National Housing Authority

The NHA is balancing the mandate to provide 100,000 affordable flats with the need for transparent and corruption-free service delivery.

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.