One of the major challenges of any government is to provide an adequate housing for its residents. The challenge is even greater with low income residents who cannot afford to own a house. Kuwait is a pioneer in the region in providing governmental housing to its citizens since 1954. Providing an adequate housing for low income families is the principal objective of the Kuwait Public Authority for Housing Welfare. It has built thousands of low cost houses and plans to build thousands more in the coming few years.
Kuwait Low Cost Housing Conference & Exhibition aims to address the challenges and issues related to area of low cost housing. It will bring together governmental and municipal officials as well as researchers, architects , consultants, builders, master developers, contractors, planners, bankers, mortgage professionals to discuss new trends, exchange experiences and presents case studies.
Kuwait Low Cost Housing Conference & Exhibition provides companies, architects and consultants with a valuable opportunity to showcase their products and solutions to top decision makers in this vital market.

Objectives

1. Exchange of knowledge, experiences and best practices in the field of low cost housing.
2. Identifying recent construction and building technologies to lower the cost of constructing residential buildings.
3. Innovative trends in financing low cost housing projects.

Themes

First: Low Cost Housing Policies & Strategies:

Government Policies to provide affordable housing.
Legislative framework for housing laws and regulations.
Provision process and Planning strategies for low cost housing (infra structure– services– lands- utilities).
Design criteria for low cost buildings (energy- environment- social issues- cultural appropriateness).
Management of low cost housing projects.

Second: International and Local Experiences in the Field of Low Cost Housing

Third: Building Materials, Systems and Technologies