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• Provision of low-cost, affordable housing for low-income households
• Environmentally sustainable housing

- Development/use of sustainable building materials and technologies

- Provision of resource- and energy-efficient housing

- Promotion of sustainable lifestyles in urban and/or rural areas

• Restoration of existing housing

- Restoration of areas of decayed housing and/or adaptive reuse of buildings

- Urban/slum upgrading

• Provision of housing designed to withstand natural disasters
• Housing provision for those with special needs

- Provision of housing for homeless people

- Housing specifically designed to meet the needs of older persons and those with other special needs

• Technical innovation

- Innovative design and/or construction materials

- The use of information and communication technologies in housing

• Housing developed and managed on a cooperative or other socially sustainable basis
• Projects and processes that ensure the right to land and housing

Please note that the project subjects listed above are suggestions only. Projects relating to other housing issues may be submitted if desired.