National Housing Authority (Bangladesh) Explained

National Housing Authority
Formation:15 July 2001
Headquarters:Segunbagicha, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region Served:Bangladesh
Language:Bengali
Website:National Housing Authority

National Housing Authority is a Bangladesh government regulatory agency under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.[1] [2]

History

National Housing Authority traces its origins to two different organizations, Housing and Settlement Directorate and Deputy Commissioner Settlement. After the Partition of India, millions of refugees flowed in Pakistan. The government responded by creating a Housing Wing in the Works, Power, and Irrigation Ministry to provide housing to the refugees and low-income families. In 1971, the Housing Wing was updated to the Housing and Settlement Directorate. In 2000, the Parliament of Bangladesh passed the National Housing Authority Act. The Housing and Settlement Directorate and Deputy Commissioner Settlement were combined to form the National Housing Authority on 15 July 2001.[3]

The agency builds housing for low income families throughout Bangladesh.[4] The agency also carries out eviction on government land.[5] In 2017, the NHA was constructing 34 housing projects throughout Bangladesh.[6] On 30 January 2019, a former Joint Secretary of the National Housing Authority, Rafiqul Mohammed, was sentenced to five years in jail for forging legal deeds to steal government land.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Govt to build more houses for slum people . 28 June 2019 . The Daily Star . 5 August 2015 . en.
  2. News: Govt housing projects in two districts in progress . 28 June 2019 . The Daily Star . 15 November 2010 . en.
  3. Web site: National Housing Authority\ . nha.gov.bd . NHA . 28 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190628224350/https://nha.gov.bd/pages/view/history . 28 June 2019 . dead .
  4. News: Govt housing projects in two districts in progress . 28 June 2019 . The Daily Star . 15 November 2010 . en.
  5. News: Bhasantek Slums: Thousands evicted in NHA drive . 28 June 2019 . The Daily Star . 20 February 2019 . en.
  6. News: National Housing Authority implementing 34 projects . 28 June 2019 . theindependentbd.com.
  7. News: Abuse of power: Ex-joint secy gets 5-yr jail . 28 June 2019 . The Daily Star . 30 January 2019 . en.