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Police in Fez arrested three men aged 20 to 22 accused of running an online scam that promised victims shares in Moroccan real estate companies, seizing nine bank cards, four phones and a motorcycle.
More than 109,000 applicants who qualified for Morocco's direct housing assistance have not yet been paid, Housing Minister Samir Belfkih told Parliament, as the country's housing deficit is put at about 300,000 units.
The ANCFCC has introduced a service letting owners of registered property request and download land ownership certificates without visiting a registry office, though other procedures still require additional steps.
Morocco's Federation of Property Developers has urged authorities to treat housing policy as more than a tax or spending instrument, arguing that affordability, project economics and durable tax revenue must be reconciled as the 2027 Finance Bill is debated.
Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha has been qualified by Saudi Arabia's National Housing Company as a partner developer, opening the way to residential projects in Riyadh but with no plot or investment yet awarded.
Morocco's Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region has been declared free of substandard housing after a programme in Es-Semara rehoused 4,357 families at a ministry cost of close to MAD 687 million.
Morocco's draft 2027 budget introduces a national affordable rental programme for students, young professionals and new households, alongside 11,000 new student beds and 100,000 rural homes.
Documents accompanying Morocco's 2027 Finance Bill put the student accommodation gap at nearly 400,000 beds, with public residences covering only a fraction of demand and private rents rising 15% to 20%.
A Tangier court has sentenced Ahmed Zegaf, deputy president of the Mghogha district and a member of the National Rally of Independents, to seven years in prison over forged documents and illegal land subdivision in a case covering more than 20 property disputes.