f)
Providing a funding of $3,882 million for projects in the field of drinking water, sanitation
and electricity infrastructure, improving health services and combating pollution.
g) Securing $ 550 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(IBRD) to finance social housing programs.
7. In addition to the government's efforts to provide adequate housing, security and health for
citizens to achieve social justice, several housing projects have been implemented in various
sectors of society, with a number of Sakina units and a nominal monthly rent for low-income
citizens, providing housing units at a symbolic rental cost for urgent cases that cannot be
delayed. The Ministry of Housing is also cooperating with Egypt Good Foundation to improve
the housing environment of some low-income citizens through the construction and
reconstruction of housing units. The Social Housing Fund also provides units for citizens whose
income does not exceed 2,500 pounds for a single person and 3,500 pounds for married
couples, as well as providing 74,651 housing units for middle-income earners.
The 2014 Constitution included, for the first time, an obligation on the State to develop a
comprehensive national plan to address the issue of slum housing, including refurbishment
work, the provision of infrastructure and facilities, improving the quality of life and public health,
and ensuring that resources are available for the implementation of these plans within a
specified period of time (article 78). In this context, the position of Deputy Minister of Housing for
Urban Development and Slums was instituted. The SDF policies also included a clear vision of
"an urban society that is developed and safe for all", whose mission is to upgrade the existing
urban, economic and social slum areas together with all development partners.
In this context, a number of projects were implemented to improve living standards for the
underprivileged, in partnership with civil society, local and international development agencies
and the private sector. The government adopted a social housing project to create one million
new housing units in all governorates and new cities at a total cost of EGP 150 billion. The
program includes the construction of 13,000 housing units as an alternative to existing units
located in hazardous areas within the area covered by the project of development of unsafe and
random areas, which has been completed.
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