The Parliament of the Maldives has introduced a committee dedicated for housing, increasing the number of permanent parliamentary committees to 19.
The new parliamentary committee was established to study housing issues and identify changes to housing legislative policies and submit them to Parliament. The committee was formed with 11 members, including the president and the vice-president. Parliamentary Group Leader of the main ruling People’s National Congress (PNC) Parliamentarian Ibrahim Falah was elected as the president of the committee and Parliamentarian Hussain Imran Latheef was elected as the vice-president of the committee.
The other nine members of the committee are;
- Hussain Shareef
- Mohamed Ibrahim
- Ahmed Sameer
- Asma Rasheed
- Mohamed Ismail
- Mohamed Dawood
- Ibrahim Naazil
- Mohamed Sinan
- Ali Fazaad
The responsibilities of the committee include monitoring the progress of social housing projects implemented by the government and recommending solutions to identified problems. The committee will also ensure that the right to housing is equally available to all citizens and studies issues faced by citizens in relation to housing.