Studies
Women Build Program
In Armenia, different layers of society experience housing problems, and therefore Habitat for Humanity Armenia's pending goal is to expand the boundaries of its service and extend a helping hand to low income families in improving their housing conditions.
Habitat for Humanity Armenia, through support of the Women Build department of Habitat for Humanity International has implemented the Women Build grant program in Tavush region during the period of November and December, 2010.
Armenia Housing Study 2010
The housing situation in Armenia was influenced largely by the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabagh in the late 1980s and early 1990s, forcing the influx of an estimated 350,000 refugees. And
in 1988, a devastating earthquake in the northern regions of Armenia rendered about 17 percent of the nation's housing stock uninhabitable. In addition, Armenia experienced a production decline in its housing sector. Other major problems were deteriorating housing stock (apart from those caused by the earthquake) and the households designated as underhoused.
Over the past two decades, Habitat for Humanity, a Christian nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting the scourge of poverty and inadequate housing, has built or improved more than 350,000 affordable homes worldwide.
While this is clearly an impressive achievement for a nonprofit, we know that it is impossible to meet the goal of "decent housing for all" through Habitat's building efforts alone.
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