Nepal Urban Housing Sector Profile

This report is published jointly with the Ministry Physical Planning and Works in Nepal, it shows, for example, that urban land prices had increased 300 percent since 2003, putting housing increasigly out of reach for lower income residents. At the same time, nepal has been urbanising rapidly due to an expansion of urban areas and high rates of rural-urban migration. Though the number of squatters in Nepal is low in comparision to other South Asian countries, the situation is worsening quickly and turning into serious social predicament