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    Tagged: housing

    Development Economy Lead Story News

    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.

    Lead Story News Politics

    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.

    Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story News

    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 video

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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.

    Business Business Weekly Lead Story News

    Business Weekly 6 March 2015

    In business this week: Thai-Burma cooperation on Dawei, and an extension for YSX license applications.

    DVB Debate: Housing the homeless video

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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.

    Land Lead Story News Rangoon

    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.

    Lead Story News

    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.

    Lead Story News Property

    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.

    DVB talks to Tony Picon, Colliers International video

    Interview Interview International Lead Story Property Video

    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.

    Business Lead Story News

    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 video

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    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 video

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    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[…]

    News Politics

    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

    Interview Uncategorized

    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[…]

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    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[…]

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