Desk report: Many slum people have started living in brick-built house driving out their long-lasting living life in thatched or mud-house in the city, reports the Asian Age.
“I had never thought, even in my dreams, that I would be able to live in such a good house,” said Rupchan Begum, 46, of Chhotobangram Namopara area, said on Thursday. Earlier on, she received a soft-interest loan worth Taka two lakh from Community Housing Development Fund (CHDF) and constructed the house. Currently, she is repaying the loan on monthly installment of Taka 3,300 regularly, reports BSS. With this breakthrough, her level of confidence coupled with dignity in the society has been improved to a greater extent. “I got a new life through attaining a brick-built house,” said Shabana Khatun, 38, wife of Jalal Uddin of Char Satbaria area. They had just moved to their new houses, which they constructed with support from CHDF and recently phase-out Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction Project (UPPRP) – a UKAID-funded project executed by UNDP with technical support of UN-Habitat.
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