We are not going to build one million houses a year!

According to Tejarat News, Rostam Ghasemi, Minister of Roads and Urban Development, on the sidelines of the farewell ceremony and introduction of the CEO of the Railway Company of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in response to a question about why the aircraft ticket price has not been determined yet. Have they increased the rate of domestic flights? He said: “The price of plane tickets had increased due to the observance of health protocols, especially the 60% passenger admission limit on domestic flights. We hope that we can adjust the price of plane tickets by improving the country in terms of the spread of the Corona virus and removing this restriction.”

He added: “60% restriction of passenger acceptance in the public transport fleet has occurred based on the approvals of the National Anti-Corona Headquarters, which we are currently discussing in the meetings of the National Anti-Corona Headquarters to make changes in these protocols.”

Details of the construction of four million housing units in the 13th government

The Minister of Roads and Urban Development also said in response to a question about how and details of the construction of four million housing units in the 13th government: Rasta recently passed a good law in parliament last month that could go a long way in helping people become homeowners.

Ghasemi continued: “Of course, the promise to build four million housing units in the 13th government does not mean that one million units will be built every year.” Because we all know that building a house takes about a year and a half. Therefore, we announced from the beginning that we should start with about two million housing units in the first place, and now its executive operation is about to begin.

He added: “Also, based on the latest information obtained from the National Land and Housing Organization, more than 800 cities in the country were surveyed and lands were identified, which is actually enough to build two million houses.” Also, one of the measures we have put on the agenda in this regard is the creation of a land bank in the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, which we announced a month ago, and this bank will be established in the next three months, and this will happen by the end of the announced deadline.

Approval of a loan of 400 million Tomans for housing

The Minister of Roads and Urban Development explained about the methods of financing the construction of housing as follows: مالی Financial resources for housing construction have been predicted and according to the law, up to 360 thousand billion Tomans will be allocated to this project and so that we can provide appropriate facilities. In this regard, we have determined and paid proposals to the Monetary and Credit Council, which will be approved next Saturday.

Ghasemi added: “According to the proposals submitted to the Monetary and Credit Council, the ceiling of the facilities intended for provincial centers is 400 million Tomans and for villages is 250 million Tomans.” Applicants can register in the system after these steps and enter the scheme according to Form “C”, which will be amended soon.

According to him, the construction of housing is not only on the agenda by calling on mass builders and various cooperatives, but we are also providing facilities to people who own land. On the other hand, according to its latest commitment, the Housing Foundation will build 400,000 housing units in this project. We also have 200,000 rural and urban housing units on the agenda, and the Relief Committee, Welfare and Foundation for the Underprivileged have pledged to build 520,000 housing units, although these projects have begun.

The Minister of Roads and Urban Development, stating that the Cooperative Fund of the Ministry of Labor is also planning to build housing for workers in the framework of this plan, said: Of course, the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development or government departments are not going to build houses, .

Negotiation with foreign countries for construction in Iran

Ghasemi announced: “We are negotiating with some foreign countries to bring technical knowledge, industrialization into the country and start building housing using Iranian workers and materials in the country.” We can also use various financing methods such as financing, oil refining and… to build housing.

“We are looking to implement a professional rental plan like in developed countries,” he said. Also, about 300,000 housing units are being built annually, and we intend to fulfill our promise of building four million housing units by the end of the 13th government by increasing its speed and number.

Negotiations with Iraq to launch the Shalamcheh-Basra railway

The Minister of Roads and Urban Development also said about the latest situation of the Shalamcheh-Basra railway line: “We held talks with the Iraqi side during Al-Kazemi’s recent visit to Iran.” We intend to build the 32-kilometer Shalamcheh-Basra railway quickly, because despite the technical problems of the Iraqi railway, this short route can connect us to this neighboring country and finally to the Mediterranean Sea.

I am not under pressure to choose managers

In response to a question about whether it is said that you are under pressure to elect your deputies and managers in the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and they give you many suggestions, he said: “This is not true at all because I always decide to choose my managers myself.” I take it and no one can put pressure on me.

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