Chapter 1: Introduction

1. Introduction

 

Chapter 2: Housing Programme

1. Estimate of Financial Resources Which Could Be Made Available For a Housing Programme

1.1. The Macroeconomic Background

1.2. Alternative Estimates of Resources

 

2. Alternative Forms of Action in a Housing Programme

2.1. General

2.2. Direct Construction of Dwelling by the Government through the PCH

2.3. Contracting Out of Construction on Government Land In Return For Part of the Housing Created

2.4. Leasing of Publicly Owned Housing

2.5. Housing Grants

2.6. Combination of a Housing Grant with a Proper Bank Loan

2.7. Subsidization of the Interest Charge upon Housing Loans

 

3. Phasing of the Housing Programme

4. Distribution of the Available Resources of the Housing Programme by Form of Intervention

4.1. Criteria for the Distribution of Available Resources by Form of Intervention and Over Time

4.2. Distribution Coefficients by Form of Intervention and Phase

 

5. Distribution of the Resources Available For the Housing Programme By Mohafazat

5.1. Criteria of Distribution by Mohafazat

5.2. A Summary of the Findings Regarding the Different Aspects of Housing Needs

 

6. The Proposed Programme

7. Eligibility Criteria for Housing Programme Beneficiaries

7.1. General

7.2. Eligibility Criteria by Form of Intervention

7.3. Eligibility Criteria Review

 

Chapter 3: Housing Policies

1. Introduction

 

2. Urban Planning and General Urban Management Plans

2.1. Urban Planning In Lebanon

2.2. Evolution of International Urban Planning Methodologies

2.3. Proposal on Urban Planning In Lebanon

 

3. Real Estate Policy, Urban Planning and Urban Facilities and Networks

3.1. General

3.2. Real Estate Policy

3.3. Urban Planning and Urban Facilities and Networks

 

4. Increasing the Efficiency of the Housing Construction Sector

4.1. General

4.2. The Productivity and Costs of Manpower

4.3. Construction Costs of Low Income Housing

 

5. Encouraging Investment in the Housing Sector for Lower Incomes and the Leasing Market

5.1. General

5.2. Investment in Lower Income Housing by the Private Sector and the Leasing Market

5.3. Investment in Lower Income Housing On Behalf Of Cooperatives and Other Public Institutions

 

6. Increasing Funds for Lower Income Housing

6.1. Public Sources of Funds

6.2. Private Sources of Funds and the Encouragement of Saving For Housing

 

7. The Organization of the Public Institute of Housing

8. Macroeconomics Factors