Representatives: Distribution of land plots will not solve the housing crisis without providing serv

[size=52]Representatives: Distribution of land plots will not solve the housing crisis without providing services[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Hussein Hatem[/size]
[size=45]Representatives in Parliament believe that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s initiative to distribute plots of land to citizens will not contribute to solving the housing crisis if other components are not available with it, represented by services, and they preferred to establish integrated and serviced housing units.[/size]
[size=45]In a new initiative to end the housing crisis in Iraq, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi launched, last week, a wide campaign to distribute plots of land to citizens of the eligible categories, in a step towards solving the housing crisis in the country.[/size]
[size=45]A member of the Parliamentary Services and Construction Committee, Abbas Al-Atafi, said in an interview with (Al-Mada), that “there are governorates that continue to distribute plots of land to the category of employees with huge areas,” adding, “But when the distribution is supported and directed by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and for many groups, it will have results. It is better because Iraq is experiencing a housing crisis, as the percentage of slums in it reaches 27% of the Iraqi population.”[/size]
[size=45]The Ministry of Planning reported earlier that there are four thousand slums in all governorates, inhabited by about 3,400,000 people, representing 12 percent of the total population throughout the country, most of which are concentrated in Baghdad, Basra and Nineveh, while the rest are distributed differently among other governorates.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Atafi added, "Al-Kazemi's step comes to complement what the previous government, headed by Adel Abdul-Mahdi, put forward," noting that "the previous government had two ideas, namely distributing vacant lands within the population design, and establishing urban cities parallel to city centers."[/size]
[size=45]And the former government of Adel Abdul-Mahdi, after several provinces in the country witnessed popular demonstrations, announced the opening of the door for applications on residential lands designated for low-income people and other groups in all provinces in an attempt to contain the current crisis in the country.[/size]
[size=45]A member of the parliamentary services pointed out that “the government of Abdul-Mahdi completed its designs months before the resignation and succeeded in providing plots of land in the governorates of (Basra, Wasit, Najaf, Salah al-Din),” adding, “But the plots of land are not feasible if they are established without services.”[/size]
[size=45]The member of the House of Representatives indicates that "Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi's initiative will contribute significantly to solving the housing crisis and the activity of the economic movement in the field of construction and reconstruction."[/size]
[size=45]In turn, a member of the Parliamentary Economy and Investment Committee, Nada Shaker Jawdat, said in an interview with (Al-Mada), that "Al-Kazemi's initiative will have positive effects if the means are available that contribute to housing, not just the distribution of land," wondering, "How can the poor classes manage and build these plots". ?”[/size]
[size=45]Jawdat believes that "the best initiative is to build housing units and distribute them in installments to solve the housing and slum crisis."[/size]
[size=45]The Parliamentary Economy member ruled out that “Al-Kazemi’s initiative would be an electoral program,” stressing that the latter would not run in the upcoming elections.[/size]
[size=45]According to studies prepared by the United Nations, Iraq needs 3.5 million housing units, and this number is increasing annually as a result of the continuous rise of Iraq's population, which is increasing by nearly one million per year.[/size]
[size=45]For his part, citizen Ali Ahmed, who lives in slums, says that “all those who ruled Iraq after 2003 are similar in intentions and promises,” pointing out that “until now we have not seen real promises that we can count on and say that it is really a serious government.”[/size]
[size=45]Ahmed adds to Al-Mada, asking, "Has Al-Kazemi succeeded in uncovering the killers of the demonstrators, arresting the perpetrators of the assassination, or imposing his will and authority in order to succeed in resolving the housing crisis?"[/size]
[size=45]He hopes to "reside in a house and streets that are up to the required level, away from slums and the lack of services."[/size]
[size=45][You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]