Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 From Shelter Relief Into Permanent Housing in Haiti How Do We Get There?

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 Shelter sector, so far…..  Emergency Shelter  Shelter NFIs distributions: Tarpaulins Tools kits WASH support items 99%+ coverage achieved 

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 Shelter sector, so far…..  Damage Assessments  ATC-20 methodology implemented  Approximately 345,000+ houses evaluated  53% green, 25% yellow, 21% red 92%+ coverage achieved 

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 Shelter sector, so far….  Transitional Shelter  125,000 planned  86% funded  22,000 built Transition to what?

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 Relief vis-a-vis Recovery  Relief: Short-term interventions, at scale, at speed, focused on “products”  Recovery: Long-term interventions focused on “process” How to maximize investments?

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 Pathways to Permanence How to get displaced households in the pathway to recovery? (and beyond)

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 House owner- occupier Displaced to urban self- settled camp Earthquake Re-affirm tenure rights & needs assessment House destroyed, cannot be repaired. House destroyed, cannot be repaired. Structural assessment of house (ATC-20) Assess environmental conditions & risk Rebuild in-situ Relocate Relocate Support with NFIs (emergency shelter, WASH), CFW and transitional shelter Support with NFIs (emergency shelter, WASH), CFW and transitional shelter Partnerships between household and local construction organizations/NGOs (e.g. HRC); canalize vouchers for construction materials, tools and technical assistance services; help family to rebuild house using delivered materials and tools. Facilitate access to housing finance mechanism (e.g. MFI) Provide support for return once construction is completed House owner- occupier; incremental improvements

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 An “enabling” environment is needed for reconstruction at scale  Decisions and agreements at policy level  Actionable implementation strategies  Coordination and M+E mechanisms For…….

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December Land Access and Tenure  Re-affirm property rights and land “arrangements”  Define land allocation mechanism  Define strategy for existing camps

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December Land use  Prevent reconstruction in high-risk areas  Territorial planning  Development corridors  Link infrastructure developments with livelihoods in future settlements

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December Physical Planning Criteria  Simple, basic regulations  Consistent with economic realities  Allowances for service levels and incremental improvements

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December Design and Building Codes  Consistent with economic realities  Allowance for incremental improvements  Seismic & hurricane resistance provisions  Quality control mechanism (liabilities)

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December House Repair Strategy  Reassurance of property rights  Mechanism for technical assistance  Mechanism for quality assurance  Prioritization criteria – support return  Finance options for improvements

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 Rubble, rubble and more rubble  Estimates range from 20 to 78 million m³  Demolition, collection, recycling, disposal  CFW opportunities vs. speed/scale  Strategic investment

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 Need to Happen  Funding to follow recovery strategy (not the other way around)  Establishing permanent housing as a priority by IHRC  Adjusting of programs for recovery and closing of camps

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 Need to Happen  Initiatives by shelter NGOs/Agencies ! Advocacy at all levels Think more than houses Build the “process”, not the “house” Demonstration projects to inform process Community participation models

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 Can it happen?  Underpin the fundamental problem  Big players need to foster a framework of legality for reconstruction  Avoid Haiti becoming a “Republic of NGOs”

Mario C. Flores Director, Disaster Response Field Operations Habitat for Humanity International Shelter Meeting 10b Palais des Nations, Geneva 2-3 December 2010 Rebati Ayiti ! Thank you