Evaluation of the HAD’s Khuda Ki Basti Incremental Housing Scheme

This evaluation of the Khuda-ki-Basti Incremental Housing Scheme of the Hyderabad Development Authority has been done at the request of the House Building Finance Corporation. The evaluation took place between 18 June and 22 July 1990, when conditions in the basti were very tense due to the after-effects of serious civil strife in Hyderabad. In spite of this I received full cooperation from the HDA staff, the residents of the Khuda-ki-Basti and the neighbouring katchi abadis. Special thanks are due to Hussain Rizvi and Meena Hashmi of the HDA for their assistance.

This study would not have been possible without the help and assistance of my colleague, Architect Shoukat Ali, who among other things, accompanied me to the basti, organized the questionnaire survey and analysed its results.

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