PROJECT EVALUATION REPORT - HOUSING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (FINAL PROJECT EVALUATION)

NATL POLICY ESTABLSHD IN HONDURAS;DEFERRED BY GUATEMALA FOR STUDY/ACTION BY A UN TEAM; DEFERRED BY EL SALVADOR FOR A WORLD BANK STUDY. COSTA RICA WAS NOT INTERESTED AT THIS TIME. NICARAGUA'S NATIONAL HOUSING BANK (BAVINIC) CONTRACTED A CONSULTANT FIRM TO HELP GOVT OF NICARAGUA ESTABLISH A NATIONAL HOUSING POLICY. SAVINGS & LOAN SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED IN HONDURAS,BEGUN-GUATEMALA. SECONDARY MORTGAGE MARKET SYSTEM IS FALTERING DUE PRIMARILY TO HIGH LIQUIDITY IN MANY COUNTRIES ACCOMPANIED BY LOWER REGIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND GREATER DOMESTIC CONCERN. THE CENTRAL AMERICAN BANK FOR ECONOMIC INTEGRATION (CABEI) RECEIVED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROMOTING, REVIEWING AND IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY LOW-COST HOUSING (LCH) PROJECTS FOR WHICH NEW STANDARDS WERE JOINTLY DEVELOPED. FHA TYPE INSURANCE WHICH EXISTS IN GUATEMALA,NICARAGUA,& COSTA RICA, WAS DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED IN HONDURAS. PROVISION FOR FHA WAS MADE IN EL SALVADOR BUT NOT USED AS OF 1976. COORDINATION OF HOUSING INSTITUTIONS WAS EFFECTIVE ONLY IN HONDURAS AND COSTA RICA. 4 CA COUNTRIES -- HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA-BEGAN/IMPLEMENTED LCH UNITS. PROJECT SHORTFALLS INCLUDE: OVER-DEPENDENCE OF RHIDD OFFICE (REGIONAL HOUSING INSTITUTION DEVELOPMENT DIVISION) ON PROP PERSONNEL. RHIDD IS UNDERSTAFFED & LACKS BASELINE DATA ON HOUSING AND SOCIO-FCONO-FACTORS. RECOMMENDS THAT AID-HOUSING REPRESENTATIVES