Kathmandu. The government has registered a bill on the Building Act-2083 with a proposal to relocate disaster, unsafe and risky settlements to safer places and construct new houses. <\/p>\n
Minister for Infrastructure and Development Sunil Lamsal has said that the bill has been registered in the Federal Parliament Secretariat with the aim of ensuring the right of every citizen to housing. The bill filed on Friday proposes to guarantee housing for low-income families and ensure safe and orderly housing for middle-income families. <\/p>\n
A grant of up to Rs 75,000 will be provided by the federal government and Rs 25,000 from the provincial government to ensure housing for the poor and indigent citizens. <\/p>\n
In the bill registered by the ministry, a provision has been proposed to provide the necessary river-based and nature-based construction materials free of cost to the first-time citizens of Nepal to build their houses according to the nature design and criteria of the building determined by the government. Similarly, the provision of providing the necessary natural materials free of cost to the citizens applying for the construction of cowsheds has been incorporated. <\/p>\n
The new Building Act and Regulations proposes to construct and provide safe, earthquake-resistant and smart homes that meet basic standards for middle-income citizens. Such houses, costing between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 75 lakh, are proposed to be in an area of 900 to 1,300 lands. <\/p>\n
Provision has been proposed that citizens can get such houses through concessional loans. <\/p>\n
An arrangement has been made to provide the house with an initial payment of Rs 5 lakh in advance and a monthly installment of Rs 11,000 for 15 years. Similarly, an option has been proposed to pay Rs 15,000 per month on an advance payment of Rs 10 lakh, Rs 20,000 per month on an advance of Rs 15 lakh, Rs 30,000 monthly on an advance of Rs 20 lakh and Rs 35,000 per month on an advance of Rs 25 lakh. <\/p>\n
The government has introduced the new Building Act with the objective of legally ensuring the right to housing of every Nepali citizen by incorporating provisions ranging from guarantee of housing to middle income families to safe and well-managed houses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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