National Housing Authority
Profile
- Head
- Mosammat Ferdousi Begum
- Role
- Chairman
- Annual budget
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- Staff
- —
- Established
- 2001
- Legal basis
- National Housing Authority Act, 2000 (enacted by Parliament in 2000; brought into force 15 July 2001 via government gazette notification). Predecessor bodies were the Housing and Settlement Directorate (established as a Housing Wing after 1947 Partition, elevated to directorate in 1971) and the Deputy Commissioner Settlement; both merged into NHA on 15 July 2001.
NHA is actively implementing two large ECNEC-approved housing projects (Tk 2,105 crore combined) in Mirpur for July 2024 uprising victims while facing a ministerial digitisation directive (May 14, 2026) to overhaul its land management and service-delivery systems under zero-tolerance corruption oversight from Minister Zakaria Taher.
Recent activity
- 2025-12-01 budget ECNEC approved two NHA-implemented housing projects for families of the July 2024 Anti-Discrimination Student Movement at its December 1, 2025 meeting. Project 1 ('36 July'): 804 residential flats (six 14-storey and twelve 10-storey buildings) on NHA-owned land in Mirpur Section-14, Dhaka, at an estimated cost of Tk 761.16 crore, fully government-funded; each flat is 1,355 sq ft with two bedrooms. Project 2: 1,560 flats on NHA land adjacent to Mirpur DOHS for families of individuals rendered permanently disabled by the uprising, at an estimated cost of Tk 1,344.41 crore, fully government-funded; construction timeline July 2025 to June 2029. ↗↗
- 2026-03-01 policy Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher chaired an exchange meeting with NHA and affiliated agencies (Public Works Department, Department of Architecture, Urban Development Directorate). NHA Chairman Mosammat Ferdousi Begum attended. Taher declared zero tolerance for corruption and nepotism across the ministry and directed officials to ensure quality and timely completion of development projects; referenced housing for middle- and lower-income Dhaka residents as a priority requiring constructive initiatives. ↗↗
- 2026-05-14 circular Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher visited NHA and directed officials to ensure no harassment occurs in providing services to citizens -- including property purchases, flat and plot transfers, and ownership-related services. He announced that NHA's activities and land management system would be digitised. State Minister Ahammad Sohel Monzoor separately emphasised easy, speedy, and harassment-free services for citizens using lifetime savings. NHA Board members Alamgir Hossain, SM Sohrab Hossain, Engineer AKM Shahjalal Mojumdar, and Md Abdul Gaffar were present. ↗
Provenance & notes
NHA was formally established 15 July 2001 when the National Housing Authority Act 2000 came into force, merging the Housing and Settlement Directorate (rooted in a post-1947 Partition Housing Wing elevated to directorate status in 1971) and the Deputy Commissioner Settlement office. Headquarters: Grihayan Bhaban, 82 Segunbagicha, Dhaka. The current minister with oversight of NHA is Zakaria Taher (Housing and Public Works); Mirza Abbas, who previously held this same ministry under Khaleda Zia (2001-2006), is currently Adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman with ministerial rank (sworn in February 17, 2026) but does not hold the Housing and Public Works portfolio in the present cabinet -- that is held by Zakaria Taher as the elected minister. Chairman Mosammat Ferdousi Begum confirmed via TOB News (March 1, 2026) and BSS (March 1, 2026); head_since date not found in any primary source and is left null. staff_count and annual_budget_bdt omitted: no primary-source figures found; LinkedIn and third-party profiles give 500-1,000 employees but this is not verified against NHA's official sanctioned-post list. The two Mirpur ECNEC-approved projects (December 1, 2025) represent NHA's single largest recent capital commitment; inheritance rights for '36 July' flats remain unresolved pending a policy to be framed during construction. Digitisation directive of May 14, 2026 is sourced solely from BSS (one source); flagged accordingly -- verification_status remains 'verified' because all other key fields are cross-checked from 2+ sources.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Housing_Authority_(Bangladesh)
- https://nha.gov.bd/
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/387132
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/365017
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/337598
- https://tob.news/zero-tolerance-for-corruption-in-ministry-housing-and-public-works-minister/
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/si9331qhip
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/mirza-abbas-to-take-helm-of-housing-and-public-works-ministry/