His Excellency Engineer Bassem bin Yaqoub Al-Hamr, Minister of Housing, confirmed the size of the great achievement in East Hidd City, which amounted to 88%, indicating that the number of ready-made units that were distributed to the beneficiaries amounted to 1770 housing units in each of: Bu Shaheen neighborhood, Qulaia district, Umm neighborhood Al-Swali, Al-Ezel neighborhood, in addition to the presence of 1008 housing units within the final stages of delivery and distribution to the beneficiaries, as this achievement comes within the plan to provide 25 thousand new housing units that were approved in the government's 2019-2022 work program.
The Minister of Housing expressed his pride in the royal sponsorship of the housing file in the Kingdom of Bahrain, stressing that the completion of 5 new cities in the Kingdom of Bahrain, including East Hidd City, would not have been achieved without the attention and support of the esteemed government headed by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister to meet all challenges.
The Minister of Housing referred to allocating housing plots within the East Hidd City project, which numbered 496, which were distributed to the beneficiaries, bringing the construction and utilization rate of these plots to about 50%, as the construction process was actually started by citizens in the “Umm Al Shajar” neighborhood.
The Minister of Housing noted that the East Hidd City project also includes 1600 ownership apartments, of which 520 apartments have been offered to start implementation within a recently awarded tender, and a tender for the second phase of this project will be offered to include an additional 520 apartments during the last quarter of the year 2021 AD to achieve 60% of the size of the achievement that is hoped to be reached by the end of the year.
As for roads, the Minister of Housing indicated that the construction of the main road networks in the project has actually been completed in order to facilitate the beneficiaries and the Ministry’s keenness to provide the appropriate living environment within this modern city if the volume of interest in the main infrastructure and road works is no less important than the construction Residential units and plots.
The Minister of Housing concluded his statement by affirming the Ministry’s keenness to meet the largest number of housing requests by providing various housing services for the beneficiaries and finding the best initiatives to enhance the size of the achievement in the housing file in a way that enhances the means of stability for citizens.
