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More than 28 million Colombians live in informal housing that is structurally inadequate and vulnerable to even moderate earthquakes. Since 2012, the Colombian government has initiated a programme to promote disaster resilient housing at scale. This included integrating an incremental approach to retrofitting to increase climate and disaster resilience, and structural assessment and improvement of existing housing. Coupled with the advocacy efforts to remove many of the financial and legal barriers by reforming subsidy policies, home improvement has a wider reach. The use of digital technology has enhanced the quality, speed and efficiency of processes across all stages of the National Home Improvement Program's construction value chain. This played an integral role in the program's success, enabling the Ministry of Housing to achieve rollout at a speed and scale that would have been impossible otherwise. Click to Read |
