67 families in Giza evicted for new housing development project

Sixty-seven families in the Warraq and Imbaba Airport area in North Giza have been evicted from their homes after the land was sold to investors to establish new housing projects.

The Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Development had initially reportedly promised to evict the families only when the alternative housing units were ready. The families will, however, have to find temporary housing on their own initiative until the new units are finished.

Each evicted family will receive a maximum of LE200 (LE50 for each room) in compensation until they are placed in alternative housing.

The residents displaced by the ministry were angered by the decision and contacted the Popular Committee for the Defense of the Land of Imbaba for support.

almasryalyoum.com

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Tags: cairo, Eviction, giza, Public housing, urban planning

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