اخبار البحرين – وطن نيوز
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Hassan Al-Sitry The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning confirmed that the total housing applications allocated during the current legislative term until the end of 2025 amounted to 17,190 housing services, and these services were allocated at the level of all governorates of the Kingdom. It stated in its response to the question of Representative Khaled Bu Anq, regarding the number of applications that were canceled since the beginning of the current legislative term until now, that the total applications that were canceled during this period amounted to 2,520 applications, for several reasons that include the applicant’s failure to fulfill or A member of his family under the condition of permanent residency in Bahrain, where their percentage of the total of these applications is 29%, or changing the marital status of the applicant, where their percentage of the total of these applications is 42%. Among the reasons for canceling applications is that the income of the applicant exceeded the housing service ceiling, where their percentage of the total applications is 17%, in addition to the applicant or a member of his family owning a residential property, where their percentage of the total of these applications is 12%. Note that the applicant whose application was canceled can apply to the Ministry to revive His request was canceled after he fulfilled the housing service requirements within two years from the date of cancellation of the request, in accordance with the text of Article No. 69 of Resolution No. 909 of 2015 regarding the housing system. The Ministry indicated that Resolution No. 909 of 2015 regarding the housing system has determined the categories eligible for housing services, through Article No. 3, which states: “The family consists of one of the following categories: The first category: husband, wife, and children – if any – taking into account Polygamy does not give the right to obtain more than one housing service. The second category: one of the parents with one or more minor children who hold Bahraini nationality, and also includes the family that consists of a Bahraini woman married to a foreigner and who has one or more minor children who hold Bahraini nationality. The third category: the 21-year-old, unmarried son living with his or her Bahraini parents. The fourth category: the 21-year-old son, who is an orphan of parents, and has one or more minor brother or sister, who He is chosen by agreement by his other brothers who have reached 21 years of age. The percentage of housing applications in the first category of the total applications is 88%, while the percentage of the second category is 8%, while the percentage of the third category is 3%, and as for the fourth category their percentage is 1% of the total existing applications, which vary between units, apartments, and residential vouchers. As for the number of applications submitted to the Ministry during the current legislative term, their total by the end of 2025 reached a total 29 thousand requests for various housing services. Regarding the question related to requests for the fifth category, the Ministry stated that Resolution No. 909 of 2015 regarding the housing system has regulated the requirements for this category, through Article No. 3, which stipulates: “The fifth category: the divorced woman, the widow, or the woman abandoned by a judicial ruling, who does not have one or more children, or the single woman who is an orphan of parents. This category is granted temporary housing service only based on the discretion of the Housing Committee, in accordance with the requirements. The requirements include that the age of the applicant upon submission must not be less than 21 years and not more than 60 years, and anyone over the age of 60 may apply, provided that her health qualifies for housing on her own. The income of the applicant upon submission and at the time of allocation must not exceed 800 Bahraini dinars, and the monthly installment for benefiting from temporary housing is calculated not to exceed 25% of the beneficiary’s income, provided that it does not exceed the monthly installment stipulated in Article 22 of this decision. The beneficiary is obligated to update her data and information periodically every 6 months or upon the Ministry’s request, and to immediately notify the Ministry of any change that may occur to the data and documents related to the application, starting from the date of submitting the application and throughout the benefit period. The Housing Committee may make exceptions from some of the mentioned requirements for exceptional cases, including the case of a divorced or widowed Bahraini woman who has non-Bahraini minor children with the fulfillment of other requirements, and the case of a single Bahraini woman who is not an orphan, Provided that it is proven that there is an existing conflict between her and the rest of her family members, or that she will suffer harm if she lives with them. The competent administration submits applications for the fifth category to the Housing Committee after studying each case separately, and ensuring that the aforementioned requirements are met, provided that these requirements continue to be met from the date of submitting the application and throughout the benefit period. In addition to the cases of cancellation of the allocation for the use of housing stipulated in Article 10 of this decision, the allocation is canceled and the housing is restored in the event of Marriage of the beneficiary, or in the event of her death. Based on the aforementioned text, applications for the fifth category are accepted in accordance with the requirements stipulated in the article, after studying these cases and issuing a recommendation from the Housing Committee, where temporary housing is allocated to them only. Note that the Ministry has expanded the standards for this category, according to the latest amendment, and among the most prominent of these amendments is the expansion of the age group for accepting applications, increasing the maximum monthly income to 800 dinars, in addition to calculating the monthly installment equivalent to 25 of the beneficiary’s income, and without More than 100 dinars. The Ministry indicated that the number of applications submitted for this category since the beginning of the legislative term until now has reached 135 applications, as a total of 77 applications were allocated during this period, explaining that in 2023 it launched an electronic service to submit applications for the fifth category through the Ministry’s website for electronic services, as part of its efforts to facilitate the procedures for submitting applications for female citizens, and to enable them to follow the status of the application from the application stage until the allocation stage. In this context, the Ministry sends text messages to female citizens applying for this category. The service informs them of the stages of the application process. In the event that the application is not accepted, a text message is sent that includes an explanation of the reason for the rejection, which enhances the level of transparency and communication with the beneficiaries of this service. As for the other part of the question related to the Ministry’s plan to meet the existing housing requests of citizens, the Ministry explained that its plans and programs are based on diversifying housing options and expanding partnerships with the private sector, with the aim of providing innovative housing solutions that contribute to citizens obtaining their housing services immediately, in accordance with the housing commitments contained in the government program. 