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Vilufushi MP Riyaz Rasheed (R) pictured during a parliamentary committee meeting. MIHAARU FILE PHOTO/NISHAN ALI The Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure did not divulge the specifically requested details on how 661 flats from this government’s first social housing project were given to applicants, revealed the parliamentary Committee on Oversight of the Government on Thursday. The […]
Housing Minister Muizzu speaks at press conference about the government’s first social housing project. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The monthly rent of the 661 flats to be leased under the government’s first social housing project is MVR 6,000 with a down payment of MVR 25,000, announced the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Dr Mohamed Muizzu on […]
A man files a complaint at the housing ministry regarding the distribution of flats in the government’s first social housing project. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The government late on Tuesday night released the final list of flat recipients from its first social housing project, which has been steeped in controversy. Nearly four years after 15,000 hopefuls […]
On-going development of flats in Hulhumale. PHOTO/HDC In order to fulfil government’s affordable housing pledge, approximately 8,000 new flats will be developed next year, President Abdulla Yameen claimed on Sunday night. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the vocational training programme held for young photographers, the president said that the government’s aim is to create […]
Members of the Committee on Oversight of the Government hold meeting to discuss the government’s controversial flat distribution from its first social housing project. PHOTO/MIHAARU Parliamentary Committee on Oversight of the Government has issued a five-day period for the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure to inform the committee how the government had distributed flats from […]