Free traditional houses must not be rented out

Dr Jawan bin Salim Al Dhahiri, Head of the Municipal Affairs Department in Abu Dhabi, has told Khaleej Times that the Abu Dhabi Municipality has launched an awareness campaign targeting UAE nationals, who have been awarded traditional houses by the government at no cost, to warn them of the hazards of renting out their houses.

The campaign is meant to prompt the UAE nationals to conform to the municipality's order which gave the wrongdoers a grace period till the end of the current academic year to get their houses vacated if they do not want them to be taken back.

Jawan said recently that these traditional houses had been allotted to the UAE nationals with limited income for living in not for renting them out with the aim of raking in money. More than 2,000 UAE nationals, who are eligible for getting such houses, are still in the waiting list.

The campaign would acquaint the landlords and tenants with the order and the current situation.
/Khallej Times/

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Real estate's regulations gone into force

The Municipal Affairs Department in Abu Dhabi has commenced to put the revised executive regulations of law no 3 of 2005 issued by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi regarding property registration in the emirate.

Dr. Juan Salim Al Dhahiri, Chairman of the Department, said the by-law, which incorporated opinions of different stakeholders, was drafted to serve public interest.

''By this move, the government of Abu Dhabi has gone along way in regulating the real estate sector- a developemnt that will have far-reaching impact towards instituting governance and transparency,' he added.

He announced that The Department was joining forces with the Legal Affairs Department at the Abu Dhabi Executive Council to enact an integrated legislative framework to regulate the land and real estate sector in the emirate as per best practices. WAM

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