The Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe - Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply

¶ 01 (a) (i) There is no source to find accurate information on the housing shortage in the country according to income groups or in relation to various sectors such as rural, urban, estate. Currently, efforts are being made to obtain accurate information from the Department of Census and Statistics.

¶ 02 (ii) The houses planned to be constructed by the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) during 2026-2029 and their costs are as follows: - Housing Assistance Programme under a participatory approach for poor and low-income families (approximately 550 sq. ft. house): Units: 70,110; Cost per unit: Rs. 1 million grant by Government; Maximum assistance per house estimated at Rs. 4.0 million. - Sevana Housing Villages: Units: 300; Cost per unit: Rs. 37.0 million (project estimate per village; house-level assistance as above). - Housing loans under a participatory approach for low and lower-middle-income families (NHDA Internal Loan Recoveries and Treasury Funds): For new construction or improvement of existing units; Loan per house: Rs. 1–2 million provided by NHDA. - For Middle-Income Earners; For Low-Income Earners: Tenant-Ownership (Kuli Sinha) housing; For occupants of uninhabitable houses: Rehabilitation housing; Rental housing (Government servants): Estimated cost per house indicated under respective sub-schemes (Rs. 10.0m; Rs. 18.0m; Rs. 11.0m at project level; house-level unit costs to be derived within those envelopes).

¶ 03 (iii) Information not available with NHDA.

¶ 04 (iv) Yes. Cost estimates have been prepared by assessing potential price variations including prevailing mortgage rates, inflation and construction cost escalation.

¶ 05 (v) Eligibility criteria: - Low-income Assistance Programme: • Low-income family with permanent residence but no permanent house • Female-headed family • Family with persons with disabilities or chronic illnesses facing the challenge of building a house • Family with many dependents and many school-age children • No hereditary property/assets/trusts - Housing Loan Programme for low and lower-middle-income families: • Family unit needing to build a new house • Families needing to complete a partially built house • Families whose completed houses require renovation • Families needing to add a part to the existing house - Sevana Aid Programme: • Poor family certified by Grama Niladhari as low-income, lacking capacity to repay a loan • Poor family with terminal illnesses, physical disabilities, no permanent income source, special needs, and real need to build a house • Family that has prepared building materials but seeks external support to complete construction - Middle-Income Housing Programme: • No prior property from NHDA and ability to pay for the property to be acquired

¶ 06 (vi) Not applicable.

¶ 07 (vii) There is no such publicly accessible beneficiary registry.

¶ 08 (viii) Yes.

¶ 09 (ix) Recent middle-class housing schemes: - Tangalle – 30 units – 2025 - Ragama “Lavanya Heights” – 196 units – 2027 - Wadduwa “Seabreeze” – 126 units – 2027 - Ranpokunagama – 24 units – 2027 - Kirulapone “Mihindupura” – 560 units – 2029 - Pradeepa Mawatha, Maligawatta – 80 units – 2028 - Werellawatta, Gampaha – 48 units – 2028

¶ 10 (b) Not applicable.