Case: Burundi TENURE TYPE: IDP Ownership/Collective Land INTERVENTION: Semi-Permanent Shelter Construction TENURE DURATION: Long-term Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have displaced thousands of Burundians, contributing to land scarcity and inter-communal conflicts. Lack of government capacity to resolve disputes…
Case: Central African Republic TENURE TYPE: Collective INTERVENTION: Rebuild and Rehabilitation TENURE DURATION: Long-term Less than one percent of the population in CAR have documentation for their shelter or property. Lack of documentation extends to personal identification and state-level land…
Case: Colombia TENURE TYPE: Collective INTERVENTION: Reparation and Transitional Shelter TENURE DURATION: Medium-Long-term In Colombia, land tenure is particularly insecure for Indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombians who have been displaced by protracted conflict. The shelter response aimed to provide access to…
Case: Ethiopia TENURE TYPE: IDP Ownership INTERVENTION: Shelter Repair and Reconstruction TENURE DURATION: Long-term Despite efforts by the government of Ethiopia to support IDPs in returning to their areas of origin, many IDPs remained secondarily displaced, unable to return to…
Case: Burkina Faso TENURE TYPE: LAND TENANT INTERVENTION: SHELTER CONSTRUCTION TENURE DURATION: MEDIUM TERM Protracted conflicts and political instability have caused massive waves of displacement in Burkina Faso, with many IDPs arriving in urban areas seeking long-term housing solutions. Limited…
Case: Ecuador TENURE TYPE: use rights INTERVENTION: repairs, rebuilding, land titles TENURE DURATION: LONG TERM A high proportion of the population in Ecuador’s rural and urban areas do not have access to formally recognized titles. After the 2016 earthquake, the…
Case: Venezuela TENURE TYPE: Rental INTERVENTION: Rental Assistance TENURE DURATION: Short-term Displaced Venezuelans in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have largely settled in urban areas across the region, with rental arrangements from private landlords being one of the major…
Case: Afghanistan TENURE TYPE: occupancy without legal status INTERVENTION: SHELTER REPAIR TENURE DURATION: MEDIUM-LONG TERM In Afghanistan, land registration laws grant the government ownership to all unregistered land holdings. Many lost ownership documents during displacement, leaving a large population of…
Case: Yemen TENURE TYPE: LAND TENANT INTERVENTION: TRANSITIONAL SHELTER CONSTRUCTION TENURE DURATION: MEDIUM TERM In Yemen, host communities are one of primary providers of land or shelter for IDPs not living in IDP sites. Due to ongoing conflict and recurring…
Case: Syria TENURE TYPE: use rights INTERVENTION: non-structural rehabilitation of occupied shelters TENURE DURATION: SHORT-TERM Before the crisis, urbanization in Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) led to informal settlement growth, worsened by the scale of conflict-induced displacement since the crisis began.…