Supervision and Inspection Department of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities

Providing housing and shelter has always considered being one of the most important human concerns. Housing is a key element of establishing and maintaining social – economic security in a society. As long as people have a shelter, they are able to do their other social- economic activities. So, the provision of housing is one of the elements which ensure the progress of a nation and a society. For this reason, the state of Islamic Republic of Iran has tried to provide housing for low-income segments of the society by implementing of Mehr Housing Plan. In this way, the state has endeavored to attract and absorb the private sector funding, resources of reserve accounts, foreign finance, state general revenue, state investment companies, financial aid and benevolent non governmental organizations and banking facilities. According to the budget of 1386, in order to assistance people living in cities under one million inhabitants, the Parliament has urged the Cooperative Ministry and the Housing and Urban Development Ministry to provide the followings: supply of suitable land; organizing qualified applicants in cooperatives mold; preparation of land; provision of basic and non-basic services; and monitoring the implementation of process. This report is a summary of the conducted inspections on the performance of Housing and Urban Development Organizations of provinces in implementing Mehr Housing Plan in 1388-89.