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The Karnataka government will soon come out with a new housing policy to ensure that people from lower and middle income groups will have houses of their own, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar informed the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Replying to the discussion on the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address, Shettar said the government will unveil an “affordable housing scheme” soon.
He said the government had given priority to housing for the poor during the last five years. It had constructed 55,000 houses for the people of North Karnataka, who were affected by severe floods in 2009, he added.