Thailand's   Challenge   to   Solve   its Urban Poor Housing Problem

 Table 2:  Total investment, Construction Cost and Government’s subsidy  

Project Names

Land

Owners

No. of units

Infrastructure

Budget

Loans for housing construction, 90% of housing prices

Total subsidy from the Government (loans excluded)

Total

subsidy from the Government (loans included)

1

2

3

1.   Kolok village

State Railway of Thailand

 

 

310

31,000,000

62,775,000

52,638,000

115,413,000

2.  Kao Seng

State Property

 

450

 

9,000,000

20,250,000

15,930,000

36,180,000

3.  Charoen Chainimitrmai

Cooperatives

89

 

 

1,780,000

4,005,000

3,150,600

7,155,600

4.  Bon Kai
Klong Toei

Crown Property Bureau

 

202

 

*

29,997,000

9,599,040

39,596,040

5.  Boong Kook

Municipality

 

 

124

*

24,105,600

7,713,792

31,819,392

6.  Klong Toei Lock 7-12

Port Authority of Thailand

 

 

115

11,500,000

22,356,000

19,228,920

41,584,920

7.  Kao Pattana

Crown Property Bureau

 

295

 

80,000

3,915,000

1,861,800

5,776,800

8.  Ruam samakkee

Crown Property Bureau

 

90

 

1,800,000

14,580,000

6,555,600

21,135,600

9.  Klong Lumnoon

Private

 

 

49

4,900,000

7,594,020

7,575,086

15,169,106

10.Laem Rung Reuang

Municipality

67

 

 

1,340,000

3,015,000

2,371,800

5,386,800

Total

 

606

321

598

61,900,000

192,592,620

126,624,638

319,217,258

Remarks

1. Upgrading

2. Reblocking and Land Sharing

3. Reconstruction / Relocation

*           Both Projects have got financial support from NHA in 2003.

*           For economic reason, the community of Kolok village prefer an improvement in the existing land.