LAHORE – Punjab Minister for Housing and Urban Development MianMehmood-ur-Rasheed on Sunday said that single and double storey independenthousing units would also be available under Naya Pakistan Housing Schemefor low-income families.
Giving details in this regard, he said that these housing units would beavailable in Renala Khurd (Okara), Chishtian and Lodhran districts.
The minister said that down payment for these houses has been reduced from20 per cent to 10 per cent to facilitate the deserving families by thePunjab government.
The applicants, who have already submitted their applications in thesedistricts and were desirous of getting independent houses, can also fileadditional applications for change of houses without any token money, hesaid and added that such applicants could also avail the facility of 10pcdown payment.
He said that district Lodhran had also been included in the first phase ofthe scheme and Prime Minister Imran Khan would inaugurate Naya PakistanHousing Scheme in Lodhran.
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The minister said that application forms can be submitted in the nominatedbranches of the Bank of Punjab in the above-mentioned districts by March 31.
He said that arrangements were being made to give interest-freeQarz-e-Hasna of Rs 500,000 to the low-income segments of society forconstructing homes.The PTI government was pursuing a vigorous policy for providing shelter tothe low-income families, concluded the minister.
