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The Vancouver-based international non-profit organization worked with tower developer Westbank, and raised over $1 million from Vancouver House’s homeowners.
This was a one-to-one initiative that produced 375 homes for approximately 2,000 Cambodians who had been living in the Stung Meanchey landfill.
World Housing village in Phnom Penh. (World Housing)
World Housing village in Phnom Penh. (World Housing)
“The success of the Vancouver House-World Housing partnership set the bar for social leadership in real estate development and the project has since become a model that others have built upon around the world,” reads a release from World Housing.
All of the homes in this partnership are located within a village-like compound, with other donors funding community amenities such as a library and school facilities.