Social Development Ministry presents housing units to 35 families

AMMAN — The Social Development Ministry on Saturday presented 35 underprivileged families with keys of new housing units out of 94 in the northern, southern and central regions, the Jordan News Agency, Petra reported.

During the ceremony, Social Development Minister Hala Lattouf said that the ministry is working on enhancing its maintenance and building programme of underprivileged families' homes. Since its launch in 2002, 1,700 families have benefited from the programme, she added.

Jerash Governor Raed Adwan said that the government is keen on expanding its services through the Social Development Ministry in cooperation with charities, focusing on its production projects that affect people's lives. Lattouf listened to demands of the families who received the keys of their houses.