Secretary of the Real-Estate Association Qais Al-Ghanem has called for banning the renting of private houses to expatriates — both bachelors and families.
According to Al-Rai daily report, Qais Al-Ghanem insisted that expatriates should be allowed to only rent apartments in investment residential buildings. The trend of expatriates living in private houses (villas) will negatively impact the state’s plan related to lifting the subsidy of water and electricity, stressing that expatriates will resort to renting private houses in order to avoid paying water and electricity bills.
He also indicated that the customs of expatriates especially non-Arabs living in private residential areas do not match with that of the Kuwaiti traditions.