12 April 2020
An LE 5.7 billion programme to support 1.7 million households
Housing Projects
Data & Mapping
Who Builds Egypt’s Housing 2018
04 November 2019
An analysis of the size of the informal private sector, the target of a new reconciliation law
Housing Projects
Draft Egypt Housing Strategy: A Step in the Right Direction
25 March 2019
In-depth analysis of the proposed Egypt Housing Strategy
Data & Mapping
The Duweika Disaster Ten Years On – Part 2: Forced Evictions
30 October 2018
The urban-social aftermath of the disaster, and a spike in forced evictions and relocation
07 September 2018
A series spotlighting one of the major urban and social events the city witnessed in contemporary times
Housing Projects
A million units for whom? Six facts about the Social Housing Project
28 May 2018
A closer look at the “Million Unit” Social Housing Project, the main subsidised housing project that was launched in 2011, with the aim to build one million housing units over five years, and is still active today. So, what has it achieved?
State Of Housing
A Tied Life: The Rise and Fall of Company Town Housing in Egypt
30 January 2018
As part of the BEO’s 2017 | State of Rent series, we take a look at in-kind housing, a from of tenure linked to one’s employer where rent is deducted from the salary, hence known as tied accommodation. Based on the […]
State Of Housing
Analysis: Government Policy Commodifies Housing
17 November 2017
Recent government policy developing high end housing and deregulating property market further commodify housing
17 June 2017
A detailed analysis of population and needs-based public spending on housing, urban development, drinking water, sanitation and electricity
15 May 2017
The Built Environment Budget 2016/2017, is The Built Environment Observatory’s second annual report analysing public spending on the built environment sectors in Egypt (Click here to read last year’s BE Budget 15/16). BE Budget 16/17 continues to shed light on […]
19 November 2016
Introduction[1] Have you ever wondered whether the government was spending enough on transport? Or whether your governorate got its fair share of public expenditure? Or how strong national policy favoured New Cities? The Built Environment Budget series, starting with an […]
State Of Housing
The Built Environment Budget 15/16 |Housing
18 November 2016
*This section is part of BE Budget 2015/2016 Total Spending on Housing A total expenditure of EGP 23.3 Bn translates to a national per capita spending of 259 EGP per person (Table 17). Over half of that is spent […]
State Of Housing
The Built Environment Budget 15/16 |Urban Development
18 November 2016
*This section is part of BE Budget 2015/2016 Total Sub-national Spending on Urban Development While total spending on Urban Development was 6.6 Bn EGP, three quarters of that spending was for one New City in Cairo; the New Administrative Capital […]
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