Egypt’s president orders constructing 3,300 new housing units in Cairo

CAIRO – 14 December 2020: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday urged constructing 3,300 additional new housing units in Cairo as part of the national project dubbed "Housing for all Egyptians" and an extension of “Ahalina” social housing project.

The president’s remarks came as he met with Amir Sayed Ahmed, the president’s advisor for urban planning; Ehab El-Far, chairman of the Engineering Authority for the Armed Forces; Khaled Mubarak, assistant chairman of the Engineering Authority for the Armed Forces for projects.

Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said the meeting dealt with following up on the efforts of the Engineering Authority in implementing a number of national projects nationwide.

In July, El-Sisi said that any citizen who will apply for an apartment will get it, explaining that the Egyptian state stands by its citizens in difficult circumstances.

Sisi added, during the opening of a number of national projects, that despite the difficult circumstances of the Egyptian state, Egypt stood by its people, saying: "it offers a LE 600,000-apartment for the citizen to protect him/her from life in dangerous areas."

El-Sisi inaugurated in July a number of national megaprojects, including the Al-Asmarat 3 housing project in Cairo's Mokattam district, which was established to house residents of slums.

Egypt Today provides further details about Egypt’s housing projects.