Formed 1975 (42 years ago) Founded 1975 | Jurisdiction Cabinet of Bahrain Type Ministry | |
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Preceding Ministry The Ministry of Works & Housing (MWH) Headquarters Diplomatic Area, Manama Minister responsible Basim bin Yacob Alhamer Deputy Minister responsible Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (Undersecretary) | ||
The Ministry of Housing (MOH) is responsible for providing adequate housing for families with limited income in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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History and profile
The Ministry was established in 1975. Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa is the first housing minister of Bahrain. He served in the post between 1975 and 1995.
The cabinet added the Housing sector to the Ministry of Works functions after Parliament elections in November 2002. It was then called "The Ministry of Works & Housing". In December 2007, the Ministry of Works and Housing was again divided into two separate Ministries, one for Housing and one for Public Works.
The Ministry's Projects
The ministry has allegedly constructed 91,864 housing services to this day. The most notable projects were the construction of:
In 2013 the Ministry of Housing announced the first ever housing public private partnership (PPP). Partnering with Ithmaar Bank the Ministry has plans to build 50,000 social housing units. The project has begun with 2,800 units in Al Medina Al Shamaliya and Al Luwzi.
Criticism
In May 2013, Prince Charles’s Foundation for Building Community had signed an agreement with the Bahraini Minister of Housing, Basim Alhamer. The purpose was to advise on a sustainable-housing development inspired by Charles’s Poundbury village in Dorset. The £700,000 deal was sharply criticised by campaigners who said it deflected attention from human-rights abuses during the 2011 bloody protests for reform in Bahrain.