luh.gov.sc Apply For House Seychelles : Ministry of Land Use & Housing

Organization : Ministry of Land Use & Housing
Type of Facility : Apply For House
Country: Seychelles

Website : http://www.luh.gov.sc/default.aspx?PageId=49

Apply For House :

Getting a house can be one of the most rewarding endeavors a person can ever undertake

Related : Ministry of Land Use & Housing MLUH Register a Property Seychelles : www.statusin.org/8597.html

Who Can Apply:
Any person who is over 18 years and is employed may apply to get a house.

What Documents Do I Require:
Your latest Pay-Slips
National Identity card

Where Do I Need To Go:
You need to go to your respective District Administration Office

How Can I Apply:
Collect or Download the Form
Complete the Form in the presence of District Administrator & Senior Housing Officer.

Where Can I Get More Information?:
Since July 2008, we have decentralized our operations and services from our Head Office. Since then our Senior Housing Officers have been posted at District Level with the aim of bringing our services closer to the community that we serve.

For more information, please visit our Officers who are presently based at District Level once a week and attend to members of the Public by appointment for guidance/counselling/ updates by the designated Senior housing Officer.

Housing/Loans Applications:
All applicants must visit their respective District Administrator’s Office. They shall be counseled as to what procedures to followed to be assisted with either a Housing Unit (From our two Schemes – Condo or Social Housing Pool), or a Loan to build or to extend an existing house)
All Housing Assistance/Loan Application Forms are completed at the DA’s Office. (Applicant’s Electoral District). The Forms are completed by the Senior Housing Officer in the presence of the DA or another representative appointed by the DA.

All Applicants must be 18 years or over and in employment.

Once the Forms are completed and signed by applicants, they are then verified & certified as correct by the Senior Housing Officer. The Forms are subsequently endorsed by the DA for further recommendation.

Housing Assistance Schemes:
Social Housing:
Eligibility:
The General Public in need of a decent house.

Allocation:
** Based on needs and established by priority rating and recommendation from the Local District Authority.
** Applicant (s) must be a Seychelles citizen of at least 18 years of age.
** Is a first time buyer, that is does not own any other parcel of land or house
** Has not yet benefited from any previous assistance in terms of housing and land from the Government.
** In employment for at least 12 months *
** Has been registered on the ‘Home Savings Scheme’ and is making regular contributions *

To be assisted before June 2015, the applicant should have been on the ‘Home Savings Scheme’ for at least of 12 months and after June 2015, the applicant will be required to be on the ‘Home Savings Scheme’ for at least 24 months to be eligible for housing assistance *

Note:
* Newly added conditions for allocation

Condominium:
Eligibility:
Targeting the semi-professional & Professional group.

Allocation:
Base on –
Loan Sustainability
Needs/Urgency/Priority

Conditions:
Not owner of a private property or a plot of land
Has not been assisted before
Units are sold outright
Cash Payments
Loan at Commercial Rate