The Minister of Infrastructure Development, Chairman of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program, Dr. Eng. Abdullah bin Mohammed Belhaif Al-Nuaimi, confirmed that the accreditation of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday, the decision to exempt 188 citizens Of the deceased and hard-pressed due to the low monthly income of less than 15,000 dirhams, the remainder of the housing support loan comes from the directives of the leadership of the state on the necessity of caring for citizens, especially families with a limited interior, and achieving family and housing stability for them.
He said that the exemptions include 188 decisions worth more than 71.1 million dirhams, including 54 million dirhams exemption for 145 deceased citizens, by spending the full amount of housing assistance for 135 deceased valued at 50.6 million dirhams, and 10 cases a large portion of the loan was disbursed amounting to 3.3 million dirhams.
Al-Naimi added that the decisions included the exemption of 43 citizens of the insolvent due to the decrease in the monthly income to less than 15,000 dirhams, and their ages over 65 years, with a value exceeding 17.2 million dirhams, indicating that the exemptions decision came as a supplement to the decision to raise the value of the salary ceiling for those who are entitled to housing support to 15 thousand dirhams, and raising the value of loans in residential neighborhoods from 800 thousand dirhams to one million and 200 thousand dirhams. He stressed that the decisions reflect the keenness of the government and its leadership to put the needs of citizens at the top of its priorities, and harness all energies to provide a decent life for the people of the country, and to emphasize care and attention to the conditions of citizens, and work to lift the suffering on their shoulders, especially citizens who face special circumstances, in order to enhance the element of family stability To achieve social welfare, and to support them in all their issues and concerns.
Al-Nuaimi explained that «the program’s services do not stop at providing housing support, but rather the constant and permanent follow-up of the citizens, to ensure the construction or housing support process runs in full without any obstacles, and through the program’s communication with citizens who have received housing support, and hearing their requirements and needs, it was found that There is a decrease in the monthly income of some borrowers, and the decrease is often affecting the family's living situation, especially if the number of individuals is large, in addition to the families whose breadwinner died, leaving a widow and minor children who cannot pay the loan, as well as bear life expenses, and it is an obligation A to raise these cases to the leadership, which is the first goal of the stability of families of citizenship, and the provision of decent living it ».