This year's housing grants include payments to citizens in some areas in which ownership is disputed between Baghdad and Erbil, such as Shekhan, Makhmour, Shwan area and Qarahanjir, said the deputy finance minister in the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Rashid Taher added that housing grants in villages increased from 20m to 25m IQD in the 2012 budget.

The time limit in which housing grant installments must be paid back has increased from 12 to 20 years, said Taher in a statement from the ministry.

Taher mentioned that the industrial loan rose from 500m to 1bn IQD.




AKnews