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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - HOUSING
 Khalifa orders distribution of 800 plots to UAE nationals
Posted on 16/03/2010
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered distribution of 800 residential plots to the UAE nationals in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Western Region to ensure social and family stability.
Sheikh Khalifa's gesture reflects his keenness to provide good living conditions for each citizen as per the higher national goals within the framework of communal solidarity and social stability.
The distribution of residential plots to deserved citizens is in line with the Abu Dhabi
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 Abu Dhabi plans to build 17,000 villas for Emiratis
Posted on 25/08/2009
Almost 17,000 new villas for Emiratis will be built in the emirate over the next five years in 23 separate locations. This was disclosed yesterday by Khamis Sultan al Suwaidi, the director general of a body established by the Urban Planning Council to ensure the buildings are developed to an acceptable standard.
The Abu Dhabi Centre for Housing and Service Facilities Development will oversee the building of new homes allocated to Emirati nationals, he said. Most houses and plots would be
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 Aldar Properties appoints contractors to build 5,000 villas at Al Falah
Posted on 21/07/2009
Aldar Properties PJSC, Abu Dhabi's leading property development, management and Investment Company, yesterday announced the signing of contracts with three contractors, focused on delivering 5,000 villas at Al Falah.
Al Falah is a master planned community for UAE nationals as part of the Plan Abu Dhabi 2030 directive. The development was launched earlier this year at the Cityscape Abu Dhabi exhibition and will provide 5,000 homes for UAE families, as part of the Abu Dhabi Government's
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![]() Emiratis in Western Region to get 3,660 new villas in five years
Posted on 23/04/2009
The Western Region Municipality in Abu Dhabi emirate plans to build 3,660 new villas for Emiratis and renovate 3,300 villas in the region over the next five years, a senior official told Gulf News.
The villa construction project includes building infrastructure facilities for another 1,800 plots where citizens can construct their own residential units later Hamood Humaid M. Al Mansouri, General Manager of Western Region Municipality said at Cityscape.
"We also plan seven big parks and 26
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 Khalifa issues decree granting houses and plots to citizens
Posted on 09/04/2009
President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his capacity as the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, issued a decree granting houses and plots of land to 565 citizens in the emirate.
The houses and plots of lands in various parts of the emirate are allocated as part of the keenness of His Highness to ensure the means of dignified life for the citizens.
Sheikh Khalifa used to give frequent directives to ensure proper coordination among all various departments in the emirate to speed up the completion
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 Mohammed orders lands for inheritors
Posted on 02/04/2009
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has instructed, in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, immediate distribution of new batch of land grant deeds to inheritors in different parts of Dubai.
Sheikh Mohammed approved an order for distribution of 53 deeds which will be handed out to beneficiaries by the Dubai Land Department.
'Every family in our beloved country is entitled to enjoy decent life in a proper house that has all modern housing
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 Zayed Housing Programme approves 856 grants and loans
Posted on 22/03/2009
The Zayed Housing Programme has approved 856 new applications for housing assistance across various emirates.
Among them 665 are housing loans and the remaining 191 housing grants distributed as 106 in Abu Dhabi, 46 in Dubai, 158 in Sharjah, 163 in Ajman, 44 in Umm Al Qaiwain 174 in Ras Al Khaimah and 174 in Fujairah. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
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 Emiratis promised 50,000 new homes
Posted on 16/03/2009
More than 50,000 homes will be built for Emiratis over the next 20 years, the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) said yesterday.
Tens of thousands of Emiratis have applied for government housing and the waiting list is up to five years long, so the announcement was warmly welcomed and heralds much needed relief to a housing crisis that has resulted in spectacular rent increases and forced many people to commute from cheaper areas, such as Buraimi in Oman.
About 30,000 houses will be
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 Advanced construction village at Saadiyat Island nears completion
Posted on 15/02/2009
Saadiyat Construction Village, one of the most advanced housing facilities for construction workers in the Middle East, is soon to be inaugurated by Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), Abu Dhabi's leading tourism asset developer.
Situated at Saadiyat Island, the signature 27 square-kilometre leisure, residential and cultural destination island adjacent to Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital, TDIC's Saadiyat Construction Village will set a new benchmark in the region for the standard of
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![]() MBRHE allocated 70 new pieces of land to beneficiaries in Dubai
Posted on 12/02/2009
Following the orders of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to distribute land to citizens, the Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment announced 70 new land beneficiaries.
Mr. Sami Gargash, Duty Manager Director at Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MBRHE) said: "At MBRHE, we follow the guidelines of Sheikh Mohammed. The Establishment is working hard to meet the housing related requests of UAE nationals
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 MBRHE approves 80 modern houses at a value of Dh85 million
Posted on 07/02/2009
Under the direction of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and in execution of the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid, Crown Prince of Dubai, the Board of Directors of Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MBRHE) has approved the list of the nationals entitled for house allocation in Al Mizhar 1 area adjacent to the old Mushref Shaabeyya. The move was taken during the Board's
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 Public Works Ministry to spend Dh 7.6 mn for maintenance of houses in RAK
Posted on 04/02/2009
The Ministry of Public Works will spend Dh 7.6 million to renovate 22 houses of citizens in Ras Al Khaimah.
The Ministry's Tenders and Contracts Department has hired contractors to do the work, whose total cost was donated by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Charity Foundation.
The first phase of the maintenance project will include 9 houses at a total cost of Dh 3.2 million. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
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 Khalifa grants residential plots, low cost houses to 369 UAE nationals in Abu Dhabi emirate
Posted on 11/01/2009
President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, issued in his capacity as a Ruler of Abu Dhabi an emiri decree granting residential plots and low cost houses to 369 UAE nationals in different areas across the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
The move comes in line with keenness of Sheikh Khalifa on social stability and provision of good living conditions for families. 187 residential plots and 64 low cost houses will be in Abu Dhabi city, 92 plots and five low cost houses will be in Al Ain city and 14
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 Mohammed orders speedy delivery of houses to justices
Posted on 06/01/2009
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai has ordered the authorities of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme to expedite the delivery of houses to justices in the UAE judiciary.
In a statement by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak. Minister of Housing and Chairman of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme, the Minister explained that a number of residential villas have been handed over to their owners in the category of widows, orphans and teachers as per
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 Emiratis living in old houses asked to apply for new ones
Posted on 18/12/2008
Emiratis in Ras Al Khaimah, who are living in dilapidated homes, have been asked to approach the Zayed Housing Programme and the Saud Housing Programme to seek new accommodations.
The Ras Al Khaimah Municipality's announcement came after a survey of old houses, especially in the remote areas of the emirate, showed that the housing units were not up to the standards and some of them posed risk to the inhabitants, municipal officials said. The Chairman of Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, Mubarak
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