Iraq’s capital Baghdad needs to build 850,000 new houses to tackle a widening supply shortage caused by years of wars, an official has said.
The number accounts for nearly a quarter of Iraq’s housing needs of around three million units, said Abdul Zahra Hindawi, a Planning Ministry spokesman.
He told Alforat Bews that the Iraqi capital has the highest housing needs in the country.
Officials said last month a new residential city would be built in Baghdad’s outskirts with 100,000 units that will house at least 600,000 people.
(Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon)
(anoop.menon@lseg.com)
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