Contradictory statistics about the provision of land for the national housing movement – Tejaratnews
According to Tejarat News, 19 months ago, during the election season of the 13th presidential term, all the candidates emphasized the construction of housing, but Seyed Ebrahim Raisi was the only candidate who announced the number of 4 million for the construction of housing. This means, on average, one million housing units should be built annually in the 13th government, which is evidence that a big step has not been taken in this regard.
Surveys show that the most important step for housing construction is providing land. The land has the largest share in the cost of each house. According to statistics, securing land in Iran should not be so difficult.
Abolfazl Nowrozi, director general of the housing office of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, said in a special news interview on January 23: “Currently, our residential areas comprise less than one percent of the country’s land.”
Despite the importance of the National Housing Movement Plan and 3,600,000 qualified applicants, the correct statistics of the progress and land prepared for this plan are not announced.
On the 20th of February, Mohsen Mansouri, head of the presidential institution and executive vice president, announced the provision of land for the construction of 4 million housing units.
This is despite the fact that on January 12, Mohammad Mokhbar, the first vice president, announced another statistic, according to him
The land required for the construction of 2,400,000 residential units is ready.
On the same day, Mehrdad Pazarpash, the Minister of Roads and Urban Development, on the sidelines of the meeting with the members of the civil commission, presented different statistics compared to the statistics of the first vice president and the executive vice president. According to him, more than 24 thousand hectares of land are ready for the construction of 1 million houses.
The story of conflicting statistics does not end here; The head of the National Land and Housing Organization, Arslan Maliki, on March 17, while attending the first-line program, said about the state of land supply for the National Housing Movement: “So far, 28 thousand hectares of land belonging to the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development have been allocated to the National Housing Movement. has been annexed. 22 thousand 200 hectares of lands belonging to the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development are also in the process of being annexed to the city.
The rest of the identified lands are in the administrative process for registration, and it is not clear how long these processes will continue. Meanwhile, the news base of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development announced the acquisition of more than 71,000 hectares of land within the boundaries of the cities on 19 February 1401.
After a long time has passed since the 13th government started working and notified the mission of building housing to the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, it is still not clear which person or organization is in charge of announcing accurate and official statistics in the National Movement Department.