LASG To Allocate 200 Homes

The Lagos State Government has said it had concluded all arrangements to allocate 200 homes to successful applicants under its mortgage scheme.
The Commissioner for Housing, Mr Bosun Jeje, disclosed this recently when he handed over the keys of the newly-completed Shitta Housing Estate to officials of the state’s Mortgage Board.
The Tide source reports that the two and three-bedroom apartments were part of the 200 homes that would be allocated to applicants on March 4.
Other homes that are ready for allocation under the scheme are those from the Adetoun and the Olaitan Mustapha Housing Estates in Ojokoro and the Shogunro Estate in Ogba.
The Commissioner said the stage had been set for the raffle draw that would produce the first set of allottees from the applications received by the mortgage board.
“The launch of the Lagos Homes on February 3 by Governor Babatunde Fashola, signalled the commencement of the pledge to provide housing to residents.
“We are set for the draw that would produce the first set of allottees to some of the homes across various estates in the state.
“The allocation would be transparent, as winners would emerge only from the applications we have received from interested residents,” he said.
According to him, successful applicants would be expected to pay 30 per cent of the total cost of the mortgage, while the rest is spread over the next ten years.
The Commissioner said over 3,000 homes were set for allocation, adding that the first draw would be allocated to 200 successful applicants, on a monthly basis.
Jeje said interested residents should apply online at www.lagoshoms.gov.ng for homes in any of the various estates, to be qualified for allocations.
He said that applicants would have a reliable means of livelihood and would have registered with the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA), to be considered for the allocation.
The Commissioner said applicants would also be required to show evidence of tax payment for upward of five years, to be eligible.
Jeje said the government was committed to reducing the state’s housing deficit of 1 million, adding that a lot of efforts were being pursued to demonstrate that.
Mr Bayowa Forsythe, Secretary of the state’s Mortgage Board, who received the keys, said the board had received no fewer than 1000 applications for the first draw.
He said that all the necessary things was being done to ensure a transparent and successful allocation of the homes under the scheme.