A proposal to hand Bahraini families BD100 a month in housing support — starting from the moment their application is accepted rather than five years later — has cleared Parliament. Council of Representatives Speaker Ahmed Al
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A proposal to hand Bahraini families BD100 a month in housing support — starting from the moment their application is accepted rather than five years later — has cleared Parliament.
Council of Representatives Speaker Ahmed Al Musallam suggested a rethink, arguing that waiting five years was out of step with reality.
“Perhaps we find a middle ground — two years instead of five,” he said, hinting at a possible compromise with the Housing Minister.
Not everyone bought the Housing Ministry’s claim that long waits for state housing were a thing of the past.
First Deputy Speaker Abdulnabi Salman wasn’t having it.
“Some have waited 20 years,” he said. “To suggest otherwise is just not right.”
MP Mohammed Mousa, head of the parliamentary housing inquiry, laid it out clearly.
Applications
The ministry, he said, was talking about new housing schemes that process applications in a week or two.
“That’s fine for those lucky enough to get in,” he said. “But thousands are still stuck in the backlog.”
He also revealed that the Housing Ministry is working on a new scheme following “Mazaya” and “Tas’heel”.
