PM proposes low-cost housing for low-income families
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PRIME Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday floated the idea of building low-cost apartments for low-income people at locations close to mass-transit stations or major public-transport systems.
“Each unit should cost no more than Bt300,000,” he said. “This means buyers will only have to pay a monthly instalment of just between Bt1,000 and Bt2,000.”
His proposal aims to pull people out of slums and clear public spaces, such as plots along public waterways, for common use.
The prime minister said this while presiding over a ceremony held to mark World Environment Day, which is marked on June 5 every year.
At the ceremony, the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion signed a memorandum of cooperation with other countries to campaign that people refrain from using plastic bags on the 15th of every month at least.
