The city of Marrakech has intensified the deployment of its “ Urban Planning Police ,” an immediate construction-site control system. This mechanism aims to eradicate urban-planning violations and preserve the aesthetic appeal of the urban landscape.
The "Cities Without Slums" program has benefited more than 382,000 families as of December 31, 2025, marking a major milestone in the reduction of substandard housing. At the same time, the government is preparing new measures to curb the escalation of rents in major urban areas.
Fatima Zahra El Mansouri, Minister of Territorial Planning, Urbanism, Housing, and City Policy, recently took stock of the housing assistance program, indicating that the number of beneficiaries currently stands at 75,760, including Moroccans from the diaspora.
To date, the direct housing assistance program has registered some 71,114 beneficiaries, of whom 24% are Moroccans residing abroad (MREs), said Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the Minister of National Land Use Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy.
The Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, has just dispatched a commission from the territorial administration to control the urban planning sector in Meknes, after several scandals.
Nadia Touhami, a member of the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) in the House of Representatives, calls for a mid-term evaluation of the housing assistance program, intended for middle and low-income households, in order to correct disparities and ensure the effectiveness of the subsidies.
The General Inspectorate of Territorial Administration, in coordination with that of the Ministry of National Land Use Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy, wants to investigate fraudulent maneuvers related to building permit applications.
The Ministry of National Territorial Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy has launched a study mission aimed at analyzing the residential rental market and proposing alternative solutions in major cities.
The Ministry of National Land Use Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy has certainly strengthened the transparency and clarity of real estate transactions through the digitization of the housing assistance allocation process, but it has failed to completely eradicate certain negative phenomena, in particular the proliferation of informal transactions.
The housing assistance program is successful with Moroccans residing abroad (MREs). Out of more than 110,000 applications registered, nearly a quarter, or 26% of the total, come from the Moroccan diaspora.
The direct housing assistance program is a great success with Moroccans residing abroad (MREs). Some 21% of the applications registered on the digital platform "Daam Sakane" come from MREs, who also represent 23% of the beneficiaries.
Moroccans living abroad (MREs) are among the 15,194 beneficiaries of the new housing assistance program launched by King Mohammed VI last October, says Fatima Zahra Mansouri, Minister of Land Development, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy.