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Daily Tribune
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Tribune
Financial relief for ‘single'
A new push to include unmarried Bahrainis in public aid schemes aims to support those delaying marriage due to financial strain. The proposal, submitted to Parliament by a group of MPs, calls for single citizens to be brought into existing support programmes including the costof-living allowance, electricity and water subsidies, social housing and job training. 'Many unmarried Bahrainis are left out, though plenty are supporting their families,' said MP Hamad Al Doy. 'Some look after their parents, siblings or even grandparents. We have close-knit families in Bahrain, and support schemes should take that into account.' The MPs want eligible single Bahrainis to be considered for conditional financial aid, with assessments to take into account their household responsibilities and social situation. They also propose giving priority to unmarried applicants in employment and training schemes. Al Doy said the aim is to bring current rules in line with how people live today. 'People are marrying later than they used to, but many are still carrying heavy loads. Support shouldn't depend on your marital status,' he said. Help The lawmaker said limiting help to couples or families no longer matches the country's social make-up. Expanding the criteria, he added, would help keep things fair and steady. The MP closed by urging the government and concerned bodies to study the proposal carefully, saying it would benefit many younger Bahrainis and provide a wider safety net.
Daily Tribune
30-04-2025
- Business
- Daily Tribune
Urgent move to reinstate housing requests struck off over pay rises
TDT | Manama Parliament has urgently agreed to a proposal calling for the reinstatement of housing applications struck off when applicants' salaries rose above the allowed limit. The plan, tabled by Hamad Al Doy and four other MPs, demands that affected applications be restored to their original submission year, without treating them as new cases or sending them through new checks. MPs say this would keep families from losing years they had already waited, and would help put right a rule that punishes people for bettering their circumstances. 'The housing file in the Kingdom is riddled with gaps that affect citizens' ability to access housing services, whether through units, the Mazaya programme, Tas'heel or other schemes,' Al Doy said during the debate. 'If a citizen's salary reaches 1,200 dinars, their application is cancelled, setting them back to square one. We call on the Ministry of Housing to reinstate these applications without forcing citizens to start over.' Cost Urgency was pinned to the rising strain on families left without homes, as well as the cost of new builds and private homes, which most households can no longer meet. MPs said that while public spending on housing needs to be kept in check, including by cutting housing allowances, this must not come at the cost of fairness for people who have worked to climb the ladder and seen their pay rise as a result.
