The Minister of Equipment and Housing stated on Tuesday, 13 January 2026, during a restricted ministerial council meeting devoted to the State’s social housing policy and the executive plan for the implementation of social housing projects, that under the 2026–2030 Development Plan, the State plans to build approximately 5,000 housing units at an estimated cost of around 750 million dinars. The first phase will be launched in 2026 and will involve the construction of 1,213 housing units across 11 governorates, with an estimated budget of nearly 212 million dinars.
The Minister of Equipment and Housing added that a land reserve made up of State-owned plots has been mobilised in several regions of the country and transferred at a symbolic dinar to public real estate developers — namely the Social Housing Promotion Company and the National Real Estate Company of Tunisia — for the purpose of developing social housing. These units will then be allocated to low- and middle-income groups, either through a rent-to-own scheme or via instalment-based sales.
He also noted that additional housing projects will be scheduled to cover all governorates. At the same time, the authorities are working to set up an information platform for registering applications and establishing beneficiary lists, ensuring that allocation operations are fully digitised, based on objective and clearly defined criteria, and guaranteeing full transparency.
Finally, the Minister indicated that efforts are under way to build up a land reserve acquired at preferential prices by the Housing Land Agency, with a view to making social plots available in several regions of the country for the benefit of low-income groups.
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