Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the modernization of Habous, that is a nonprofit management system of land and building in Morocco, and to consider the spreading of the Habous projects under the French protectorate. Habous was originally a traditional institute that manages the maintenance fee for public facilities based on the sales of shops or houses. Through the comparison of historical sources about Habous projects, it is turned out that most of the Habous projects were planned to reappear a historical urban fablic consisted of the facilities and shops or houses. It was not only for imitation, but also for a fair management of modern Habous. The Habous project was a pioneering experiment for the modern Moroccan urbanization.
