| In March 2013 the government revealed plans to build 174,000 new houses and three separate cities by 2020, two near the Iraqi border in the north, and one on the Saudi border in the south. Although no official price tag has been given for the project, estimates put the cost at around $5bn.
Under Kuwaiti law, the country's 1.2m nationals are entitled to apply for government housing after marriage, receiving loans that are paid off in small instalments over 30 years. However, despite the state's $400bn oil surplus, applications for housing now outstrip supply by more than 100,000 and will grow by an estimated 8000 applications each year, local media has reported...............................................Full Article: Source
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