By John Lee. The Iraqi Cabinet has approval a doubling in the capital of the Iraqi Housing Fund. The capital will increase from 1 trillion to 2 trillion Iraqi dinars ($1.4 billion), with the additional funds to be paid by the Ministry of Finance. (Source: Office of the Prime Minister)
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has announced increased funding for the housing sector, and the cancellation of interest on "old and current" loans. It said it has allocated 1 trillion dinars [$685 million] to the Real Estate Bank and about 900 billion dinars [$616 million] to the Housing Fund. (Source: CBI)
By John Lee. Prime Minister Dr. Haider Al-Abadi has approved the procedures for issuing loans from the housing fund, allocated from the central bank's budget of five trillion Iraqi dinars ($4.2 billion). The loans will be distributed to the provinces as per the percentage of population (80 percent) and the degree of poverty (20 percent) […]
