The Kirtipur Housing Project, developed in the early 2000s, is one of Nepal’s most important examples of community-led squatter relocation. Instead of treating relocation as just a housing construction project, it focused on building a long-term and sustainable community. The project introduced two-story row housing within a planned neighborhood layout, with open spaces, road access, rainwater harvesting, and decentralized wastewater treatment systems. Families were directly involved in planning