Law No 1 of 1964 for the Establishment of a System of Public Housing (Repealed)
طباعة
Section: Part 2: Public Housing for Infirm Citizens (16-22)
Article 16
The government shall build housing at its own expense to lease them to infirm citizens who meet the conditions stipulated in Article
19
of this Law. The government shall collect in lieu of the lease of these dwellings a nominal rental of five riyals per month for each room.
Article 17
The construction of public housing shall be in accordance with the first paragraph of Article
8
of this Law.
Article 18
Applications related to the lease of housing for the infirm shall be submitted to the Department of Labour and Social Affairs on a special form issued by this department after obtaining the approval of the Minister of Finance.
The Department of Labour and Social Affairs shall examine the applications as soon as they arrive. It shall present its proposals in this regard to the Minister of Finance, in the light of its study of the circumstances of the applicants and their needs, within the limits of the funding reserved for the construction of public housing for the infirm in the annual budget.
In the event of there being equal justification for the applications, preference shall be determined based on the earliest date of the application in relation to other such applications.
Article 19
The following conditions must be found in the person who leases any public housing for the infirm:
1 - He should be a Qatari citizen in accordance with the first and seventh articles of
the Qatari Citizenship Law
No. 2 of 1961 amended by Law No. 19 of 1963 and Decree-Law No. 17 of 1966.
2 - He should be totally unable to work, blind, older than sixty years of age, or an orphan incapable of earning.
3 - He should not have an income of more than 300 rupees monthly.
4 - He should not be the owner of any immoveable property by himself
5 - He should undergo a medical examination conducted by a government medical committee to determine the applicability of the conditions of paragraph 2 of this article to him.
Article 20
The lessee may vacate the dwelling at any time after giving notice to the government one month prior to the date of vacating.
Article 21
The government may cancel the lease contract after giving notice of one month to the lessee, in the event he does not pay the nominal rent regularly or does not maintain the dwelling in good condition, engages in work that breaches morality, or earns an income of more than 300 rupees per month.
Article 22
All competent authorities, each within its jurisdiction, shall enforce this Lawfrom the date of its publication in the
Official Gazette
.