Originally Posted by
ridzuanbinmazlan
Heard EK is not giving out housing allowance as an option, and we need to buy a property there to get the allowance. so do we need to actually buy a property in Dubai to get the housing allowances? How much is the housing allowance?
That is correct. For now you only get the housing allowance if you own property in Dubai. Looking at the rate at which villas are being built this might never change back to being available for people to rent.
I don't know if the exact amount has changed but a few years ago it was about 16K aed/month (Capt) and 14K (FO). Utility bills are on you in this case.