Bangkok slum advocates unite: Demand for affordable housing echoes on World Habitat Day

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Advocates from the Four Regions Slum Network approached Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, demanding immediate action to alleviate the city’s affordable housing crisis for its underprivileged citizens.

 

The plea took place during a protest at Lan Khon Muang Plaza yesterday, October 2, coinciding with World Habitat Day, an annual event observed.

 

The protesters submitted a list of requests to the 57 year old Bangkok chief, with the primary appeal being an increase in land acquisition for public housing projects.

 

They encouraged the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to utilise their land or request other state agencies to do so to erect more public housing, which would be distributed under the Ban Mun Kong scheme to lower-income earners.

Chadchart acknowledged the proposal but pointed out that the BMA does not possess large land areas that can be converted into housing projects. Instead, he suggested providing rental assistance to low-income earners as a temporary measure while the government endeavours to provide them with financial independence.

 

by Mitch Connor

Photo: by Four Regions Slum Network, on Facebook.

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-10-03

 

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[KannikaP]

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[RichardColeman]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

They encouraged the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to utilise their land or request other state agencies to do so to erect more public housing

Big cities do not want social housing - no money in it