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Turkey needs a faster pace in new household construction for millions of residents left homeless after last year’s devastating earthquake, a UN official tells dpa. “There is a huge population of people who need housing. There’s housing coming on stream, but there’s really not enough,” says the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative Louisa Vinton. The UN estimates that the twin earthquakes in February last year left at least 3.3 million people homeless in south-eastern Turkey. Decent housing and supporting locals’ livelihood remain two urgent needs after one year, Vinton told d…

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