Keep Expat Bachelors Away From Family Homes In Kuwait

A committee of the Council of Ministers will meet today (Sunday) to review the report presented by Municipal Minister Fahd Al-Shula on the current situation in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. According to a reliable source, the committee will analyze vital aspects of enhancing the northwestern section of the region thoroughly. Addressing challenges, evaluating property ownership and status, examining traffic and security conditions, and exploring possible solutions are all part of this analysis.

The discussed options include imposing restrictions on leasing residential units to singles or the so-called bachelors, allowing worker housing within industrial plots and agricultural areas, and granting permits for labor accommodations within major projects. Six specific locations have been designated as labor cities, covering an area of 13,335,000 square meters collectively. A total of 18,600,000 square meters of land have also been set aside for worker housing complexes.

Further, the committee will carefully evaluate the recommendations outlined in the report of the Minister of Municipalities. In response to the evaluation of the current state of the area, appropriate actions will be determined. He added that the committee will review the recommendations included in the report of the Minister of Municipality, and if the current status of the area is maintained, the matter will require finding solutions to address the imbalance in the demographic structure; improving the security and traffic situation and putting an end to existing violations; developing the main and internal road network and modernizing and developing the infrastructure network (electricity, water, and sewage); taking advantage of plots 19 and 20 to provide residential care, which was previously acquired, and no specific use has been decided for them to date and improving and developing the health system

In order to keep up with the surrounding uses, he suggested the following measures:

— The necessity of expropriation in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of Decree Law No. 86/131, regarding the expropriation of real estate for which expropriation formulas have been issued. If deemed necessary by the public interest, the Council of Ministers may issue expropriation formulas based on a request from the concerned authority and presentation from the Minister of Municipality.

— Handing over workers’ cities and residential complexes to workers in accordance with the decisions of the Municipal Council issued regarding them, and beginning their implementation in parallel with the expropriation and evacuation plan for the area.

— Reorganizing the region in a civilized manner that is consistent with its distinctive location, finding solutions to create the necessary balance for the demographic structure, ending the phenomenon of existing Arab houses and the problem of commons spread within them, and organizing the network of external and internal roads in the region in accordance with developments in the surrounding areas.

— Raising the level of services in the region by providing the necessary public facilities and services according to the proposed new uses. In his report, Minister Al-Shula explained that the value of acquiring plots in the region, according to estimates for 2023, is about 1.432 billion dinars. As part of its meeting, the Ministerial Services Committee will discuss the Public Authority for Housing Welfare's request to overcome the obstacles to the S2 Investment Opportunity Project.

The Minister of Justice and Minister of Housing, Faleh Al-Ruqabah, had sent a letter to the Council of Ministers, regarding the delay in issuing building permits for the S2 Investment Opportunity Project in Sabah Al-Ahmad Residential City, referring to the partnership contract concluded on September 8, 2020 between the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) and one of the companies for the management and development of lands and real estate, regarding the building design, financing, operating, maintaining and transferring the investment opportunity that serves the residents of the Sabah Al-Ahmad Residential City in particular, and the areas surrounding the city in general.

Al- Ruqabah said these projects are developmental, reduce the burden on the state, and translate the state's vision and plan into the contribution of the private sector to development initiatives. Accordingly, Kuwait's indicators are negatively impacted by the delay in issuing building permits. If the neighbors agree, the committee will review the letter from the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs regarding its approval of the concerned party's donation project to build a mosque in a public park in the Al-Masayel area, Block 1.

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