2023-2026. During the past year, the Ministry has developed a number of services that contribute to facilitating citizens’ immediate access to adequate housing, including the launch of the “Tas’heel” program with greater features and features, in light of the government’s vision to continue developing financing services, and based on the positive results achieved by the “Tas’heel” program with its various purposes in meeting thousands of housing requests within just three years since its launch in 2022. The Ministry has also launched the “Ambition” program, which allows… Beneficiaries of “Tas’heel” and “Tas’heel+” financing, in addition to previous beneficiaries of purchase financing for the purpose of owning a residential apartment, have the possibility of obtaining additional government-supported financing in the amount of 20 thousand dinars after 10 years from the date of purchasing the apartment, so that this amount, in addition to the value of selling the apartment, contributes to facilitating the move to a larger property. With regard to housing projects in partnership with the private sector through the government land development rights program, the Ministry has completed housing the “S’hail” housing project in the suburb Al-Lawzi, which met 132 housing requests through housing financing options. Allocation of units for the “Al-Naseem Neighborhood” project in Salman City, which also meets 131 housing requests, also began, in addition to citizens pre-booking units for the “Al-Wadi” project in the Buhair region, which includes 76 housing units, when the project was launched at the Innovation Exhibition in the Social Housing Sector 2025 via the Bayti Real Estate platform. The off-plan sales system was also applied for the first time when it was launched. Units of the “Danat Sanad” project, which fulfills 47 housing requests for reservation by citizens benefiting from financing services, on the sidelines of the Cityscape Bahrain 2025 exhibition. The Ministry also recently concluded contracts for the implementation of 3 housing projects in Salman City with several real estate developers, to provide 137 housing units for beneficiaries of housing financing, while the Ministry is currently taking the necessary measures to launch a project to implement more than three thousand units in Khalifa City, where four memorandums of understanding were concluded. Last April, the Ministry is preparing to begin implementation during the next phase. In terms of completing the implementation of projects in housing cities, the Ministry is working to complete the projects under implementation in Hidd City, Salman City, Khalifa City, and Sitra City, within the approved budget for the years 2025-2026. The Ministry is also working to deliver units to the beneficiaries of these projects according to the readiness rates of each project separately. The Ministry has recently achieved progress in the course of its projects, as Sitra Housing City was opened and delivered. 1,077 housing units for beneficiary citizens. At the beginning of 2024, the implementation of the second phase, which includes 531 housing units, began, and the completion rates have reached their final stages and are currently being delivered to the beneficiaries. In addition, the completion rates are progressing in the work phases of the project to implement 1,269 housing units in the third phase. It is also worth noting that residential plots have been allocated in the project after the completion of providing infrastructure services therein. Regarding Salman City, the developed generation project has been opened. Of the residential buildings in the city, which provides 1,362 residential apartments that were implemented according to modern building designs with a comprehensive development of all facilities and services in the buildings, including parking and common area services. The Ministry also recently began implementing the second phase of the project, which will provide 432 private-owned apartments. As for the Southern Governorate, at the beginning of this year, the Ministry began implementing a housing project in Khalifa City, providing 372 residential units. And in Muharraq Governorate, in implementation of the High Royal Order of His Majesty King Hamad. Bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Great King of the country, to preserve the historical and cultural identity of Bahrain’s buildings and cities, revive Isa Grand Palace and develop the city of Muharraq, and based on the directives of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prime Minister to activate the executive plan for the project, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, in coordination with the relevant government agencies, launched the Muharraq City Development Plan, the first phase of which is scheduled to witness the construction and restoration of approximately 300 residential units, while the total number of residential units that the project will accommodate in the future phase About 2,000 units, and the private sector will be involved in providing these units. As for meeting old housing requests, which date back to the year 2004 and before, the Ministry stated that it had previously developed an executive plan to provide solutions and alternatives for those with these requests, in implementation of the order of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, which includes three main options: The first is allocating a housing plot supported by funding from the “Facilitation” program worth 40 thousand dinars, with the continued disbursement of an allowance. Housing for the beneficiaries for two years from the date of entitlement, and the second is providing a residential apartment for the beneficiaries with a financial grant of 3 thousand dinars, and an exemption for two years from maintenance fees for the common areas of the Beneficiaries Union, and finally granting the beneficiaries the maximum financing of the “Tas’heel” program, estimated at 70 thousand dinars, supported by a grant of 10 thousand dinars. The Ministry confirmed that the second and third options have been allocated to all those wishing at the level of all governorates of the Kingdom. As for the first option, the requests of those wishing have been met This option is available for applications dating back to the year 2002, and part of the applications dating back to the year 2003, as the Ministry relies in the distribution process on the criterion of seniority of applications, in order to achieve the principle of justice and equal opportunities. As for the remaining applications who wish to have this option, they will be allocated after completing the work of providing infrastructure services for the lands allocated for this purpose.
