Iran's Housing Ministry Reviews Slow Projects, Considers Alternative Land for Applicants

Habibollah Taherkhani, Iran's deputy minister of roads and urban development for housing and construction, said in a report published Sunday, October 25, 2026 (3 Aban 1405) that the status of more than 58,700 units in mass-housing projects with less than 20 percent physical progress has been reviewed and addressed over the past five months. He described offering alternative land to applicants, or switching from mass building to individual and group allocations, as possible ways forward; his remarks do not say that alternative land has already been delivered to every applicant.

Taherkhani said that at the time of his remarks more than 70,000 National Housing units planned for inauguration in the second half of the Iranian year 1405 had passed 90 percent physical completion, while other units scheduled for inauguration by year-end were more than 80 percent complete. He said decisions must protect the value of applicants' contributions. The ministry and Housing Foundation are also considering reworking initially prepared sites for low-income housing by changing unit sizes and storey counts; construction progress is not the same as the actual handover or inauguration of a home.