The Federal National Council (FNC) yesterday approved the formation of a sub-committee to study and recommend the eligibility criteria for loans granted by the Zayed Housing Scheme.
The committee has been asked to speed up identifying the criteria to address the flaws of the present housing system and help in deciding on the pending applications.
The FNC session was attended by Shaikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Public Works, and Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for FNC Affairs.
The meeting discussed the report of the Islamic Affairs and Awqaf (Endowments) and the public facilities provided in the Zayed Housing Scheme.
The council members called for fair treatment in considering the applications. They said the lack of clear policy guidelines had resulted in the delay in deciding on the applications, some of which had been pending for more than 25 years.
This, they said, had raised doubts about the success of the scheme in meeting the housing needs of the nationals.
Shaikh Hamdan bin Mubarak said soft loans for building 40,000 houses, which His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, had ordered, would be distributed among the citizens.
More than 38,000 applications for this scheme had been received. They would be studied separately in order to pick the eligible candidates. These 40,000 houses were scheduled to be constructed within the next five years, he noted.
The applications would be decided according to the applicants’ present situation, including the urgent nature of their need for houses, he said. Complete impartiality would be followed in the distribution of houses, which would be strictly on the basis of the information mentioned in the applications. The ministry would verify the credibility of the information from the municipalities, he said.
Therefore, the lack of information in some applications and failure of applicants to update the same according to their living conditions would be taken as proof that they were not in dire need of loans, he said.
Shaikh Hamdan called on the media to project a clear and proper picture about the eligibility criteria for entitlement and selection of recipients of housing loans.
Meanwhile, the council members sought the drafting of a recommendation to be put forward to the government on withdrawing the grants for housing from the emirates and local governments which do not pay attention to the issue and, instead, give these grants to other entitled emirates which spare no effort in providing a decent life to their citizens.
This, they said, would achieve the principle of equality and meet the needs of the areas, whose residents had been complaining especially regarding their urgent need for houses. Source
The committee has been asked to speed up identifying the criteria to address the flaws of the present housing system and help in deciding on the pending applications.
The FNC session was attended by Shaikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Public Works, and Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for FNC Affairs.
The meeting discussed the report of the Islamic Affairs and Awqaf (Endowments) and the public facilities provided in the Zayed Housing Scheme.
The council members called for fair treatment in considering the applications. They said the lack of clear policy guidelines had resulted in the delay in deciding on the applications, some of which had been pending for more than 25 years.
This, they said, had raised doubts about the success of the scheme in meeting the housing needs of the nationals.
Shaikh Hamdan bin Mubarak said soft loans for building 40,000 houses, which His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, had ordered, would be distributed among the citizens.
More than 38,000 applications for this scheme had been received. They would be studied separately in order to pick the eligible candidates. These 40,000 houses were scheduled to be constructed within the next five years, he noted.
The applications would be decided according to the applicants’ present situation, including the urgent nature of their need for houses, he said. Complete impartiality would be followed in the distribution of houses, which would be strictly on the basis of the information mentioned in the applications. The ministry would verify the credibility of the information from the municipalities, he said.
Therefore, the lack of information in some applications and failure of applicants to update the same according to their living conditions would be taken as proof that they were not in dire need of loans, he said.
Shaikh Hamdan called on the media to project a clear and proper picture about the eligibility criteria for entitlement and selection of recipients of housing loans.
Meanwhile, the council members sought the drafting of a recommendation to be put forward to the government on withdrawing the grants for housing from the emirates and local governments which do not pay attention to the issue and, instead, give these grants to other entitled emirates which spare no effort in providing a decent life to their citizens.
This, they said, would achieve the principle of equality and meet the needs of the areas, whose residents had been complaining especially regarding their urgent need for houses. Source
No comments:
Post a Comment