Building Sustainable Urban Settlements for Better Life.
Establishment of Planned, Integrated and Sustainable Urban Settlement and Empowering the Community Physically, Socially and Economically.
The Urban Settlement Development Authority (USDA),which was established in 2008 by Parliament Act No. 36 of 2008, is an institution functioning under the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing. The formulation of national policy in relation to urban settlement development and ensuring implementation of such policy, along with the provision of improvements to the living conditions of people in underserved settlements, are the interconnected twin objectives of the establishment of USDA.