Govt plans 1 lakh flats for low-income people: Housing minister

Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher today (28
June) said the government has undertaken a number of short and long-term
initiatives to address the housing problems of low-income people by ensuring
affordable and rental-based housing facilities across the country, including
the capital.
He made the remarks while replying
to a tabled question by Independent MP Rumeen Farhana from Brahmanbaria-2 in
the Jatiya Sangsad.
The minister said the Detailed Area
Plan (DAP) 2022-2035 prepared by Rajuk has identified 58 locations, including
Korail slum, to ensure affordable housing for low-income people. Around 100,000
flats are planned in these areas through public and private initiatives.
He said an initiative has been taken to implement a phased residential
apartment project for limited-income families on 98 acres of land owned by the
National Housing Authority at Dattapara in Tongi, Gazipur.
Taher also said the National
Housing Authority is planning a project with financial assistance from
development partners to improve the living conditions of low-income residents
in about 37 slums under the city corporations and municipalities of Rajshahi,
Dinajpur, Barishal, Khulna, Kushtia, Mymensingh and Narayanganj.
The minister said the Rajshahi
Development Authority has undertaken an initiative to construct 16 flats on
plot no. 578 of the Padma Residential Area for low-income people.
Similarly, he said, the Khulna
Development Authority has planned a residential apartment project for
low-income families on about eight acres of land at Harintana Mouza in Khulna
city.
The minister further informed the
House that a proposal is under consideration to implement a self-financed or
Public-Private Partnership (PPP)-based project on about 83 kathas of land owned
by the Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) at Saltgola in Chattogram city to
provide affordable rental housing for low-income people.















