New Housing Project Can Help Revamp Urban Slums

President Ebrahim Raeisi’s pledge to build one million residential properties annually is a unique opportunity for the revitalization of decaying urban areas of all Iranian metropolises, says Ali Beitollahi, the head of Engineering Seismology Department of Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center, in a write-up for the Persian economic daily Donya-e-Eqtesad. 
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The 13th government, led by President Raeisi, and greenlit by a majority of parliamentarians, has begun to work in earnest and with a new approach. One of the main promises of the new president, made with the aim of solving the housing issue is the construction of one million housing units annually. It will place a heavy responsibility on housing officials, the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and its affiliated organizations...