The Justice and Development Party (PJD) parliamentary group, along with the Progress and Socialism group in the House of Representatives, has called for the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, to appear before the Committee on the Interior, Local Authorities, and Housing to discuss the recent demolitions of homes in some cities.
The PJD group specifically requested the minister’s presence to address issues related to the rehabilitation of Casablanca’s old medina and the Ocean district in Rabat, which have sparked significant social concerns. This comes amid ongoing legal debates over the demolitions affecting multiple neighborhoods.
The group highlighted “the widespread anger among affected residents, who were given only a few days to vacate their homes without being offered suitable alternative housing or adequate financial compensation.”
This sudden displacement “has led to serious social crises within affected families, disrupting children’s education, access to healthcare, and residents’ ability to commute to workplaces, especially as many were relocated to surrounding cities.”
The request from the PJD group leader, directed to the Chairman of the Committee on the Interior, Local Authorities, Housing and Urban Policy, and Administrative Affairs, also called for the presence of the Minister of National Territory Planning, Urbanism, Housing, and City Policy, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri.
Chairman of the Progress and Socialism group in the House of Representatives Rachid Hamouni requested the Chairman of the Committee on the Interior to urgently convene a meeting with the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of National Territory Planning, to discuss the humanitarian, social, financial, economic, cultural, and urban planning aspects of the issue.
The group emphasized the need for clarity on whether proper conditions were ensured before proceeding with demolitions and relocations.
It also questioned whether residents were consulted and convinced of the proposed solutions before the abrupt enforcement of these measures.
The group aims to assess the adherence to solid legal principles and the strong legal basis for housing evacuations and property transfers, the transparency of these processes, their true nature, and the final outcomes and allocations of the transferred properties.
It stressed that Parliament must work with the government to address shortcomings in managing this process.
It also called for a thorough approach to neighborhood rehabilitation—whether in Rabat or elsewhere—grounded in legal, regulatory, and management safeguards, real community involvement, and a balanced approach that promotes development while protecting the rights, dignity, and living conditions of affected residents.
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