President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has said that the construction of 5,000 housing units in the Male' area will begin this year.

He made the announcement as part of the Presidential Address delivered during the parliament opening this year.

He noted that some projects to resolve the housing crisis in Male’ that had been stalled for various reasons have now been resumed. Among these, the construction of 1,000 housing units have begun, and another 2,000 affordable-range housing units in Hulhumale’ have been contracted this week.

The construction work of the housing units in Hulhumale’ will begin in May. These housing units will be more spacious and more affordable compared to the units previously built under the same category.

Along with 2,000 additional housing units, the construction of at least 5,000 units in total will begin in the Male’ area before the end of this year. He added that the government is also working on formulating plans to provide housing for people from Male’.