Algerian Government enforces new measures to regulate building works in housing sector.

The Algerian Government has decided to implement new legal measures aimed at regulating and streamlining building works in the housing sector across the 48 provinces of the country.

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• Under the new law n° 8 of July 2008, all operators or private citizens willing to undertake the construction of a house or a trading facility should strictly comply with all the required norms and specifications now in force in the housing sector.
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• As a result, those who start a construction of a house or a commercial structure and leave it unfinished along the way, could face sanctions from the public authorities including heavy fines and even the withdrawal  of their construction permit.
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• Under the new stringent regulations, those who undertake the illicit or anarchical construction of a house without having the necessary legal documents will be fined between 100.000 dinars and 1 million dinars and could also face a prison sentence of up to 2 years.
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