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Hezbollah Launches Promise And Commitment Housing Program With Up To $14,000 For Displaced Families
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Hezbollah launches "Promise and Commitment" housing aid for families displaced by 2024 and 2026 wars. Provides up to $14,000 over one year for rent and furniture allowances.
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Hezbollah housing aid announced
Hezbollah head of the Executive Council Sheikh Ali Damoush announced the launch of the “Promise and Commitment” housing program in Beirut’s southern suburb, Dahiyeh, to aid displaced families and those whose homes were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by Israeli wars in 2024 and 2026. Sheikh Damoush said the program would provide up to $14,000 for housing in Beirut and its southern suburbs and $12,000 elsewhere, covering rental and furniture costs for eligible families affected by the 2024 and 2026 wars. Sheikh Damoush set the first payment at $3,500 for eligible families in Beirut and its southern suburbs and $3,000 in other areas, and he said the assistance would be distributed in four installments over one year.
Sheikh Damoush framed the initiative as a moral and religious obligation and insisted it was not a substitute for the state’s responsibility to provide shelter and oversee reconstruction. Sheikh Damoush said, “The project has begun, and we will complete it, God willing,” while calling for solidarity with displaced families and warning landlords and furniture sellers against exploiting the assistance by raising rents or prices.
Payments, eligibility, and disputes
Hezbollah’s plan would provide financial support totaling up to $14,000, including rent and furniture allowances, to be paid over one year, and Ali Daamoush confirmed the program on Tuesday. Eligible families in Beirut and the southern suburb would receive $14,000, including $8,000 for furniture and $6,000 for rent, while families in other parts of Lebanon would receive $12,000, including $8,000 for furniture and $4,000 for rent, with the same 2024 rates retained. The aid would be limited to families who used the affected properties as their primary residences and did not own a second home, excluding summer homes and abandoned properties.
Hezbollah would make payments in four installments over one year, starting with $3,500 for families in Beirut and its southern suburbs and $3,000 elsewhere, and Damoush described eligibility as based on criteria assessing the extent of damage to each property. The United States disputed a Reuters report that Hezbollah received $200 million from Iran, stating the money was “not there.”
State responsibility and aftermath
Sheikh Damoush slammed Lebanese authorities for their conduct toward displaced people, saying, “To this day, Lebanese authorities have done nothing to ease the people’s suffering, instead deepening their wounds with misleading rhetoric and incitement against them and the martyrs.” Sheikh Damoush insisted, “Reconstruction and sheltering displaced people are the State’s responsibility, this issue must be kept separate from any political considerations.” Israel’s bombing of Lebanon and its invasion forced hundreds of thousands of Hizballah supporters to flee after the group joined the regional war in support of Iran on March 2.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Health showed that Israeli attacks had killed more than 4,300 people, while noting the ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Sheikh Damoush described Hezbollah’s housing effort as building on previous housing assistance efforts and said Hezbollah had surveyed affected communities and established specialized committees to identify eligible homes and beneficiaries.