Kuwait Municipality is intensifying joint field campaigns with government authorities to evict single expat men from private and model residential areas. Officials are cutting off utility services, issuing citations to landlords, and forming specialized committees to protect neighborhood family structures and prevent strain on local electrical and sewage networks.

Separate field teams have been formed in all governorates to monitor the presence of single men in private and model residential areas and strengthen legal oversight of housing violations. The teams will work alongside the existing committee responsible for monitoring bachelors’ housing, with the aim of addressing practices that could affect the comfort of residents and the social and demographic character of these neighborhoods.

Engineer Nizar Al-Awad, head of the committee for monitoring bachelors’ housing in private and model residential areas, said the new field teams represent a complementary step to the committee’s work. He said the teams will focus primarily on monitoring and following up on bachelors living in private residential areas, while coordinating with government agencies to address violations and prevent practices that negatively affect residents.

Al-Awad said the municipality teams will coordinate with the ministries of Interior and Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy, as well as the Public Authority for Manpower and the Environment Public Authority. The coordination is intended to ensure a swift response and appropriate legal action when violations are detected.

Committee rapporteur Engineer Mohammed Al-Jalawi said the field teams will submit periodic, detailed reports directly to the relevant municipality officials. The reports will include statistics on violating houses and information on the teams’ progress and achievements.

He added that strict measures will be taken against property owners found to be renting their homes to single men in private residential areas. These measures, he said, will go beyond warnings and may include cutting off electricity in coordination with the Ministry of Electricity, financial fines and other penalties.

The measures are intended to ensure compliance with Decree Law No. 125 of 1992, which prohibits non-family accommodation in these residential areas.