2023-05-17 11:38:47
According to Badr Kanouni, “Morocco has consolidated its housing policy by implementing real levers which have contributed significantly to reducing the housing deficit”.
Habitat : In his capacity as Vice-President of the Habitat and Francophonie Network, Badr Kanouni, Chairman of the Board of Al Omrane, shared during the 55th conference of the network the efforts made by Morocco to alleviate the housing deficit.
Morocco’s experience in reducing the housing deficit was shared at the 55th conference of the Habitat and Francophonie Network (RHF), whose work will continue until May 18 in Dakar. Placed under the theme “Responding effectively to affordable and sustainable housing needs: models and success factors”, this RHF event, whose vice-presidency is provided by the Al Omrane Group, is an opportunity to bring together many actors of social housing in the French-speaking world in order to enhance and share the various expertise in terms of accelerating new construction, the refloating of unsuitable and/or deficient buildings and housing, and this, in a context of population mobility and accelerated urbanization. “By 2030, 60% of the world’s population will live in cities with an estimated 90% urban growth in low- and middle-income countries; this vertiginous evolution of urbanization will influence and impact all aspects of human activity, in particular on the health, social, economic and environmental levels”, indicates in this sense Badr Kanouni in his capacity as vice-president of the RHF.
With regard to the Moroccan experience, Mr. Kanouni who is also chairman of the board of Al Omrane underlined that “Morocco has consolidated its housing policy by putting in place real levers which have contributed significantly to reducing the deficit in housing by diversifying and intensifying production for all population categories, particularly social ones, as well as fighting against unsanitary housing and developing new urban centers and new towns which have come to provide integrated responses to the different needs expressed by territories (housing, economic activities, local facilities, etc.). And to add that “these levers have made it possible to contribute to the improvement of the living and living conditions of more than 8.5 million inhabitants”.
Mr. Kanouni also reviewed the different levers of Moroccan housing policy. In this sense, we can cite the creation of the Housing and Urban Integration Solidarity Fund and the strengthening of its financial resources, making it possible to make a financial contribution to the various public programs. Added to this is the mobilization of public land and the construction of new urban centers and new towns, the establishment of tax incentives to promote social housing and low-value housing, as well as assistance for buyers and the creation guarantee funds to broaden the possibilities of access to bank credit to the poor. Among the levers is also the creation of a national public operator with strong regional and local roots by bringing together all the public operators in the sector, guaranteeing the consistency of the action of the State and the execution of its priorities and strategic choices on the national territory. Remember that the Habitat and Francophonie Network (RHF) was created in 1987 with the support of the Caisse des dépôts and the Union des HLM. The network brings together more than 50 social and affordable housing stakeholders and authorities in the Francophone and Francophile area.
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