Al-Zaydi announces the launch of the “One Million Plots of Residential Land” project (Homeland Initiative) in Karbala Governorate
Al-Zaydi announces the launch of the “One Million Plots of Residential Land” project (Homeland Initiative) in Karbala Governorate
2026-10-10
Shafaq News – Karbala
Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi laid the foundation stone today, Saturday, for the project of one million residential plots (Homeland Initiative) in Karbala Governorate.
Al-Zaydi had arrived earlier in the day in Karbala and met with its governor, Nassif Jassim al-Khattabi.
In mid-September, the National Investment Commission identified the city of Karbala as the first starting point for implementing the initiative to distribute one million residential plots of land, while procedures to prepare the lands included in the initiative continue in a number of other governorates.
The “Homeland Initiative” is a large-scale governmental and service program aimed at addressing the housing crisis and distributing one million residential plots of land throughout Iraq.
Official estimates indicate that between 3 and more than 9 million people live in informal settlements, while the Ministry of Planning confirms the existence of about 104,000 completely informal housing units housing between 500,000 and 600,000 people, revealing a housing gap that goes beyond traditional figures and puts the country before a complex developmental test.
The Prime Minister’s Media Office had previously confirmed to Shafaq News Agency that the residential land plots within the “Homeland” initiative would be completely free, and would include all Iraqi families whose members do not own a housing unit or property.
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