State Minister: Construction of many housing units will be done by mid-2023

State Minister for Housing Akram Kamaluddin told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that construction of many of the housing units would be complete by the middle of next year.

Akram and Deputy Housing Minister Mohamed Azim were summoned to the Parliament’s National Development and Heritage Committee for an update regarding the progress of government housing schemes on Tuesday morning.

“The construction of many of the housing units will be complete by mid-2023. It is going ahead as scheduled,” said Akram.

Akram said there were 60 housing projects currently in progress across Maldives. 14,528 units will be built under the projects.

He said that 2,159 units were scheduled to be complete this year, and 2,429 units were expected to be complete next year.

The remaining 3,360 units are expected to be complete in 2024.

720 of the housing units are council housing units, 2,405 are atoll housing units, and 6,370 are affordable housing units. 4,116 units are mid-range to luxury housing units.