Construction companies demanded that the Ministry of Housing contract with security and guard companies to receive the completed housing units, according to Sahl Al Damrawi, a member of the Association of Businesspeople and a member of the Union of Building and Construction. Several complaints were submitted by the new social housing unit’s owners in the different governorates, complaining from thefts of finished apartments, such as doors, wires, and taps. Al Damrawi said that many contracting companies are exposed to heavy losses due to forcing them to secure housing units after they were handed over to the Ministry of Housing. An official at the Armed Forces Engineering Authority in 6th of October City told Daily News Egypt that social housing projects are usually robbed. One time, the cost incurred by a construction company was EGP 80,000 to replace taps only.

Source: Daily News Egypt July 10, 2017 07:30 UTC