Sheikh Mohammed allocates 8,500 housing units for citizens of Al Yalayis

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, directed to allocate 8,500 housing units for citizens in the fifth Yalayis area, with an area of 120 million square feet.

The gesture translates Sheikh Mohammed’s keenness to make the citizens happy, to improve the quality of their housing, to provide a decent life for them and to enhance their social stability.

In December, Sheikh Mohammed approved the roadmap for the second phase of projects and files to be implemented within the Dubai Urban Plan 2040.

Phase II of the plan consists of several projects under ten key initiatives, including Enhancing Urban Centres, Dubai Real Estate Strategy, Urban Farming Plan, Preserving Urban Heritage Plan, Developing the 20-Minute City Policy, and the Pedestrian Network Master Plan. His Highness also reviewed the progress of 17 projects and initiatives that were part of the initial phase of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan.

Sheikh Mohammed was briefed on the progress of work on the projects and files of the first phase of the Dubai Urban Plan 2040, which number 17 files.