Hmmm thinks really have change then
One of the reasons i came home from DXB was when they moved us all out to the new Emirates Housing area in Al Quoz, the !!!!tiest part of Dubai. Nice apartments but in the middle of nowhere, no phones, internet no roads built then, it was awful
But housing was provided by all, hell even all the guys in the irish village had company accommodation, no-one could afford accommodation in DXB