The Ministry of Housing is responsible for strategy, policy, funding assistance, monitoring and regulation of Fiji’s housing system. We play a lead role in promoting and facilitating the provision of accessible and adequate housing for low and middle-income households and people living in informal settlements.
The Ministry was established in 2018 as a dedicated stand-alone line ministry with a singular focus on the housing sector bringing together Fiji’s long running urban housing programme, previously overseen by the Department of Housing within a wider Ministry for Local Government, and the rural housing programme that was previously overseen by Ministry for Rural and Maritime Development.
The First Home Ownership Initiative was launched in 2014 to provide affordable and quality housing for all Fijians and increasing home ownership across the country, for low and middle-income earners.
Since its inception in 2014, the First Home Ownership Initiative has assisted close to 3760 Fijian households to a tune of $36 million. First Home Purchase Program and First Land Purchase programs are the two main assistance programs...
This is an in-situ capital program targeted towards those living in informal settlements, with the aim of offering long term land tenure of 99-year leases for fully serviced and subdivided lots within these areas. These upgrades are carried out with minimum disturbance to the day to day lives of residents in these settlements. The Ministry of Housing and Community Development has acquired 48 development leases earmarked...
In addition to the Ministry of Housing core programmes the Ministry also implements, via a wide range of partners, the following housing assistance programs specifically targeted at different identified needs across the housing continuum in Fiji.
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HART
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Koro-i-pita (Model Town Charitable Trust)
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UN - Habitat
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RISE
5 September 2024
Public consultation opens on
National Housing Policy
The Ministry of Housing is seeking feedback on the working draft of the revised National Housing Policy. The revised National Housing Policy will provide overall strategic direction and comprehensive vision for the further development of the housing sector. The revised policy will highlight areas of required focus to address priority issues and guide implementation activity in an integrated manner to tackle identified the sectoral challenges.
The revised Policy builds on the existing National Housing Policy 2011, background research and stakeholder consultation workshop held in May 2024.
The revised draft of the National Housing Policy:
* Considers and responds to contemporary housing issues and challenges
* Proposes a new vision and outcomes for the housing sector
* Sets guiding principles to inform collective actions and decision making
* Outlines strategic focus areas and implementation actions