Egypt has finished establishing 3138 housing units in New Aswan as part of the social housing project, according to Ahmed Rashad, head of the New Aswan City Authority. He added that 2115 housing units have been allocated, while 822 units have been delivered. New Aswan City was established by presidential decree (96/1999) on an area of 3900 acres which was raised to 18490.92 acres by cabinet decree (807/2015) . It is located on the west bank of the River Nile. The "Egypt's Housing" scheme is scheduled to include 100,000 residential units, 41,000 of which are currently being built. Due to the demand, an additional 28,000 units are in the pipeline. The middle-class housing in the "Egypt's Home" scheme will comprise 95,000 units across Egypt, 5,088 of which have been finished.
