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Commentary on key important amendments and proposals for broader reform

An analysis of the scale of public benefit decrees and expropriation decrees issued under the Expropriation for Public Benefit Law 10/1990

Shedding some light on the urban and demographic transformations of Egypt’s second largest city between 1947 and today

Four main pillars for reform: Fair treatment of existing contracts, rent increases based on legal rather than market values, cash support for the most vulnerable tenants, and reform of the rental system as a whole, of both Old Rent and New Rent

Comparing the main decontrol components

In Part I of a three part series that tackles the Supreme Constitutional Court ruling annulling fixed rents for Egypt’s Old Rent law, we analyse the constitutional court ruling’s key opinions, outline parliament’s response and stakeholder reactions, and summarise the […]

An annual factsheet analysing housing production and the real estate in Egypt

The new Reconciliation Law videos provide a simple explanation over three short reels on identifying whether a house is informal or not, as well as the steps to apply for reconciliation for building violations according to the new Reconciliation Law […]

Fact sheet on the number of rent controlled households, geographic distribution, and the average values

Interactive maps showing land areas and population by governorate

Are there ways to regulate tuk-tuks and make them a more humane means of transportation?

In the first explanation pamphlet of the new reconciliation law ‘How do I know my home is informal?’, you can find a simple explanation in comic style illustration of the types of building violations according to the new reconciliation law […]