A Vulnerable World: An Analysis of Thailand, Philippines, and Portland’s Housing Programs

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In this video essay, I looked more into the different housing programs created by communities in the Philippines and Thailand and what Portland is currently doing to take action for their local homeless community. The specific programs I looked into were the Philippines' "Modified Conditional Cash Transfer Program," Thailand's "Baan Mankong Initiative," and Multnomah County's "Homelessness Response Action Plan." By looking into other countries, not only do we better understand how homelessness can affect them, but we can also take the frameworks they created and come up with new ways to implement them and expand how we can think about vulnerable communities. 


For more Portland local resources check out:

https://allgoodnw.org/shelterprograms

https://irco.org/who-we-are/mission-history/

https://blanchethouse.org/resources/  


Works Cited

“Chair Vega Pederson, Mayor Wheeler share Homelessness Response Action Plan.” Multnomah County, 11 March 2024. https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/news-release-chair-vega-pederson-mayor-wheeler-share-homelessness-response

Conditional Cash Transfers in the Philippines Nurture Dreams. Directed by Francisco Guerrero, 2016.

“Learning City-Wide Baan Mankong Housing Program : Nakhon Sawan Thailand.” YouTube, uploaded by Community Act Network, 9 Jan. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzDIFFfsf4Y.   

Matsusawa, Minori. “Baan Mankong ‘Secure Housing’ Initiative in Bangkok, Thailand.” Critical Perspectives on International Planning, sites.utexas.edu/internationalplanning/case-studies/baan-mankong-secure-housing-initiative-in-bangkok-thailand/. Accessed 1 May 2024. 

“Modified Conditional Cash Transfer Frequently Asked Questions.” DSDW. Department of Social Welfare and Development, https://www.dswd.gov.ph/frequently-ask-questions-faqs/. Accessed 3 May 2024.

Norford, Emily, and Terra Virsilas. “What Can We Learn from Thailand’s Inclusive Approach to Upgrading Informal Settlements?  .” TheCityFix, 12 May 2016, thecityfix.com/blog/thailands-inclusive-upgrading-informal-settlements-terra-virsilas-emily-norford/. 

“Secure Land, Housing and Sustainable Livelihoods for Thailand’s Rural Landless Poor.” Community Organization Development Institute, Community Organization Development Institute, 2019, en.codi.or.th/baan-mankong-rural/. 

“The State of Homelessness in the Philippines.” The Borgen Project, 2 July 2020, borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-the-philippines/. 

 


 

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