He recommended amending the terms and conditions for deductions from the "Zayed Housing Program"

Parliamentary report: Determining housing needs in the country is linked to the development of a “unified database”

The recommendations included coordination between "Zayed Housing" and the housing authorities to provide lands for future housing projects.

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A parliamentary report, recently approved by the Federal National Council, on the subject of “the policy of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program,” confirmed that there is a difficulty in the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program identifying current and future housing needs in the country, as a result of the absence of a unified housing database at the state level, recommending the necessity of Establishing a unified housing number at the state level that helps determine the current and future needs in the housing sector and facilitates the process of communication with the beneficiaries of the housing programs. It also recommended amending the executive regulations regarding the conditions and controls for providing housing assistance in relation to the system of deduction of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program for housing support to suit the income of Beneficiary and his deductions.

The report, which "Emirates Today" obtained a copy of, monitored a number of parliamentary observations, including three observations related to the strategy of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program to meet population needs, including "the decrease in the number of housing support decisions during the years (2017-2019), which resulted in It has the difficulty of meeting the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program for the future housing needs of citizens, which will negatively affect family stability, the difficulty of some beneficiaries obtaining housing support, such as polygamous citizens, which leads to the lack of family stability for them and their children, the absence of a unified database at the state level, which led to It is difficult for the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program to determine the current and future housing needs in the country and to prepare future studies related to housing plans.

The report noted “weak coordination and cooperation between the municipalities and the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program regarding future housing projects, which led to the municipalities’ delay in providing land stocks for the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program projects, as well as the failure to activate the housing electronic platform (the unified housing portal) that links between the housing program Sheikh Zayed Housing and between the housing authorities, which facilitates the beneficiary to obtain all housing services and saves the beneficiary time and effort.

The report concluded with several parliamentary recommendations, adopted by the Council regarding the policy of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program, including recommendations at the level of “legislation, policies and regulations,” including “adding an item in Cabinet Resolution No. (61) for the year 2021 regarding the executive regulations for the terms and controls for providing housing assistance. To include specifying a period of time for the beneficiary to obtain housing support, whether it is a grant or a loan, from the date of issuing the final approval decision on the application (taking into account the material changes that may occur in the applicant’s data), amending the executive regulations regarding the conditions and controls for providing housing assistance, with regard to the deduction system The Sheikh Zayed Housing Program for housing support so that it suits the beneficiary’s income and deductions, and defines clear mechanisms regarding the total exemption from the loan repayment or reducing the housing support premium for those affected by loan owners or those who were unable to earn a living or those referred to the retirement pension or senior citizens, and linking this to a period of time Specific to finish thisprocedures".

The recommendations also included “increasing the number of housing decisions related to housing grants to meet the needs of this category of eligible people and provide them with a decent life, raising the ceiling of housing grants in line with the high building and construction prices and high inflation rates in the country, and developing an action plan to implement the recommendation of the Federal National Council issued on 2018/ 4/24 In the third ordinary session of the 15th legislative term, which was approved by the Council of Ministers on 7/2/2019 regarding the policy of the Ministry of Community Development in the matter of family building and in relation to facilitating access to government housing for those who are about to marry and polygamous persons, and to reduce the deduction rates for housing financing Return the payment period as it was before.

With regard to "partnership and communication", the recommendations included "coordination and cooperation between the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program and the concerned housing authorities in the country with the aim of providing a stock of land for future housing projects and their infrastructure and facilities, coordination and cooperation with the housing authorities in the country to prepare a unified database at the level of The state, in terms of determining current and future housing needs, sets work programs for cooperation and coordination with the private sector;

To actively participate in the housing projects in the country.

The recommendations also included with regard to “proactive studies and the electronic population system”, establishing a unified housing number at the state level that helps identify current and future needs in the housing sector and facilitates the process of communication with beneficiaries of housing programs, establishing a population data and monitoring center specialized in monitoring, analyzing and studying the housing sector In the state and the variables affecting it and linking them to the numbers of those who are about to marry, which contributes to preparing studies and proactive plans that determine the future housing needs of citizens, linking the unified housing portal platform with the housing authorities with the aim of obtaining services and requests related to housing and saving time and effort for the citizen, and finally, increasing programs Awareness-oriented beneficiaries of housing support about the conditions and controls in providing housing assistance and services.

Residential Sustainability Standards

The parliamentary report made two observations, the first, the absence of initiatives and decisions regarding the application of housing sustainability standards to individual projects, as well as the absence of financial support for the application of these standards, which resulted in the failure to achieve a sustainable environment in accordance with the strategy of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program regarding the provision and development of a sustainable and innovative residential environment.

The second is the limited awareness programs provided to the beneficiaries of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program on the importance of sustainable development.

• The recommendations included increasing the number of housing decisions related to housing grants to meet the needs of those entitled.

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