Census official data revealed that the total number of vacant housing units in Egypt is 12.8 million units. There are about 4.6 million that are fully constructed while 4.3 million units are still under construction leaving 2.8 million units are closed, as they are due to be occupied. The head of Egypt’s Statistics Body Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Abu Bakr El Gendy said, in a conference, that the Egyptian population hit 104.2 million; 94.98 million live within Egypt while 9.4 million live abroad. The conference was held on Saturday to announce the population growth in Egypt for the year 2017. It was attended by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal, as well as a number of Egypt’s cabinet and senior officials. There is a correlation between population growth and the constant increase in housing problems. The growth of a population, if not provided with basic housing facilities, will lead to a housing deficit in Egypt. In the year 2016, Egypt’s Minister of Housing said that 32 state-led development projects will achieve the building of 656,000 new affordable housing units at a total cost of EGP…
