Housing Ministry to start receiving Tamooh applications

TDT | Manama

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Her Excellency Amna bint Ahmed Al Rumaihi, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, announced that the ministry has completed its preparations to begin receiving applications for the Tamooh (Ambitions) programme from next Thursday.

This is in line with the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to lower the maximum monthly instalments for beneficiaries of the Mazaya programme by increasing the government’s financial support, and to direct the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning to diversify housing options and solutions that meet citizens’ aspirations.

Al Rumaihi expressed gratitude to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for the continued support for the social housing sector, and to HRH Prince Salman for the directives to develop housing programmes and services and expand the range of options available to citizens, contributing to social stability and the provision of suitable housing for Bahraini families.

She said that citizens wishing to benefit from the Tamooh programme may submit their applications via the government e-portal or the ministry’s website.

The Minister noted that the programme allows beneficiaries of Tas’heel and Tas’heel+ financing, as well as previous beneficiaries of financing for purchasing ownership apartments, to obtain an additional government-subsidised financing of BD20,000 to move to a larger property.

Regarding the programme mechanism, she said that Tamooh, which was first announced during the Innovation Summit in the Social Housing Sector in April, enables beneficiaries of Tas’heel and Tas’heel+ financing to apply for an additional subsidised financing of BD20,000 after ten years from the date of their main financing, should they wish to sell their apartment and purchase a larger property that meets their needs.