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Financiers should do more in post-disaster housing recovery

Diggers comb through debris from a 6 story building that collapsed at Kasarani on November 15, 2022. [File, Standard]

In the aftermath of disasters, re-establishing housing is fundamental for any individual, household or community-level recovery.

Despite this, and the active role they play in disaster risk management, most housing financiers and development partners do not have a deeper understanding of what this entails since they have not fully embraced their role in the housing recovery process.

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