TOKİ set to build its 400,000th home
Güncelleme Tarihi:
Hurriyet Daily News
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Aralık 31, 2008 00:00
ISTANBUL - The Housing Development Administration will focus on building homes for low-income groups in 2009, with a target of building its 400,000th house in mind.
The Housing Development Administration of Turkey, or TOKİ, sold 24,317 houses in 2008 and has a target to build its 400,000th house in 2009.
A statement released by the administration on its 2008 activities, reveals that construction of 286,489 houses continues on 926 construction sites in 384 districts in 81 provinces. The number of houses built totals 334,444, of which 24,317 were sold in 2008 making the total number of houses sold by TOKİ amount to 274,817. TOKİ has sold 82 percent of all houses it has built.
In the statement, an overview of the projects that had been accomplished between 1983 and 2003 was given that said 42,000 houses were built during that period. "We have achieved the work of 19 years in a single year," TOKİ said. Construction of 47,955 houses was launched in 2008, according to the statement. The number of schools built by TOKİ increased from 355 to 442 from 2007 to 2008, sports complexes from 61 to 436, trade centers from 282 to 324, mosques from 227 to 263, hospitals from 15 to 36 and health centers from 66 to 74.
In the statement, TOKİ said the number houses to be built in 2009 will surpass 400,000, on track to hit the government’s target of 500,000 houses. In 2009, TOKİ will especially focus on the construction of homes for low-income groups, the statement said. "In 2009, TOKİ aims to build 45-square-meter houses with no down payment and YTL 100 monthly payments with a 20-year payment term."
New construction lots
TOKİ will also concentrate on new construction lots in 2009, according to the statement. Prevention of excessive lot prices, of new shanty houses, improvement and liquidation of existing slums, meeting housing needs in urban areas and creating new construction lots for other firms are the aims of the housing administration.
As part of the plan, new lots will be allocated in the Kayabaşı neighborhood in Küçükçekmece in Istanbul. In Ankara, new lots will be allocated in Mahmatlı in Gölbaşı, Aşağı Çavundur in Çubuk, Yapracık; Aşağı and Yukarı Yurtçu neighborhoods in Yenimahalle, Etimesgut; Hacıtuğrul and Gedikli villages in Polatlı.
A statement released by the administration on its 2008 activities, reveals that construction of 286,489 houses continues on 926 construction sites in 384 districts in 81 provinces. The number of houses built totals 334,444, of which 24,317 were sold in 2008 making the total number of houses sold by TOKİ amount to 274,817. TOKİ has sold 82 percent of all houses it has built.
In the statement, an overview of the projects that had been accomplished between 1983 and 2003 was given that said 42,000 houses were built during that period. "We have achieved the work of 19 years in a single year," TOKİ said. Construction of 47,955 houses was launched in 2008, according to the statement. The number of schools built by TOKİ increased from 355 to 442 from 2007 to 2008, sports complexes from 61 to 436, trade centers from 282 to 324, mosques from 227 to 263, hospitals from 15 to 36 and health centers from 66 to 74.
In the statement, TOKİ said the number houses to be built in 2009 will surpass 400,000, on track to hit the government’s target of 500,000 houses. In 2009, TOKİ will especially focus on the construction of homes for low-income groups, the statement said. "In 2009, TOKİ aims to build 45-square-meter houses with no down payment and YTL 100 monthly payments with a 20-year payment term."
New construction lots
TOKİ will also concentrate on new construction lots in 2009, according to the statement. Prevention of excessive lot prices, of new shanty houses, improvement and liquidation of existing slums, meeting housing needs in urban areas and creating new construction lots for other firms are the aims of the housing administration.
As part of the plan, new lots will be allocated in the Kayabaşı neighborhood in Küçükçekmece in Istanbul. In Ankara, new lots will be allocated in Mahmatlı in Gölbaşı, Aşağı Çavundur in Çubuk, Yapracık; Aşağı and Yukarı Yurtçu neighborhoods in Yenimahalle, Etimesgut; Hacıtuğrul and Gedikli villages in Polatlı.