This paper aims to clarify actual condition of permanent housing and its residents' livelihood rehabilitation in two resettlements respectively in and outskirts of Banda Aceh Municipality (BNA) constructed from six to eight years after Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004. Our research was first done by questionnaire survey to all the permanent houses followed by the detailed interview survey to a particular community unit. The paper focuses on Tzu Chi Resettlement in Kelurahan Panteriek in BNA and China Charity Federation Resettlement in Aceh Besar. According to the result of questionnaire survey, most residents from both resettlement sites turned out to live in BNA before, especially in the coastal Kecamatans. However many residents in Tzu Chi Resettlement were former house/land owners who moved in with various reasons. Contrary to that, those in Chinese Resettlement were mostly former tenants who rented houses in BNA. Examination on the livelihood rehabilitation chiefly focuses on occupation, formation of community and intention to reside permanently in the resettlement.
