ARTICLE - EARTHQUAKE FACT SHEET - 6

HAITI - EARTHQUAKE FACT SHEET - 6, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2011
(ReliefWeb) - Source: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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KEY DEVELOPMENTS
As of November 16, Shelter Cluster members had completed more than 19,000 transitional shelters (t-shelters), sufficient to house nearly 96,000 individuals. USAID/OFDA grantees had completed 9,274 t-shelters, more than 48 percent of the total.

Teams of engineers from the habitability assessment project funded by USAID/OFDA and the World Bank continue to assess buildings throughout earthquake-affected areas. As of October 29, teams from the Government of Haiti (GoH) Ministry of Public Works, Transport, and Communication (MTPTC), the U.N. Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), with assistance from Miyamoto International, had assessed 330,819 buildings out of an estimated total of 350,000 to 400,000 buildings that require habitability assessments.

Assessment figures indicated that 54 percent of houses are "green," or safe for habitation, 25 percent are classified as "yellow," or safe following minor repairs, and 20 percent are "red," or unsafe for habitation and require major repairs or demolition, while the remaining 1 percent remains in process.

By November 12, the GoH MTPTC had formally approved the Shelter Cluster's Yellow House Repair Guidelines, which U.N. Habitat disseminated to partners on the same day.

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