Available evidence and trends indicate that MPC alone will not guarantee people have adequate shelter. MPC can, however, contribute to shelter outcomes by addressing some of the financial barriers to having adequate shelter, for example by enabling people to pay for rental and/or utility costs, or contribute towards house repairs. However, minimum standards of quality shelter cannot be guaranteed with MPC alone. If the objective of the program is to provide adequate shelter this must be addressed through shelter-specific programming and/or complementary interventions. It is important to use these indicators even if the affected population are largely able to access shelter at the current time. Vulnerability to losing shelter may only come to light through using these indicators and the programming that may follow on.
The indicators are based on the perceptions of MPC recipients, and therefore cannot be used to confirm that technical standards have been met. They could, however, identify issues which should be referred to a technical Shelter team or trigger shelter-specific programming or complementary interventions.
