{"id":102361,"date":"2025-05-26T15:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=102361"},"modified":"2025-05-26T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:56:46","slug":"apni-chhat-apna-ghar-microfinance-rules-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/apni-chhat-apna-ghar-microfinance-rules-made-easy.html","title":{"rendered":"Apni  Chhat Apna Ghar: SECP eases rules to boost Microfinance role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved regulatory relaxations for Non-Banking Microfinance Companies (NBMFCs), allowing them to participate directly in Punjab\u2019s flagship housing scheme, Apni Chhat Apna Ghar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move enables microfinance providers\u2014known for supporting low-income and marginalized communities\u2014to offer housing finance solutions under the scheme, expanding access to affordable homeownership for underserved populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/33000-families-get-apni-chhat-apna-ghar-loans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apni Chhat Apna Ghar: Over 33,000 families receive interest-free loans<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz\u2019s Apni Chhat Apna Ghar initiative aims to provide affordable housing to low-income families across the province. By including NBMFCs, the scheme addresses critical financing gaps that traditional lenders often overlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SECP highlighted that this regulatory easing supports inclusive economic growth by empowering microfinance firms to extend their services into affordable housing finance, thereby contributing to socio-economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stakeholders have welcomed the change, seeing it as a vital step toward helping thousands of low-income households achieve homeownership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved regulatory relaxations for Non-Banking Microfinance Companies (NBMFCs), allowing them to participate directly in Punjab\u2019s flagship housing scheme, Apni Chhat Apna Ghar. This move enables microfinance providers\u2014known for supporting low-income and marginalized communities\u2014to offer housing finance solutions under the scheme, expanding access to affordable homeownership for underserved populations. Read: Apni Chhat Apna Ghar: Over 33,000 families receive interest-free loans Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz\u2019s Apni Chhat Apna Ghar initiative aims to provide affordable housing to low-income families across the province. By including NBMFCs, the scheme addresses critical financing gaps that traditional lenders often overlook. The SECP highlighted that this regulatory easing supports inclusive economic growth by empowering microfinance firms to extend their services into affordable housing finance, thereby contributing to socio-economic development. Stakeholders have welcomed the change, seeing it as a vital step toward helping thousands of low-income households achieve homeownership.<\/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":[15016],"tags":[2169,57996,2630,64699,58624,64920,64921,1008,7361],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-affordable-housing","9":"tag-apni-chhat-apna-ghar","10":"tag-housing-finance","11":"tag-inclusive-growth","12":"tag-maryam-nawaz","13":"tag-microfinance","14":"tag-non-banking-microfinance-companies","15":"tag-punjab","16":"tag-secp","17":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Apni Chhat Apna Ghar: Microfinance rules made easy-Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This move enables microfinance providers to offer housing finance solutions, expanding access to affordable homeownership for underserved...\" \/>\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\/apni-chhat-apna-ghar-microfinance-rules-made-easy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apni Chhat Apna Ghar: Microfinance rules made easy-Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This move enables microfinance providers to offer housing finance solutions, expanding access to affordable homeownership for underserved...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/apni-chhat-apna-ghar-microfinance-rules-made-easy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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