Although Chiang Mai’s once-in-decades flood retreated from the city within days, several poor urban communities – many of which are in the city’s worst-affected areas – are facing the huge task of cleaning their homes and working through several layers of red tape before they can be compensated by the local government.

<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ad34ef6e-552f-a634-0d1e-d16cff8803e2">A civil society organisation for the poor rejected the junta’s subsidised state housing project, saying that the project is not compatible with the livelihoods of the urban poor. &nbsp;</span></p>