KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) announced Tuesday the signing of three new contracts aimed at enhancing housing services and meeting citizens’ needs in Al-Mutlaa and Sabah Al-Ahmad residential cities. Acting Director General Rashid Al-Enezi said in a press statement that the first two contracts focus on establishing infrastructure, public services, and buildings in Al-Mutlaa City’s suburbs N6 and N7.
The third contract concerns the supply, installation, and maintenance of underground cables to serve three main transformer stations (11/132 kV) in the investment suburb of Sabah Al-Ahmad Residential City. Al-Enezi detailed that the first two contracts involve constructing 22 buildings, including a central market, a police station, a citizen service building, commercial stores, and offices for the Community Development Center, Municipality, Post Office, and Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The projects also include a sub-electricity station for each suburb, a public health center in N6, and in N7, a main health center, an ambulance center, a mosque, and residences for the imam and muezzin. The total value of these contracts is KD 42.63 million ($140.6 million), with completion expected within 900 days. The third contract, valued at KD 4.99 million ($16.4 million), covers the supply, installation, and maintenance of underground cables for the three main transformer stations in Sabah Al-Ahmad City, with a completion timeline of 730 days.
In a related announcement, the Women’s Housing Affairs Committee confirmed the availability of government rental units for female citizens, giving priority to applications registered with PAHW before 2000. Eligible applicants include women with disabilities. Applications can be submitted at the Citizen Service Department in the PAHW main building during morning and evening shifts, and at external centers in the morning only, including Liberation Tower, Jahra, Al-Qurain, and the Avenues mall.
The committee outlined required documents, including copies of civil ID, nationality certificate, marriage or divorce certificates, educational certificates for children, and relevant official certificates regarding property ownership, social insurance, employment or disability status. Applications from those registered in 1990 and earlier will be accepted from August 24 to 28, with subsequent dates set for later years.
Head of the Women’s Housing Affairs Committee Sheikha Bibi Yousef Saud Al-Sabah said field inspections confirmed the availability of vacant units. She stressed that priority will be given to disabled Kuwaiti women and that distributions will continue as units become available. Periodic inspections are conducted to ensure compliance with regulations and remove any violations. The committee was established following a ministerial decision last July by Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of State for Housing Affairs Abdullatif Al-Meshari to form a permanent body to oversee women’s housing affairs. — KUNA
