How Dubai Can Solve Its Affordable Housing Dilemma Senior advisor to the Dubai’s Real Estate Regulatory Agency urges inclusionary zoning, land subsidies and tax breaks El Burai noted that a lack of affordable housing in Dubai is a key barrier to the city achieving its sustainable development objectives and happiness agenda. Dubai needs to put housing at the centre of land use plans and provide incentives to developers, such as inclusionary zoning, land subsidies and tax breaks, to boost affordable supply, according to a senior advisor to the emirate’s Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA). In an article written for the World Economic Forum, Mahmoud Hesham El Burai , aso chairman of the Middle East Sustainable Development Institute, said the city needs to reconsider its supply-led demand approach, which focuses on attracting international buyers, who are mainly speculators. El Burai said currently the private sector does not have the tools or interest to develop affordab...
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