Frequent Questions:

1. What should be the conditions of Mehr Housing applicants?

According to the executive bylaw of Article 1 of the Law on Organizing and Protecting Housing Production and Supply:

A) People without housing (heads of households who and their dependents have not owned a residential land or residential unit since 1/1/1384 (the date of implementation of the Law of the Fourth Development Plan), moreover have not exercised the right of using any of the government facilities or that of non-governmental public institutions related to the provision of housing, including land, housing units, or subsidized facilities for the purchase or construction of housing units since 22/11/1357.

B) Married person or head of household

C) Having at least five years of residence history in the requested city

Note: The following persons can be among the eligible applicants without the condition of being married and being the head of a household:

- Self-guardian women, provided they are at least 35 years old

- Scientific elites introduced by Iran’s National Elites Foundation

2. Do you know what kind of lands includes urban lands?

Lands that are within the boundaries of cities and towns

3. Do you know what kind of lands is called urban unclaimed/unutilized lands?

The lands that have no history of development and improvement (before 5/4/1358)

4. Do you know what the urban vacant lands are?

Lands that have a history of development and cultivation but have gradually returned to the state of unutilized, whether or not they have a specific owner.

5. Which lands are referred to as urban utilized lands?

These are lands that have been rehabilitated and developed and are currently being used by the owner.

6. What is meant by state lands?

All state-owned lands, such as national, unclaimed, barren, utilized and possessed, private, freshly-constructed, coastal, and prohibited zones, which have a title deed in the name of the government or are in the process of registration in the name of the state. Also, all the lands that have been recognized national or unclaimed, in accordance with the rules and regulations and the commissions ballot, whether registered or not in the name of the government. (Article 13 of the Urban Land Law and Article 33 of its executive bylaw)

7. Do you know what national (urban) lands are?

Lands that are recognized as national, under Article (2) of the Law on Preservation and Protection of Natural Resources and Forest Reserves or Article (56) of the Law on Protection and Exploitation of Forests and Rangelands or the single Article of the “Law on Determining the Assignment of Disputed Lands Subject to Article 56 of the Law on Protection and Exploitation of Forests and Rangelands”, and after entering the city limits and boundaries, according to Article 10 of the Urban Land Law and Article 20 of its executive bylaw and Article 6 of the Statute of the National Land and Housing Organization, is or will be delivered to the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (National Land and Housing Organization).

8. Which organization is assigned to represent the government regarding urban state lands?

The state representative for the state lands located within the boundaries of cities and towns is with the National Land and Housing Organization.

9. Do you know who owns the urban unutilized lands?

All urban unutilized lands, whether owned by individuals or foundations or governmental or non-governmental entities, is owned by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the former ownership title deeds are not legally valid. At the request of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, the Real Estates and Documents Registration Departments are obliged to issue their deeds in the name of the government, unless have been assigned by the government since 22/11/1357. (Article 6 of the Urban Land Law)

Acceptance of the people’s application for registration of unutilized lands is strictly prohibited and the registration departments are obliged to obtain the written consent of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development before accepting the registration of lands in the name of persons and continuing the registration formalities of the registered lands, together with separation, division, and apportion thereof. (Paragraph 10 of Article 19 of the Executive Bylaw of the Urban Land Law)

10. How to transfer state lands to the government organization for public use:

Pursuant to Article 100 of the Law on the Setting of Part of the Government's Financial Regulations, approved on 27/11/80, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (National Land and Housing Organization) is allowed to transfer state lands with public use (educational, sports, health and cultural) to the relevant government organization for the cost price and to the non-governmental sector for the expertise market price on the condition of hire purchase (maximum twenty years).

11. Do you know how public lands are transferred?

Assignment of lands with public use (educational, health, sports and cultural) under Article 100 of the Law on Setting of Part of the Government's Financial Regulations and communicated executive bylaw, merely approved as needed and with a maximum area of ​​five thousand (5000) square meters in the range of twenty thousand (20,000) square meters within the city limit. Meanwhile, the purchase and sale and assignment of lands and un-contradicted built units with commercial use, according to the relevant regulations, is only possible through issuing a notice and auctions within the framework of the relevant laws and regulations.

12. Do you know how the lands with religious use are transferred?

The assignment of lands with religious use for the construction of a mosque will be done free of charge based on paragraph (A) of Article (6) of the Fifth Five-Year Development Plan in return for the plan and approved credit and presenting the permission of Charity, Mortmain and Endowments Department while retaining the state ownership.