REHAB wants to build 22,000 flats in city

Real Estate & Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) on Sunday said it wants to build 22,000 apartments in the city’s Uttara and Kamrangirchar areas opposing the government plan to award the job to Malaysia. A REHAB delegation, led by its president Mokarram Hossain Khan, Sunday met Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain at his ministry office and placed the demand. The REHAB president requested the minister to award the construction works to members of the association saying, “Now there’re some 22,000 flats of its members that remain unsold. So, such foreign investment will deepen the crisis in the country’s housing sector.” Mokarram also said they (local realtors) are interested to be partners of the government in construction of flats in surrounding areas of the capital and other cities. In response, Mosharraf Hossain suggested the REHAB delegation to meet the finance minister for his support for the overall stimulation of the housing sector saying that awarding the work for the construction work of some flats to local realtors will not solve the problem, according to a news agency.