Proposal approved to revive Dilapidated Houses Project
TDT | Manama
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The Southern Municipal Council yesterday approved a proposal from member Ahmed Abdullah Al Abdullah to revive the Dilapidated Houses Project under the Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture, working with municipal councils.
The scheme is intended to secure safe, suitable homes for low-income citizens and raise housing standards across the Kingdom. The file sat with the ministry and the councils from early 2008.
After Cabinet Decision No. 2133/06 of 23 October 2011, it moved to the Ministry of Housing, with the transfer taking effect in 2012.
According to the submission, the project then stalled. In 2017, Housing set an approach that treated cases under the same terms as a home-repair loan, which, the proposer argues, shut out many households in need.
The paper says a BD20,000 loan ceiling is too small to cover demolition and a rebuild, while about BD30,000 is nearer the mark.
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