Closing date extended for submissions on proposed Lot Allocation Policy in Informal Settlements

The closing date for making submissions on the proposed Lot Allocation Policy in Informal Settlements has been extended until the 15th of this month.

Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Housing Sanjeeva Perera says the closing date for submissions has been extended considering the high level of interest shown by the public and the many requests from communities for the Ministry to visit them again for community meetings.

He says so far a total of 1,988 people have attended the public consultation sessions organised around the country.

Perera says the highest number of clarifications were on the lot allocation criteria, use of market value, and how to pay for the allocated lots.

He says given that the policy proposes to use the market value as the basis for calculating the relevant Lot Allotment Price, many interested individuals requested clarification on how and when the valuation will be done, by whom, who will pay for it and also if it is only the land or whether the structures already built on land will be valued as well.