Along with loans of approximately US$ 350 at 5% interest, each borrower received four concrete columns, a prefabricated sanitary slab and 26 corrugated iron roofing sheets

Other building materials were procured as needed. The structural system was based on a standard module, and the pre-cast building materials were mass-produced off site and made available to the self-helpers at low prices. The families constructed the houses themselves.  

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