Abu Dhabi Housing launches residential land exchange service among citizens

Abu Dhabi Housing launches residential land exchange service among citizens

The Abu Dhabi Housing Authority launched a residential land exchange service among citizens to meet their wishes for family rapprochement and social cohesion, which now allows the previously granted residential land to be exchanged with another citizen or for a residential land. Lands held by the authority..

Citizens who can benefit from this service can benefit from this service under specific conditions and controls, including the fact that the plots to be replaced must be residential and undivided, without construction work, except for the fence, and that there are no obstacles to construction except for the lack of infrastructure services. , apart from the absence of… Any legal and regulatory objection, or the rights of others there.

Abu Dhabi Housing Authority CEO Hamad Hareb Al Muhairi said the launch of the residential land exchange service is part of the Authority’s ongoing efforts to develop its portfolio of residential services and programs, as this service aims to meeting the housing needs of citizens in a way that helps achieve family rapprochement and strengthens the bonds of social cohesion in the family area, in line with the efforts of the Abu Dhabi Housing Authority to provide a wide range of housing options in integrated communities. achieving the social welfare of the citizens..

Citizens who are eligible to receive this service can submit an application for the exchange of residential land through the “Abu Dhabi Housing” application, after which the two parties who wish to exchange can visit the “Abu Dhabi Housing Center” together to complete the application..

If approved, the formalities will be completed and the prescribed fees, if any, will be paid to the Abu Dhabi Real Estate Center in accordance with current legislation, such as the fees prescribed by the Abu Dhabi Municipality and Department of Transport. it will be applied to the land exchange service between citizens..

If it is proven that one or both parties to the substitution have obtained a material benefit or any compensation, the acceptance of the substitution will be revoked without prejudice to criminal, civil or administrative liability..

It should be noted that the grant of the replaced residential land is to be used by the owner and his family only for housing, and the grantee is prohibited from renting, investing or disposing of it to others, by transferring the property or by any arrangement. real right thereon or mortgaging it except for construction loans. The nature of the replaced soil also remains the same and cannot be converted from soil to current soil.

The authority is developing the land exchange service to become one of the digital services that enables citizens to complete the exchange process in a fully digital way, allowing them to review the land offered for exchange..