housing
Years after deadly rockslide, Duweiqa residents still await relocation
Egypt
March 11, 2013
Years after deadly rockslide, Duweiqa residents still await relocation
Gamal Ramadan knocks against a bedroom wall and parts of it break off, setting free some cockroaches that were nesting…
Antiquated rental law distorts housing market
Business
October 11, 2012
Antiquated rental law distorts housing market
In the upscale neighborhood of Abbas al-Akkad in Nasr City, Amr Hegazy owns a five-story building surrounded by prominent restaurants. Passing…
Cabinet to lower prices on housing projects to encourage Egyptians expat purchases
Egypt
October 7, 2012
Cabinet to lower prices on housing projects to encourage Egyptians expat purchases
Housing and Urban Communities Minister Tareq Wafiq has said that the Cabinet agreed to lower prices and offer payment facilities…
Six dead, four missing after Shubra building collapse
Egypt
September 12, 2012
Six dead, four missing after Shubra building collapse
Six people were killed and four are missing after a four-story building collapsed in Khalafawi, Shubra, on Wednesday. A search…
Shagarat Maryam residents threatened with eviction by Endowments Ministry
Egypt
September 8, 2012
Shagarat Maryam residents threatened with eviction by Endowments Ministry
Residents of Shagarat Maryam in the Matareya suburb of Cairo are being threatened with eviction by the Ministry of Religious…
Alexandria residents refuse to evacuate dilapidated buildings
Egypt
July 30, 2012
Alexandria residents refuse to evacuate dilapidated buildings
Residents of Alexandria’s Manshiya neighborhood refused to evacuate two buildings, as per a request by municipal engineers who had formed…
Death toll of Alexandria building collapse rises to 19
Egypt
July 16, 2012
Death toll of Alexandria building collapse rises to 19
Authorities have recovered 19 bodies from under the rubble of three apartment buildings that collapsed in Alexandria, the Health Ministry…
Police arrest demonstrators demanding housing
Egypt
April 23, 2012
Police arrest demonstrators demanding housing
Security services in Cairo arrested 24 demonstrators from an informal settlement in Duwaiqa for storming the Cairo municipality headquarters, closing…
Comfortable living in the City of the Dead
Life & Style
April 7, 2012
Comfortable living in the City of the Dead
Habibah has many reasons to feel fortunate. Unlike most of Cairo's residents, she does not have to share her home.…