Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said various departments of her government have undertaken massive projects to ensure housing facilities for the people.
“Due to this major commitment by the government, everyone will receive housing facilities,” she said in response to a question by Enamul Haque, treasury bench member of the Rajshahi 4 constituency at the National Parliament on Wednesday.
The prime minister also said the government has completed the construction of 2,399 plots as part of 12 projects, and 919 residential flats as part of five other projects across different districts of the country.
“Presently, there are 3,084 plots that are part of 20 plot projects and 7,079 flats that are part of 18 flat projects which are now being built. The government has undertaken a further 16 plot projects with 3,017 plots, as well as 19 flat projects with 19,918 flats to provide housing facilities for homeless people,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina informed the parliament that the government has built 30,744 houses by providing Tk191.96 crore as loans at a 5.5% interest rate for clients. These were built between July 2009 and September 2018 for homeless, poor, and lower income groups in order to mitigate the housing crisis.
In the meantime, the government included 65,710 people in its housing facility program by constructing 13,142 houses at a cost of Tk92 crore – between March 15, 2016 and September 2018 – following the announcement of the “Houses for All” project, she said.