Residential Plot of Land Grant

Enables a UAE national to obtain residential plot of land.

1. The applicant shall be UAE national.
2. The applicant shall be of sound mind.
3. The applicant shall be a permanent resident of the UAE.
4. Neither the applicant nor his spouse has benefitted from any residential plot of land grant, housing grant, or housing financed by a housing purchase loan from any government entity, whether federal or local, except for those acquired by the wife before marriage through a grant, and the heir's share in residential plot of land, housing grant, or housing financed by a housing purchase loan.
5. He/She shall be a sole applicant.
6. The applicant shall undertake to assign his joint share upon approval of his application if the applicant has benefited from any joint residential plot of land grant, joint housing grant, or housing financed by a joint housing purchase loan.

• shall have completed twenty-five (25) years of age. Married applicants are exempted from this requirement.

• She shall be the custodian or provider of one or more children. Elderly widows or widows who are unable to bear children are exempted from this requirement, by virtue of a medical report issued by the competent authority.
• A widow, whose dead husband is non-UAE national, shall have resided continuously in the United Arab Emirates for a period of no less than (5) consecutive years prior to the date on which the application is submitted.
• She does not own a residential plot of land or a suitable housing.

• She shall be at least thirty (30) years of age. Social and humanitarian cases are exempted from the age requirement, according to the social report issued by the competent authority.
• She shall not have a breadwinner, or her breadwinner is unable to provide a housing for permanent reasons, or it is impossible to legally obligate her breadwinner to provide a housing, or she is the provider of housing to her relatives up to the second degree.
• She does not own a residential plot of land or a suitable housing.

• She shall be at least thirty (30) years of age.
• She has been irrevocably divorced with major separation or has been divorced for three years.
• She shall be the custodian or provider of one or more children. Elderly divorcées or divorcées who are unable to bear children are exempted from this requirement, by virtue of a medical report issued by the competent authority.
• A woman divorced from a non-UAE national shall have resided continuously in the United Arab Emirates for a period of no less than (5) consecutive years prior to the date on which the application is submitted.
• She does not own a residential plot of land or a suitable housing.

• She shall be at least thirty (30) years of age.
• She shall have one or more children living with her. Elderly women or women who are unable to bear children are exempted from this requirement, by virtue of a medical report issued by the competent authority.
• She shall prove that she has resided continuously with her husband and children in the United Arab Emirates for a period of no less than (7) consecutive years prior to the date on which the application is submitted.
• She does not own a residential plot of land or a suitable housing.
• The father of the children shall be unable to provide a suitable housing.
• The non-UAE husband shall declare and undertake not to claim or apply for any other housing grant if he obtains the UAE citizenship in future.

Controls for Beneficiaries of Residential Plot of Land Grant:

The applicant undertakes to commence construction on the residential plot of land granted to him/her within a period not exceeding three years either from the date of the decision on obtainment of a housing construction loan or from the date of the decision on approval of the residential plot of land grant in case of self-financing for housing construction, unless the construction period is extended by the competent authority. Otherwise, the granted residential plot of land shall be withdrawn, unless construction is not commenced due to reasons beyond the beneficiary's control, as determined by Abu Dhabi Housing Authority. The beneficiary shall have the right to submit a new application for a residential plot of land grant two years after the date of withdrawal of the residential plot of land previously allocated to him.