'Public, private venture in housing programmes to be encouraged'

Federal Minister for Housing and Works Rehmatullah Kakar has said the government has embarked upon gigantic housing for all programme and would facilitate public private partnership for expeditious accomplishment of housing projects. It was for the first time in the history of the country that construction of housing units at large scale were being made for the shelter-less people on affordable cost, he said this while talking to APP.
He said that national and multinational construction and housing companies had evinced keen interest in the housing programme. The minister said Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) and Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) had been directed to gear up their efforts for further launching the construction of housing units in other areas for the benefit of the people. He said that both the organisations were working round the clock to realise the dream of "Housing for All programme" into reality.
Kakar said that PHA has already acquired land from CDA to build a model housing colony for the retiring government employees with a view to provide them housing facility as they had spent a major portion of their life in serving the people and the country. The minister said that the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation would launch housing scheme in Bara Kahu, near Islamabad to provide housing units in a large number shortly.