Nepal’s Urban Housing Challenge

More than 75% of Nepal’s urban population does not earn enough income to afford a standard 50-square-meter self-constructed house on an 80-square-meter plot of land on the outskirts of a city. It is estimated that 95% of the urban population cannot afford to purchase ready built property.Click here to read more 

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