Housing price management depends on handing over 99-year land to the people

According to the economic reporter of Fars news agency, the high price of land in Iran is considered as one of the most serious challenges of housing production in the country, and people who intend to produce in this area are facing a high barrier called the high price of land, while Our country is a vast land, and with the supply of land, inflation in the land and housing market can be controlled.

* Land has the largest share in the total cost of housing construction

According to the most up-to-date information of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, land is the most important input for housing production in Iran, and more than 55% of the cost of housing construction is related to the cost of land; While this statistic is less than 25% for successful countries in the field of land and housing.

It may seem that the high price of land in Iran is due to the lack of this economic input, while this is not the case and Iran is a vast country with an area of ​​nearly 165 million hectares. Based on this, experts believe that the available lands in the country are not well used and the lack of supply of land in the country has led to the escalation of prices in the land and housing market.

* The total size of urban areas is only about 0.5% of the size of the country of Iran

In this connection, Seyed Hossein Shakri, an expert in housing and urban development, criticized the land situation in the country in an interview with Fars Economic Correspondent and stated: The total area of ​​urban areas in Iran was nearly 900 thousand hectares.

This housing expert emphasized: Compared to Iran’s 165 million hectares, it is clear that even one percent of the country’s land has not been used for urban development and housing construction, and the overloading of cities has happened only in 0.5 percent of the country’s area.

Shakri stated: It is obvious that the lack of urban development and the lack of supply of land in the country has increased the prices in the land and housing market.

* The transfer of 4 million pieces of land with a size of 400 square meters includes less than 0.1% of the country’s land.

In this regard, Javad Shirzad, an expert in the field of housing, in relation to the country’s capacity to supply land for housing construction, says: based on the available documents and a minimum estimate, more than 10 percent of the country’s land has the possibility of urban development and housing construction, and this number is the capacity It shows a lot for the country to become a home owner for millions of people in the country.

This housing expert emphasized: To hand over 4 million pieces of land with a size of 400 square meters to the people, only 160 thousand hectares of land is needed, which includes less than 0.1% of the country’s land; By handing over land at a low price and 99-year lease, the government can eliminate the high share of land in the cost of housing construction and prepare the ground for the free fall of land prices.

* Iranian cities are among the densest cities in the world

In order to investigate more closely related to the inappropriate use of the country’s land, it is necessary to examine the city density statistics, so the higher this index is, it means that the city is denser and less urban development has happened.

* The density of cities in Iran has increased the cost of housing production and city administration

As it is known, many cities in the world have a density of less than 40 people per hectare and have made good use of the available land in their country for urban development.

This is while Iran’s cities are dense and this high density has increased the cost of housing production and city administration.

With this description, it is clear that the governments and municipalities have increased the price in the land and housing market by densifying the cities; Iran has a very high capacity to supply land and reduce its cost in the cost of housing It is necessary that the government, headed by the president, acts with a more serious will to give cheap and rented land to the people and provide the ground for millions of people in the country to become homeowners.

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