Irrawaddy: Nargis refugees offered low-cost housing – Saw Yan Naing

Filed under: News, Inside Burma Sixteen private companies in Burma will build more than 6,000 low-cost homes for refugees in seven cyclone-hit regions in the Irrawaddy delta and Rangoon division, according to Flower News, a Rangoon-based weekly. The paper reported on Monday that 16 construction companies including Asia World, Htoo Trading Company, FMI, MAX and Shwe Thanlwin will build 5,700 low-cost houses for 500,000 to 600,000 kyats (US $420 to $500) each for cyclone refugees in 23 villages in six townships in the Irrawaddy delta and 350 houses in Kungyangon Township in Rangoon Division. The six townships in the Irrawaddy delta included Laputta, Bogalay, Dedaye and Pyapon, the paper said. Whether the houses will be provided to refugees free or some form of payment will be required is unclear. Sources in Bogalay Township... [read full story]