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
17 April 2025
National Housing Policy Launched
The Minister for Housing and Local Government, Hon. Maciu Nalumisa, officially launched the Ministry of Housing’s National Housing Policy 2025–2030 at the Suva Civic Centre today (17.04.25).
Speaking at the launch, Hon. Nalumisa said the National Housing Policy is reinforced through the government's alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly Sustainable Development Goal 11, which seeks to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
“The successful implementation of this policy will require a whole-of-sector approach. We must work together across ministries, agencies, organisations, and communities to deliver tangible, lasting outcomes for our people.”