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“Hiyaa” Flats

MWSC Completes Sewer Network for Hiyaa Flats

MWSC Completes Sewer Network for Hiyaa Flats

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Male’ Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC) has announced that the installation of the sewer network for the Hiyaa flats, located in Hulhumale’ Phase 2, has been completed. In a tweet regarding the progress of the water and sewerage network for the 7,000 units being constructed under the Hiyaa Public Housing Scheme, MWSC revealed that 59 […]

HDC to Lease Units for Provision in Hiyaa Commercial in Hulhumale’ Phase Two

HDC to Lease Units for Provision in Hiyaa Commercial in Hulhumale’ Phase Two

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Housing Development Corporation has announced that units in Hiyaa Commercial will be leased for provisional uses in Hulhumale’ Phase 2. HDC is seeking potential and competent parties to submit proposals for the lease of units for the provision of a pharmacy, cafeteria, clinic, grocery store and supermarket in Hiyaa Commercial in Hulhumale’ Phase 2. Units […]

Public Invited to Submit Complaints Regarding Point Allocations for Temporary List of Flat Applicants

Public Invited to Submit Complaints Regarding Point Allocations for Temporary List of Flat Applicants

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The Committee Investigating Public Housing Schemes has invited the public to submit complaints disputing the points allocated to any person on the temporary lists of flat applicants, through the Committee’s dedicated complaints portal. The Committee announced this via a statement published in the Government Gazette today, regarding the complaints portal for the temporary list of […]

Government Publicises Temporary List of Hiyaa Flat Applicants

Government Publicises Temporary List of Hiyaa Flat Applicants

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The Government has today publicised the temporary lists of applicants for flats under the ‘Hiyaa Public Housing Project’. The lists pertain to the following categories: H4 (Doctors and Nurses), H5 (Teachers), H8 (Male’ Resident) and H10 (Persons with Disabilities and Family). The lists have now been published in the Government’s gazette at https://www.gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/view/132700. The Committee […]

The Dangers in Hiyaa 7000 Housing Project- Planning, Design & Safety

The Dangers in Hiyaa 7000 Housing Project- Planning, Design & Safety

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Photo credits: HDC Architects Association Maldives has published an Observation Report upon completing the AAM Visits to the “Hiyaa 7000 Housing Project” in the newly developed Phase 2 of Hulhumalé. In the observation report, AAM covered 4 main areas of concern; planning, design, fire safety, and security. Photo credits: Architecture Association Maldives Planning According to […]

Minister Aslam Assures Hiyaa Flat Rent Below MVR 7000

Minister Aslam Assures Hiyaa Flat Rent Below MVR 7000

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Mohamed Aslam, Minister of National Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure, assured the monthly rent of the flats developed under the ‘Hiyaa Project’ would not be higher than MVR 7,000, on Monday. The statement was made by the in the middle of the conflict between the present and former governments over the ‘Hiyaa Project’, regarding the flats’ […]