Construction violations reconciliation period not to be extended post September

Posted on September 10, 2020

• Government will not increase its violation reconciliation period and will start cracking down on illegal building • In April, the cabinet passed a rule that building violations would be referred to military prosecutors under the current emergency law. • Online programme will be implemented to monitor violations on the ground by specialists. • Egypt has seen a significant rise in illegal buildings amid the security vacuum that followed the 2011 uprising. • Countless people started constructing multi-storey buildings without acquiring the necessary permits or complying with safety standards. • A large portion of Egypt's 100 million citizens live in clusters of red-brick buildings and informal settlements. • Egypt has already banned residential construction in some neighbourhoods in Cairo and Giza governorates and areas that have reached their maximum population density. • According to a 2018 report by the local development ministry, Egypt registered 2 million building violations between 2000 and 2017.