Keys to comfort

Eighteen families from the Central Municipal council received the keys to their new homes. Built by the Housing Rehabilitation Programme (HRP), a Royal Gesture of His Majesty King Hamad. “This is the fourth handing over ceremony within the past week and a total of 60 new houses have been distributed in Central, northern, Manama and the Muharraq Municipal Council areas,” said Dr. Nabeel M. Abualfatih, Assistant Undersecretary for Housing Affairs and Chairman of the Housing Rehabilitation Committee.New homes have replaced the ageing and dilapidated houses in which the families had lived earlier. This is being done all over Bahrain by the HRP which began a full scale implementation this year and already has completed 100 houses with another 265 under way.The eighteen houses that were handed over were located in Sitra-Mahaza, Sitra-Wadayan, Sitra-Jharjiya, Sitra-Suffala, Sitra-AbuAl Aish, East Eker, Tubli, East Riffa, Al-A’ali, Nuwaidrat, Salmabad and Sanad.