Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz would inaugurate ‘Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar’ programme on August 14 as she approved three models for the programme.

While presiding over a meeting in Lahore on Sunday, the CM stopped the authorities from collecting service charges from the plot owners. Model houses have been developed as a pilot programme of the ‘Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar’ initiative.

The chief minister ordered officials to include living room also in the map of model houses and introduce toll-free numbers for the convenience of people.

The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) would develop a special portal for the programme through which the aspirants would be able to submit online their applications.

Housing Secretary Captain (retd) Asadullah Khan said that the programme forms could be obtained from the offices of deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners.

Plot owners of up to five marlas would be able to get interest-free loans for building their houses. The house owners would get the facility to repay the loan in easy installments. Allottees of the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHATA) under the PHATA Ordinance 2002, would get 3- and 5-marla houses in private schemes.

According to the programme, allottees of PHATA would pay house installments in five years after buying a house in private scheme. The Punjab government would also provide subsidy to reduce housing cost in private scheme.

About 70,000 plot owners in any city or village would be able to take loans. Likewise, owner of plot of up to 5-marla would be able to get interest-free loan for building house. Important decisions were approved in the meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.