Services Types

Each housing unit within the housing service programmes provided by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning. The housing unit includes the land and the erected construction on it.

This service allows the citizen to apply for a private housing unit with integrated facilities with ease, according to the following procedures:

In order to accept an application for a housing unit through ownership and allocate it, the applicant must have the following:

• To be Bahraini
• The age of the applicant shall not be less than (21) years and not more than (50) years
• That his/her monthly income when submitting the application does not exceed (900) Bahraini dinars and not exceed (1,200) Bahraini dinars when allotted.
• That neither he/she nor any of his/her family members had previously obtained any housing service for the purpose of owning a residence provided by the government or any other party.
• That he/she or a member of his/her family is not the owner of a real estate at the time of submitting the application and for the period of (3) years prior to that and until allotment, and the following shall be considered the owner of a real estate:
1. If he/she or a member of his/her family owns a separate or common property in any ownership form of transfer, of an area of more than 100 square metres, provided that the property is inhabitable according to the report of the Technical Committee.
2. If he/she or a member of his/her family owns a property of common ownership by purchase or gift, with an area of more than 100 square metres, even if this property is uninhabitable, according to the report of the Technical Committee.
3. If he/she or one of his/her family owns a common inherited property with an area of less than 200 square metres, provided that it is inhabitable according to the report of the Technical Committee.
4. Whoever owns by any means of Islamic financing form
• That his/her family be a permanent resident in the Kingdom of Bahrain (Its stay outside the Kingdom did not exceed six continuous months).
• If the applicant or a member of his/her family has a disability, he/she must specify this disability when submitting the application, so that the Ministry - at the discretion of the Housing Committee - prepares the residence in accordance with the type of disability. (disability identification form).

The land that is allocated in accordance with the provisions of Decision No. (909) of 2015 regarding housing regulation.

This service allows the citizen to benefit from a land plot to build his/her own housing unit at his/her own expense, and this service is considered gratis.

Special conditions for accepting a residential land plot application and its allotment. The applicant must fulfill the following:

• That his/her monthly income upon submitting the application and upon allotment shall not be less than (800) Bahraini Dinars and not more than (1500) Bahraini Dinars.
• The beneficiary of the residential land plot must abide by the following:
1. Commencement of the construction of the residence on the land plot within 3 years from the date of the actual receipt of the residential land plot.
2. Completion of the construction of the dwelling on the land plot within seven years from the date of actual receipt of the land plot.
3. Living in the dwelling erected on the residential land plot with his/her family.
4. Handing over the temporary housing in the manner set forth in Article (23) of this decision.
• It is not permissible for the beneficiary of a residential land plot to do the following:
1. To dispose of it or of the construction erected on it in a manner resulting in transferring ownership except after the lapse of ten years from the date of ownership and after obtaining the approval of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning for this disposal.
2. To rent it or allow others to use it or part of it in any way, except after the approval of the Ministry.
• The Ministry preserves the right to see the drawings and specifications for construction on the residential land plot, and determine the conditions and specifications that the beneficiary must abide by in the construction process, in accordance with the construction regulatory requirements in force in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
• The allotment of the use of the residential land plot to the beneficiary shall be cancelled in any of the following cases:
1. If he/she loses, withdraws or forfeits his/her Bahraini nationality based on the provisions of the Bahraini Nationality Law.
2. If it is revealed that the data he/she admitted to be true in the usufruct application or in the documents he/she submitted contradicts all or some of the truth, or he/she concealed the data or documents that he/she should have provided at the time of submitting the application, and that those data or documents were a reason for granting him/her the allotment of the usufruct.
3. If he/she fails to receive the residential land plot for a period exceeding 6 months from the date of his/her notification in writing to sign the contract.
4. If he/she did not initiate or finish construction on the land plot within the specified periods.
5. If he/she uses the allocated residential land plot for any purpose other than the construction of a residence for him/her on it.
6. If he/she violates the drawings and specifications stipulated by the Ministry in the construction process.
7. If he/she refuses to hand over the temporary housing as stated in Article (23) of this decision.
8. If he/she was sentenced by a final judgment in one of the crimes stipulated in Law No. (58) of 2006 with respect to the Protection of the Community Against Terrorist Acts.
9. If he/she expresses his/her desire to terminate the usufruct and return the residential land plot to the Ministry.
• If one of the cases mentioned in Article (59) of this decision manifests, the Minister shall issue a decision cancelling the allocation to benefit from the land plot based on the recommendation of the competent Directorate, and the Ministry shall take back the land plot after giving the beneficiary a maximum period of three months to vacate by written notification.
• If the residential land plot has been built on, the Ministry shall pay compensation to the beneficiary for the value of the built up works based on the estimation of the concerned Projects Directorate minus the expenses that may be owed to the Ministry.

It is a housing service within the housing service programmes provided by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning. The ownership apartment includes the land and the erected construction on it.

In order to accept an application for an ownership apartment through ownership and allocate it, the applicant must have the following:

• To be Bahraini
• To be the head of the family.
• The age of the applicant shall not be less than (21) years and not more than (50) years
• That his/her monthly income when submitting the application does not exceed (900) Bahraini dinars and not exceed (1,200) Bahraini dinars when allotted.
• That neither he/she nor any of his/her family members had previously obtained any housing service for the purpose of owning a residence provided by the government or any other party.
• That he/she or a member of his/her family is not the owner of a real estate at the time of submitting the application and for the period of (3) years prior to that and until allotment, and the following shall be considered the owner of a real estate:
1. If he/she or a member of his/her family owns a separate or common property in any ownership form of transfer, of an area of more than 100 square metres, provided that the property is inhabitable according to the report of the Technical Committee.
2. If he/she or a member of his/her family owns a property of common ownership by purchase or gift, with an area of more than 100 square metres, even if this property is uninhabitable, according to the report of the Technical Committee.
3. If he/she or one of his/her family owns a common inherited property with an area of less than 200 square metres, provided that it is inhabitable according to the report of the Technical Committee.
4. Whoever owns by any means of Islamic financing form
• That his/her family be a permanent resident in the Kingdom of Bahrain (Its stay outside the Kingdom did not exceed six continuous months).
• If the applicant or a member of his/her family has a disability, he/she must specify this disability when submitting the application, so that the Ministry - at the discretion of the Housing Committee - prepares the residence in accordance with the type of disability. (disability identification form).