The Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities will begin accepting applications on Sunday, September 20, 2026, for 25,000 housing units in the governorates and new cities. The offering includes 10,000 units from the New Urban Communities Authority under a rent-to-own scheme and 15,000 units from the Social Housing and Mortgage Finance Fund under a rental scheme as part of the “Housing for All Egyptians 9” initiative.
Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Minister Randa El Menshawy said the offering is part of the implementation of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s directives to expand the availability of rental housing, facilitate young people’s access to housing and provide alternatives suited to citizens’ financial capacities and social needs.
10,000 units under a rent-to-own scheme
The New Urban Communities Authority’s offering includes about 5,000 completed units ready for delivery, along with another 5,000 units scheduled to be built over 3 years, with a range of sizes across about 26 new cities. Applications can be submitted through the Masaken portal after applicants create an account on the Egypt Digital platform, until October 19, 2026.
The units are distributed across New Cairo, 15 May, Badr, El Shorouk, New Obour, Obour, New 6th of October, New Borg El Arab, New Alamein, New Damietta, Sadat, 10th of Ramadan, New Salhia, New Mansoura, New Rashid, New Fayoum, New Fashn, New Beni Suef, New Minya, New Mallawi, New Nasser, New Assiut, New Sohag, New Qena, New Thebes and New Aswan.
The units are part of the Distinguished Housing, Future Housing, Medium-Income Housing, Youth Housing, Rawdat Al-Obour, Vali Towers East, Sakan Misr, Dar Misr, Janna, Developed Housing, Low-Cost Housing, Economic Housing and National Housing projects, with sizes ranging from 57 sq m to 161 sq m.
The units scheduled for construction will be distributed across 8 new cities: New 6th of October, New Obour, New Borg El Arab, New Alamein, Hadayek 10th, Sadat, New Minya and New Sohag. They will be part of the Distinguished Housing and Sakan Misr projects, with sizes ranging from 90 sq m to 126 sq m.
Application and allocation conditions for the Authority’s offering
The ministry has allocated 5% of the New Urban Communities Authority’s total units to people with disabilities who meet the reservation requirements. Units will generally be allocated through a public lottery among applicants who meet the conditions.
The conditions include that applicants must be at least 21 and no older than 45 on the application date and must have legal capacity to dispose of property and enter into contracts. Neither the applicant, the applicant’s spouse nor their minor children may previously have owned a housing unit or plot of land, whether still in their possession or transferred to another party, and regardless of whether the allocation was direct or by transfer or the unit was state-subsidized or unsubsidized. The conditions also set a maximum monthly income based on the unit’s rental value.
A family, defined as the husband, wife and minor children, may not apply to reserve more than one unit under the offering. After allocation, the customer must complete the security deposit for completed units, equivalent to 3 months’ rent at the value set for the first year and no less than the paid reservation deposit, within no more than 30 days of being notified of the allocation. The deposit will be updated annually in line with the prescribed increase in the rental value.
For units scheduled for construction, applicants must pay the reservation deposit and quarterly installments for 3 years before taking delivery of the unit. The terms booklets include details of the cities, projects, sizes, monthly rental values, maintenance fees, and the mechanisms for payment, allocation, contracting and delivery.
15,000 units under “Housing for All Egyptians 9”
The Social Housing and Mortgage Finance Fund is offering 15,000 rental units. Applications from people with disabilities will be accepted from Sunday, September 20, through Sunday, September 27, 2026. Applications will then open to all other citizens, including people with disabilities, from Monday, September 28, through Wednesday, October 28, 2026, via the Egypt Digital platform.
Registration fees amount to 365 Egyptian pounds and are nonrefundable, in addition to a 10,000-Egyptian-pound security deposit for the unit to be rented. The payment must be made through automated post offices in the cities and governorates covered by the offering. The deposit will be refunded after the rental period ends or if the application is rejected, in accordance with the conditions and rules set out in the terms booklet.
The fund will provide rental support of up to 100,000 Egyptian pounds, depending on the beneficiary’s income level and the unit’s size over the rental period. The maximum net income from all sources is 16,000 Egyptian pounds for a family. Applicants must be at least 21 and no older than 35 by the end of the announcement period.
Distribution and sizes of rental units
The rental offering comprises 8464 units in the governorates, 3256 units in new cities and 3280 completed units under the “Decent Life” initiative. The governorate units include 8384 units measuring 90 sq m, consisting of three rooms and a living room, and 80 units measuring 75 sq m, consisting of two rooms and a living room.
The 90-sq-m units are located in the governorates of Cairo, Giza, Qalyubia, Menoufia, Damietta, Ismailia, Suez, Beheira, Beni Suef, Fayoum, Minya, Assiut, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan and Marsa Matrouh. Units measuring 75 sq m will be offered in Minya governorate only.
The offering in the new cities includes 2606 units measuring 90 sq m and 650 units measuring 75 sq m. The 90-sq-m units are distributed across New October, 15 May, New Obour, New Borg El Arab, Sadat, New Nubaria, New Fayoum, New Minya, New Assiut, New Sohag, New Akhmim, New Qena, New Thebes, New Aswan and West Qena. Units measuring 75 sq m will be offered in Capital Gardens, New Obour and New Akhmim.
The offering also includes 3280 completed units under the “Decent Life” initiative, with sizes ranging from 96 sq m to 100 sq m, in the governorates of Giza, Menoufia, Gharbia, Luxor, Kafr El Sheikh, Qena, Sohag, Beheira, Dakahlia, Minya and Sharqia.
Applicants may not apply simultaneously for units offered under the rental scheme through the Social Housing Fund and units offered under the rent-to-own scheme through the New Urban Communities Authority.
