Dubai: The Shaikh Zayed Housing Programme (SZHP) approved the names of 983 beneficiaries for housing aid valued at Dh638 million.

The housing aid was distributed as 815 loans and 168 grants.

The approval was made during the SZHP board meeting held at the site of the Buteen Al Samar housing project in Ras Al Khaimah. The meeting was chaired by Dr Abdullah Mohammad Bel Haif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Chairman of SZHP.