Abstract:
Social Challenges faced by families due to relocation needs to acquire great attention from
the society. Though there were relocations, happening in the past, current relocation
programs administered by the government are new to the Sri Lankan context and thus no
significant research was conducted on the methods and issues due to such relocation
projects. Therefore, careful intervention to identify those issues is highly needed. The
objective of the research is developed as, to determine social challenges faced by families
after relocation, considering a case study Housing complex of “Mihindu Senpura”. Based on
the thorough literature review conducted, a solid methodology was developed to address the
objectives of the research. With purposive and convenient sampling techniques, a total
sample of 72 residents were questioned, through three data collection tools namely,
questionnaire surveys, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. As research
methods, qualitative and quantitative data techniques were used. As for the findings of the
research through qualitative and quantitative analysis, it has been identified that the main
challenges faced by the residents from relocated families are income generation; lack of
space in the housing units; safety & security; neighbors, relationships & belonging ness and
leisure & other cultural activities. As for the future researches, it is needed to recommend that
more social researches need to be conducted on the topics such as mega scale relocation and
the issues encountered, since there are number of relocation projects in pipeline
