Programs and Activities

PHC administers a number of activities intended to meet Palestinian housing needs that have evolved over the more than three decades of Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. The challenge for PHC is to understand and deal practically with these realities and to limit their negative impact on Palestinian families.

  1. West Bank Apartment Program

    This project is the biggest in both the private and the public sectors in terms of volume, cost and comprehensiveness. PHC has already implemented 13 housing projects in various West Bank cities providing 408 house apartments at a value of 18.5 million dollars funded by the EU. Below is a table of the number of apartments finished in the West Bank cities.

    City Number
    of Apartments
    Tulkarem 45
    Jenin 64
    Nablus 58
    Qalqilya 16
    Al Bireh 31
    Bitounia 30
    Bir Zeit 20
    Jericho 30
    Bethlehem 44
    Hebron 26
    Doura 44

    These projects were implemented during the period of 1995 - 1997

  2. Gaza Strip Apartment Program
    As is the case in the West Bank, PHC has implemented a number of housing projects in the Gaza strip. Given the fact of overpopulation in Gaza and the culmination of the housing crisis, PHC has implemented a larger number of projects and has obtained diversified funding sources. In total, PHC has provided 1178 apartments located in Gaza as follows:

    • 689 in Jabalya, Anuseirat, Khan Younis and Rafah, funded by the EU
    • 224 in Jabalya funded by the US
    • 256 police apartments funded by the Japanese Government and in cooperation with UNDP

  3. Rural Credit Program
    This program was implemented in various parts of Palestinian rural areas at a total cost of 12.4 million dollars. 703 loans were granted in loan money on two stages by rotating the reimbursed sums from revenues of the program. An estimated half a million dollar was rotated in rural Jerusalem whereby 10 loans were granted in the third stage.

  4. House rehabilitation program for the poor and the marginalised in the districts of Jenin and Jerusalem

    This project makes grants of 2000 to 3000 USDs to very poor and marginalized families living in abject housing conditions that do not meet the minimum of human conditions. 176 poor families living in sheer inhuman conditions have benefited from this project. The funding of the project was made by Welfare Association at a total estimated cost of 405.341 dollars.

  5. House Adjustment and Improvement Program for the wounded and the severely handicapped
    This project is currently being implemented through funds by the Welfare Association. The project aims at rehabilitating 50 houses of wounded individuals who have been severely impaired and require certain adjustments for their special needs. Focus will be devoted to the region of Hebron and the northern parts of the West Bank. Work will be coordinated with organizations that cater for the treatment and rehabilitation of the handicapped.

  6. Activities
    PHC managed to build a network of relations with other Arab and international organizations in the filed of expertise exchange and in participating in functions and activities that are related to population and housing. PHCs has presented several papers and studies on different occasions and has attended a number of conferences, the feedback of which, was used to enhance the performance of the council.

  7. New Programs
    A- PHC started the first steps of the next generation of it's projects, which is (site and services) these projects aimed to upgrade certain sites being selected by PHC according to Palestinian housing policy requirements, to be prepared as focal housing spots, more details about this program will be displayed when it is ready.

    B- PHC started the studies to establish the saving fund for housing, which will be subjected to all Palestinians.