Over 70 projects help ease Muthanna housing squeeze

MUTHANNA — Muthanna’s Investment Authority says more than 70 residential complexes are now completed, under construction or already inhabited across the governorate, marking steady progress in efforts to tackle local housing shortages.

Adel Dakhel al-Yasiri, head of Muthanna’s Investment Authority, told 964media the projects are helping absorb demand, with most units already taken. “Housing complexes have proven to be an effective solution,” he said, adding that Muthanna currently offers some of the lowest housing prices in Iraq.

Al-Yasiri said the average time needed to complete a complex is about three years. Since the governorate activated its investment plans in 2013–2014, around 20,000 housing units have entered different stages of construction. He said infrastructure is usually finished before houses go up, which has helped integrate the projects more smoothly into existing urban neighborhoods.

However, most of the new units are in the form of lower density standalone units, while only 400 are in apartments blocs, a pattern officials say reflects social preferences in Samawah and Muthanna more broadly for individual homes over multi-story buildings.

Residential complexes are being developed beyond the provincial capital as well. Projects are underway in al-Khidhir, al-Najmi and al-Majd, while Rumaitha has more than 1,000 units under construction. Al-Khidhir has a similar number, al-Majd has about 200 units and al-Najmi roughly 500, according to the investment authority.