Shelter Assistant for IDPs, Returnees and host communities in Aden Hundreds of thousands have been displaced and given the current security situation, the needs and vulnerabilities of IDPs have increased and their ability to cope in dire circumstances strained, they wither live with family relative or collective centers, relying on shared resources in cramped spaces. Also in some areas, and some IDPs doesn’t even have shelter and live in the open air, also there has been increasing in the returnees number in some partially stabled governorates, yet those returnees needs and vulnerabilities have increased, affording shelter rent in their current situation is very difficult, since some of them doesn’t get their salaries due to liquidity issue, some has lost their source of income, and some their houses were affected by the war and it’s not suitable to live in. Paying rent and life essentials became a struggle for those people, most of them is spending their income savings or get into debt to afford it, which may lead those soon to poverty.
 SHS seek to intervene with shelter assistance project, The project is Life-Saving Assistance to Conflict Affected Population IDP’s, Returnees, and host community in Governorate of Aden in Dar Saad, district, to support those affected people in Aden governorate in shelter and NFIs and by the provision of Shelter rent for those who are in most need, distribution of NFIs for IDPs, provision of return kits for returnees. These ways of interventions are designed to respond immediately to the IDPS/ returnees most urgent needs, mostly caused by the ongoing conflict to help them coping with their new living situation and to improve their general living conditions with strong consideration to their dignity.
  Criteria:
-	Households of IDPs / Returnees / Host community
-	They don’t have shelter (lives in collective centers) or open air/ they don’t have proper shelter (partially damaged by war).
-	Difficulty to afford apartment rent: they don’t have sustainable income (their income was affected due to the drawbacks of cash liquidity in the country/ salary arrears, etc.).
-	Poor families in need.
-	HHs headed by women.
-	HHs with disability.
         Also Shelter Cluster beneficiary selection criteria will be implemented:
-	Families live in the same house without privacy (that may resulting protection concern issues).  
-	Unaccompanied and separated children under 18 years of age. 
-	Unaccompanied elderly persons of concern over 60 years of age, who lack support from their community. 
-	Single parent taking care of a child with disability.
-	Single women combining an additional vulnerability element, such as: Medical condition. 
-	Persons with disabilities, who due to their disability cannot support themselves, those, include persons with physical and mental disabilities.
-	Couples with one spouse bed ridden or suffering a medical problem which can prevent the other partner from work. 
-	Single pregnant women can be assisted starting their 7 months pregnancy for 6 months.
-	 Persons with serious health problems who, because of their health situation, cannot support themselves or their families. 
-	Women with special needs who cannot support themselves or their families. 
-	Household headed by minors.  

Methodology:
-	The selection of HHs with Difficulty to afford the rent or HH don’t have shelter/ don’t have proper shelter, will be based on lists of IDPs and Returnees in deep need provided by local authorities and community leaders, SHS MampE team will conduct quick check up on their current shelter and income situation (a letter from his work shows how much salary is, also shows last month they receive it) before conducting the project, for accurate selectin according to the criteria.
-	The selection of (Families lives in the same house without privacy) will take place at the beginning of project, were personal interviews with the pre-selected HHs will be conducted before final enrollment in the project.