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Summary

Under the Government of Nepal (GoN) housing reconstruction programme, a housing reconstruction grant is disbursed based on construction compliance with the Minimum Requirements (MRs) as per the Nepal National Building Code (NBC) and the inspection checklists. Many houses have been found during inspection to be non-compliant with these MRs. These buildings are therefore vulnerable to future earthquakes, as they do not have the required earthquake resistant elements. In order to bring these houses to compliance, corrective measures are required.