Baan Eua-Arthorn, one of the NHA’squality housing development projects, has been developed with a keen awareness of the significance of the institution of family and in the hope that this project would serve government policy in providing standard residential quarters for the target groups. These include the disadvantaged, low-income earners, junior civil servants and government employees, all with not more than 22,000 baht / month income per family (income as of 2006 - present). Project implementation began in 2003. The government provides subsidies in the amount of eighty thousand baht per unit for the cost of construction of public utilities. As of December 2006, there are seventy-two completed projects encompassing 65,293 housing units in total.
From February 2003 to November 2006 there were 1,075,608 applicants on the list to become Baan Eua-Arthorn Project residents. The required residential units were allocated through a process of drawing lots. Those who missed the chance to have a right in their first-priority selected project are still eligible for another project that they specified in their applications. There is no need for them to reapply. However, they have to reconfirm their right. The NHA has already allocated 252 projects containing 323,474 units to owners. Of this total, 158,726 units are already signed and contracted. Out of those, there are 26,780 completed units that have already been delivered to their occupants. After the completion of construction and occupation by the residents, the NHA has to be responsible for community management in order to improve the quality of life of community members. The Eua-Arthorn culture has been crafted as a tool to encourage the community to have a “caring-for-each other” culture in four distinct areas: physical culture, economic culture, service culture and social culture. These ideals should create a livable community consisting of residents who help, care for and respect each other’s rights.
