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Ansaar Management Company AMC



Jawad Aslam
Founder

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Jawad is the Founder/CEO of Ansaar Management Company (AMC), the first for-profit hybrid developer/construction management company in Pakistan currently developing master-planned communities targeting lower-income segments using hybrid incremental and ready-made construction techniques. AMC has also been a leader in convincing the provincial governments to restructure their low-income housing policies. Previously, Jawad worked as a project manager at Saiban, a non-profit pioneer in low-income housing in Pakistan as well as spent a year as a Fellow at Acumen Fund to work on the for-profit business model. Prior to moving to Pakistan, Jawad worked in the real estate development sector in the US for several years and graduated with an MBA from the University of Baltimore.


Country:  Pakistan
Region:  South Asia
Mission: 

To provide innovative affordable housing solutions to the lower income segments of the Pakistani population, and to create vibrant and empowered communities.


Sector:  Housing
Year Founded:  2008
Website:  Ansaar Management Company
Description: 

AMC targets households earning USD 150 to 300 per month, and specializes in community-based approaches. It is the only for-profit, low-income housing developer in the country that focuses on scalability and long-term sustainability. AMC, as a developer, identifies large tracts of land in the peri-urban areas of major cities of Pakistan and prepares business plans/feasibility studies for prospective investors. Once an investor, which could be from the public sector or the private sector, has committed to a specific project, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) is created for that investment based upon equity contributions. In order to minimize risk for investors, the SPV holds the land title and obtains project financing to develop the project .


Social Impact: 

Primary: 3000 units to households earning USD 150 to 300 per month.
Secondary:

  • Proper education to 3000 families
  • Proper healthcare facilities to 3000 families
  • Empowered community development to ensure long term self sustainability of each community at multiple levels
  • Clean drinking water to 20,000 people
  • Proper sanitation to 20,000 people
  • Zero-waste systems in all developments
  • Recycled wastewater for horticulture