{"id":103725,"date":"2025-10-24T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103725"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:19:24","slug":"phata-seeks-plan-for-affordable-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/phata-seeks-plan-for-affordable-housing.html","title":{"rendered":"PHATA\u2019s budget approved, plan sought for affordable housing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The 104th meeting of the governing body of the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHATA) was held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Punjab Minister for Housing and Urban Development Bilal Yasin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, a 21-point agenda was presented, and PHATA\u2019s annual budget was formally approved. The governing body received briefings on several of the Chief Minister\u2019s flagship housing initiatives, including <em>Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar<\/em> and <em>Apni Zameen, Apna Ghar<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-to-build-57000-affordable-homes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab partners with WB, private sector for affordable housing scheme<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting also reviewed the progress of the Affordable Housing Project, which is being implemented in collaboration with the World Bank. Minister Bilal Yasin directed officials to accelerate work on the project and present detailed recommendations to improve its implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the governing body discussed proposed amendments to the laws governing private affordable housing schemes. A PC-I regarding the settlement of unutilised PHATA lands was also presented. The minister instructed relevant departments to prepare a feasibility report and submit comprehensive proposals on the optimal use of these uninhabited lands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The 104th meeting of the governing body of the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHATA) was held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Punjab Minister for Housing and Urban Development Bilal Yasin. During the meeting, a 21-point agenda was presented, and PHATA\u2019s annual budget was formally approved. The governing body received briefings on several of the Chief Minister\u2019s flagship housing initiatives, including Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar and Apni Zameen, Apna Ghar. Read: Punjab partners with WB, private sector for affordable housing scheme The meeting also reviewed the progress of the Affordable Housing Project, which is being implemented in collaboration with the World Bank. Minister Bilal Yasin directed officials to accelerate work on the project and present detailed recommendations to improve its implementation. Additionally, the governing body discussed proposed amendments to the laws governing private affordable housing schemes. A PC-I regarding the settlement of unutilised PHATA lands was also presented. The minister instructed relevant departments to prepare a feasibility report and submit comprehensive proposals on the optimal use of these uninhabited lands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":71942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[68880,57996,64537,61912,1524,19094,62929,20436,64227,4438],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-affordable-housing-project","9":"tag-apni-chhat-apna-ghar","10":"tag-apni-zameen-apna-ghar","11":"tag-bilal-yasin","12":"tag-housing-schemes-2","13":"tag-phata","14":"tag-punjab-housing-and-town-planning-agency","15":"tag-punjab-housing-department","16":"tag-urban-development-punjab","17":"tag-world-bank","18":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PHATA seeks plan for affordable housing in Punjab - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The governing body received briefings on several of the Chief Minister\u2019s flagship housing initiatives, including Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar....\" \/>\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\/phata-seeks-plan-for-affordable-housing.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PHATA seeks plan for affordable housing in Punjab - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The governing body received briefings on several of the Chief Minister\u2019s flagship housing initiatives, including Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/phata-seeks-plan-for-affordable-housing.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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