{"id":101542,"date":"2025-02-28T16:52:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T11:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=101542"},"modified":"2025-02-28T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T11:52:57","slug":"faster-loan-approvals-for-apni-chhat-apna-ghar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/faster-loan-approvals-for-apni-chhat-apna-ghar.html","title":{"rendered":"Minister urges speeding up loan approvals under Apni Chhat Apna Ghar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Punjab Housing Minister Bilal Yaseen has directed authorities to accelerate loan approvals and improve the efficiency of the complaint cell under the \u2018Apni Chhat Apna Ghar\u2019 programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairing a progress review meeting on Thursday, the minister was informed that 5,500 houses were nearing completion across the province, while loans had already been disbursed to 15,000 individuals for house construction. Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHATA) Director General Sikandar Zeeshan briefed the minister on the current status of the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/apna-ghar-speedy-construction-ordered.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apni Chhat Apna Ghar: CM directs speedy construction of 20,000 homes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilal Yaseen emphasized the need for gathering feedback from owners of under-construction houses to ensure the effectiveness of the scheme. He also stressed resolving delays in the loan processing system to facilitate more applicants. The minister reaffirmed the Punjab government\u2019s commitment to constructing 100,000 houses annually under the programme, urging departments to increase their monthly targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PHATA DG Sikandar Zeeshan assured that necessary steps were being taken to expedite the application screening process and improve service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u2018Apni Chhat Apna Ghar\u2019 initiative is a key effort by the Punjab government to provide affordable housing to low-income families, aiming to address the housing shortage in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Punjab Housing Minister Bilal Yaseen has directed authorities to accelerate loan approvals and improve the efficiency of the complaint cell under the \u2018Apni Chhat Apna Ghar\u2019 programme. Chairing a progress review meeting on Thursday, the minister was informed that 5,500 houses were nearing completion across the province, while loans had already been disbursed to 15,000 individuals for house construction. Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHATA) Director General Sikandar Zeeshan briefed the minister on the current status of the initiative. Read: Apni Chhat Apna Ghar: CM directs speedy construction of 20,000 homes Bilal Yaseen emphasized the need for gathering feedback from owners of under-construction houses to ensure the effectiveness of the scheme. He also stressed resolving delays in the loan processing system to facilitate more applicants. The minister reaffirmed the Punjab government\u2019s commitment to constructing 100,000 houses annually under the programme, urging departments to increase their monthly targets. PHATA DG Sikandar Zeeshan assured that necessary steps were being taken to expedite the application screening process and improve service delivery. The \u2018Apni Chhat Apna Ghar\u2019 initiative is a key effort by the Punjab government to provide affordable housing to low-income families, aiming to address the housing shortage in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":101233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[2169,57996,62841,62840,5693,61750,61749,62842,61748,19094,3237,62219,62843,10378],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-affordable-housing","9":"tag-apni-chhat-apna-ghar","10":"tag-bilal-yaseen","11":"tag-government-housing-initiative","12":"tag-home-construction","13":"tag-housing-development","14":"tag-housing-loans","15":"tag-loan-approvals","16":"tag-low-income-housing-2","17":"tag-phata","18":"tag-punjab-government","19":"tag-punjab-housing-scheme","20":"tag-real-estate-punjab","21":"tag-urban-development","22":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Faster loan approvals for Apni Chhat Apna Ghar - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"5,500 houses were nearing completion across the province, while loans had already been disbursed to 15,000 individuals for...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/faster-loan-approvals-for-apni-chhat-apna-ghar.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faster loan approvals for Apni Chhat Apna Ghar - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"5,500 houses were nearing completion across the province, while loans had already been disbursed to 15,000 individuals for...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/faster-loan-approvals-for-apni-chhat-apna-ghar.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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