Revealed a comprehensive government plan to address the housing crisis .. These details

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2018/5/11

Revealed a comprehensive government plan to address the housing crisis .. These details Story_img_5cd6ea20dfd58

[ltr]{Baghdad: Al Furat News} A senior Iraqi official revealed that the current government is considering a comprehensive plan to address the housing crisis, over the next five years.[/ltr]

[ltr]The official, who declined to be identified, said in a press statement that the plan "includes the opening of investment in the residential sector and the amendment of the law to rent housing to protect investors," noting that "the current law was approved in the eighties of the last century, and was unfair to real estate investors and led to And the tendency to invest in commercial real estate rather than residential. " [/ltr]
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He added that "the plan of the distribution of residential land will include all segments in all cities of Iraq, and will support the construction materials and reduce the price, and continue the policy of soft loans to citizens of government banks," pointing out that "the attempts of previous governments touched the problem, but financial corruption was a killer Those attempts ". [/ltr]
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The official said that "the most important reasons for the failure of previous plans is reflected in the political obstacles and differences between blocs and parties, considering that the current Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, has a greater chance to reduce the housing crisis, as it does not belong to any party or political. [/ltr]
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The Council of Ministers voted earlier this month to distribute land to citizens. The Council set distribution controls. The Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works will set up suitable areas in all governorates, districts and districts in coordination with the competent authorities. [/ltr]
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Observers and economists confirm that the continued delay in resolving the crisis is aggravated and puts the population at the mercy of the market, stressing that the distribution of land in this form and the lack of delivery services to make the overall plan failed in advance. [/ltr]
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According to the population density of Iraq, the general distribution is 15 citizens per square kilometer, according to the total area of Iraq (more than 437 thousand square kilometers), which is good if the services are available.
"The size of the housing crisis and its current and future impact on citizens necessitates the enactment of a special law and the development of a practical plan based on a realistic field study carried out within a clear and specific time frame," MP Hazem al-Khalidi said in a statement after a meeting with the Minister of Construction, Housing and Municipalities. [/ltr]
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Al-Khalidi explained that "Iraq currently needs two million and seven hundred thousand housing units, taking into account the growth of the population and therefore we need an additional two hundred and fifty thousand housing units annually." [/ltr]
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The "slums" set up by citizens after 2003 on the lands of the ministries is a major obstacle to resolving the housing crisis, especially as they occupy large areas of the country. [/ltr]
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For his part, the governor of Baghdad, Falah al-Jazairi, that "the expansion in the capital, and the presence of a lot of unused land, led to increased abuses and irregularities, which called for the preservation to send official memos to the security authorities and the Prime Minister to remove them, because they hinder their projects," calling at a conference A former journalist to "inventory their land and exploit them in productive projects instead of leaving them for abuses and building slums on them." [/ltr]
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The Parliament affirms its intention to remove these slums and distribute land to citizens. In this context.
"The causes of the housing crisis are due to the spread of slums and encroachments on the state land, as well as the period of political rivalry that the country is going through, and the lack of highlighting the poor people," said Sallam al-Shammari, a member of the alliance. [/ltr]
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He pointed out that "there is a parliamentary proposal to grant social welfare recipients a piece of land with services and infrastructure, and a loan of Mesra by 30 million dinars." [/ltr]
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"We can not rely on the government, because it is incapable of doing so because of corruption," said a member of the parliamentary economy and investment committee, MP Riad al-Tamimi. [/ltr]
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He criticized the member of the Committee on Economy and Investment parliamentary, government actions, noting that "the government work in Iraq is not regulated and is not aimed at finding services for citizens, but work is based on a vision of employees," pointing out that "slums in the country was established by influential parties, Of the government and sell them to citizens. " [/ltr]
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He called Tamimi, the political blocs, to "work to support the government to build a sovereign state, while preserving the rights of citizens in Iraq." [/ltr]
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The number of attempts by successive governments to solve the housing crisis, three attempts, since 2003 until now, all of which did not result in any solutions.
These attempts varied between the opening of financial loans to citizens known as housing loans, the provision of building materials at subsidized prices, and the distribution of residential land with an area ranging from 200 to 250 meters on different segments of the citizens.[/ltr]

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