3 October 2026
PA
Public Authority for Housing Welfare
Project / Development
Kuwait housing reforms target shorter waits, private developers
Kuwait Times (KUNA), 3 October 2026: a package of housing reforms — Law 118/2023 as amended by Decree-Law 89/2025 (wider company forms, capital sized per project, PAHW project-specific standards), the draft mortgage decree-law approved by Cabinet on 22 September 2026, and a national plan of about 170,000 units over the next decade. First phase: three developer packages of about 5,000 units in Al Mutla'a, Saad Al Abdullah and Jaber Al Ahmad; 41 companies in 22 consortia pre-qualified at the end of August 2026; PAHW has prepared preliminary designs for the three sites.
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