a comprehensive housing policy framework and an implementation strategy for NPHP in Punjab, with the government as an enabler rather than a provider.22.Component 2: Developing and Piloting Alternative Models for Affordable Housing Delivery. This component will support GoPunjab to develop technical capacity, institutions,and systems that enable affordable housing supply and remove barriers to the market. The component will show proof of concept by developingfinancially viable business models for affordable housing solutionsmatched with options of financial supportto close the housing affordability gap for the targeted poor households. Preliminary options currently under discussion includeincremental (core) housing units which can be scaled up over time, sites-and-services schemes, and in-situ regularization of informal settlements and with upgrading of basic infrastructure. The component will also strengthen relevant institutional capacitiesto scale-up successful models over time. 23.Component 3: Project Management and Capacity Building. This component will finance:a)Project management, monitoring, reporting, and coordination among themultiple stakeholders involved in implementation of the NPHP.b)Training and capacity building for beneficiary householdsc)Public information, education, and communication (IEC) campaigns on government’s programs to increase the stock of affordable housing in Punjab.d)Establishment of an efficient and effective Complaints Redressal Mechanism which will receive and resolve project related complaints and track them by type, unit, status, gender, and location.
