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Burma needs millions of new houses, says UN
The UN says that one in four people in Burma live in low-quality housing, exposing them to greater threats during natural disasters.
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Winners and losers in luxury housing boom
In Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Township, slums for the poor sit uncomfortably next to new, gated communities for the wealthy.
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Swollen Rangoon slums at breaking point
Burma’s cities are attracting an increasing number of rural poor, but efforts to provide them with affordable housing are falling short.
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VIDEO: Dagon City developers say work won’t stop
The under-pressure developers of a controversial housing and commercial district in Rangoon say the government supports continuing the project.
Business Weekly Lead Story News Pegu Division Trade
Business weekly 8 May 2015
Telenor posts record revenues; Carlsberg opens beer factory in Pegu; Burma poised to be leading rice exporter; and rents in Rangoon on the rise.
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Business Weekly 6 March 2015
In business this week: Thai-Burma cooperation on Dawei, and an extension for YSX license applications.
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DVB Debate: Housing the homeless
Burma is undergoing a period of mass urbanisation. Can Rangoon and Mandalay handle the influx of people?
Lead Story News Rangoon Society
Affordable rented housing pledge
More housing will be built for those living illegally, minister tells parliament.
38,000 squatter homes in Rangoon: Mayor pledges housing
Rangoon Mayor Hla Myint says there are some 38,000 squatter homes within the city boundaries these days – and most belong to economic migrants from the country and other towns in Burma.
New homes ready for displaced Meikhtila villagers
Around 1,500 people displaced by communal violence in central Burma’s Meikhtila have been awarded homes in a newly built housing complex, according to a project official.
Govt to provide housing to the homeless by end of 2015, minister says
The government is drafting plans to provide housing for the homeless in more than 50 towns and cities.
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DVB talks to Tony Picon, Colliers International
DVB Interview International spoke to Tony Picon, the managing director of Colliers International in Burma, about the state of the country’s property market and advice for foreign companies and investors who are thinking of operating in Burma.
Rangoon authorities clamp down on illegal buildings
Rangoon authorities have warned land owners that they must seek official permission before erecting new buildings in Burma’s commercial capital or risk legal action, in an attempt to clamp down on illegal construction projects.
Rangoon property boom squeezes out low-income workers
As Burma’s economy begins its slow path to revival, one sector is already booming: the property market.
Foreigners struggle to find housing in Rangoon
By ALI FOWLE Foreigners settling in Rangoon are struggling to find places to live due to archaic laws still in place in the country. As Burma opens up to international[…]
Meikhtila residents rebuff resettlement plan, want land back
Residents in central Burma’s Meikhtila are asking to be resettled on their former land plots after officials pushed a plan to move the group into apartment blocks
Scott Leckie: ‘Burma’s absence of law’
Few countries’ legal systems are as corrupt and opaque as Burma’s. We spoke to Scott Leckie, director of Displacement Solutions, about their new book on housing, land and property rights[…]
Burma named worst violator of housing rights
Dec 6, 2007 (DVB), The Burmese ruling State Peace and Development Council has been named one of the worst violators of housing rights by an international human rights organisation. Since[…]
