More 20,000 homeless people to get houses

More 20,000 homeless people in the country are going to get houses in June next in the 5th phase under the Asrayan-2 project.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Tuesday (May 21) approved a proposal to follow the Direct Procurement Method (DPM) to hold the formal handover operations programme for rehabilitating the landless and homeless people.

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali presided over the 9th meeting of the CCEA this year held at the Cabinet Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat.

After the meeting, Cabinet Division Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan briefed reporters in this regard.

He said that so far, some 24,520 landless and homeless people have already been handed over houses under the initiative. More 20,000 people will also receive the houses.