Social Housing Programme
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Programme type
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To provide housing for all low-income Bahraini households
Ministry of Housing. 2017. “Affordable & Social Housing.” Government of Bahrain, Ministry of Housing website. Accessed 20 September 2017. <http://www.housing.gov.bh/en/AboutUs/Pages/AffordableandSocialHousing.aspx>.
Programme components
Four main types of services: direct provision of housing units and flats; rental flats; loans for purchasing, building or renovating housing units; land plots
Ministry of Housing. 2017. “Affordable & Social Housing.” Government of Bahrain, Ministry of Housing website. Accessed 20 September 2017. <http://www.housing.gov.bh/en/AboutUs/Pages/AffordableandSocialHousing.aspx>.
Start date
1975
Ministry of Housing. 2017. “Affordable & Social Housing.” Government of Bahrain, Ministry of Housing website. Accessed 20 September 2017. <http://www.housing.gov.bh/en/AboutUs/Pages/AffordableandSocialHousing.aspx>.
Coverage
Between 1999 and 2009: 36,000 social housing support services, including 13,500 housing units, 16,600 housing loans, 1,850 flats for subsidised rental and 4,600 residential land plots
Ministry of Housing. 2017. “Affordable & Social Housing.” Government of Bahrain, Ministry of Housing website. Accessed 20 September 2017. <http://www.housing.gov.bh/en/AboutUs/Pages/AffordableandSocialHousing.aspx>.
Programme expenditure
BHD 57,000,000 in 2021
MOLSD Annual Report 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Means Test
Target groups
Low-income Bahraini households
Ministry of Housing. 2017. “Affordable & Social Housing.” Government of Bahrain, Ministry of Housing website. Accessed 20 September 2017. <http://www.housing.gov.bh/en/AboutUs/Pages/AffordableandSocialHousing.aspx>.
Eligibility criteria
Bahraini nationality; between 18 and 50 years of age (60 for obtaining loan restoration); low income (varies depending on service); no one in family has received housing aid before
Ministry of Housing. 2017. “Housing services eligibility criteria.” Government of Bahrain, Ministry of Housing website. Accessed 20 September 2017.
<http://www.housing.gov.bh/en/Services/EligibilityCriteria/Pages/default.aspx>.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Housing
