KEY FACTS
At the end of July, the Shelter Cluster response was 22% funded. 7/15 partners and 11/24 projects included in the HRP have received partial funding.
269 households have received a shelter response in 2016, 71 responses are ongoing while 27 cases are pending legal advice or additional beneficiary coordination.
For the period from Jan to end of July 2016:
Demolition or confiscations of all structures have affected 2,945 people so far in 2016. 98 communities in Area C and EJ have been impacted. In 13 communities most or all of the structures in the community were destroyed. 28% of structures demolished in 2016 were previously affected by demolition.
The residential demolition monthly average in 2016 is 44 compared to 17 in 2015.
Although there was a decrease in the rate of demolitions during June-July, since the end of Ramadan on July 6th , 54 structures have been demolished, 52 in East Jerusalem.
The 188 donor-funded structures demolished in 2016 is 174% of those in 2015. 96% of beneficiaries of shelter assistance remain in their locale 45-90 days after the assistance is provided. There is an urgent need to increase the consolidation of inadequate structures in order to reduce the likelihood of displacement.