Southern Provinces: Smara soon to be a slum-free city

By the end of the year, the city of Smara is expected to be the 4th city in the Moroccan South declared slum-free, according to the Al Omrane-Al Janoub development holding.Smara, the cultural capital of the Southern provinces, is striving to improve its urban and architectural landscape in order to promote the living conditions of its inhabitants. In this context, this locality should be declared in the coming months of the current year as the 4th slum-free city in the Moroccan South.Launched in 2008 by the Ministry of Housing, Urban Planning and Spatial Development, the national "Slum-Free Cities" programme concerns five thousand families, 4,800 of whom live in the Lakuiz and Rbib districts in Smara, and plans to eradicate all forms of substandard housing and create a real estate market capable of meeting the needs induced by population growth and the development of the urban fabric.Sm…