Both the Abu Dhabi Retirement Fund and the Abu Dhabi Housing Authority have announced the completion of an electronic linking process with the goal of providing a service to automatically exempt requests for housing loans for retired citizens with low incomes registered with the Fund, in the context of continuing efforts and joint cooperation between the two sides to ensure the facilitation of transactions That requires a joint effort to provide the best level of integrated government services to customers.
The new cooperation comes with the aim of supporting retirees registered with the Fund with low incomes, and helping them to facilitate government procedures, within the framework of the rational leadership directions regarding providing all facilities that achieve social stability for this important group of society.
Accordingly, after activating the electronic link between the Abu Dhabi Retirement Fund and the Abu Dhabi Housing Authority, retirees who wish to obtain a housing loan exemption will not have to bear the burden of applying directly to the Authority, as the Fund will submit applications "automatically" on their behalf, once the insured has retired. In the event that his pension is no more than 20 thousand dirhams.
According to the new mechanism, the fund will count all new retirees whose pensions do not exceed 20 thousand dirhams periodically, and then provide the Abu Dhabi Housing Authority with all the data of the retired by electronic linking, in turn to examine the procedures for his entitlement to exemption directly, by examining the applications to indicate the extent of the retirement's entitlement In accordance with the conditions specified in advance by the Abu Dhabi Housing Authority.
The Director General of the Abu Dhabi Retirement Fund, Khalaf Abdullah Rahmah Al Hammadi, stressed the continuation of efforts to provide the best services to retirees to support their needs and aspirations and raise the level of their satisfaction, noting that the link with the Abu Dhabi Housing Authority comes within the framework of completing the efforts made by the Abu Dhabi government to enhance the quality of life of pensioners and support them , And its endeavors to alleviate the social and financial burdens of low-income citizenship families.
Al Hammadi pointed out that the mechanism currently used to provide the retired request for exemption from the housing loan depends on his personal movement by heading to the Abu Dhabi Housing Authority and submitting the request for exemption with all the necessary papers and documents, from the ID card and the certificate of referral for retirement, but according to the new mechanism, the fund will take over the requests for exemption. Automatically "in place of the retired person, by providing the necessary documents for the authority by electronic linking of data and information between the two sides, which saves effort and time on the retired person.
Al Hammadi stressed the continuation of the Fund’s efforts in developing digital services and solutions that would facilitate procedures at all levels to provide retirement services at a competitive and global level.
For his part, General Manager of the Abu Dhabi Housing Authority, Bashir Khalfan Al Muhairbi, said: “We are pleased with this cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Retirement Fund, which comes within the framework of meeting the guidance of our rational leadership in providing all facilities that achieve social stability for retirees registered with the Fund, and is also in line with our efforts to launch initiatives that It contributes to providing a decent life and family and social stability for citizens in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. "
Al-Muhairbi added that this cooperation and electronic linkage with the fund contribute to providing support to retired citizens and meeting their needs and happiness by facilitating them and providing them with service without effort and effort by them, and the service allows the citizen to be exempt from paying the loan amount or what remains of it when referring to retirement according to For the relevant legislation, and after studying the financial solvency of the citizen.