FEES & COSTS
Housing fee (Dubai Municipality)
Also searched as: municipality fee, 5% housing fee
A monthly fee of 5% of your annual rent divided by 12, collected through the DEWA bill in Dubai. Owner-occupiers pay 0.5% of the property’s value instead. It funds municipal services and catches many tenants by surprise on their first bill.
On an AED 120,000 rent that is AED 500 a month on top of utilities. Budget it when comparing renting costs between emirates; Abu Dhabi structures its municipal fees differently.
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This explains the general case. If Housing fee has come up in a live deal of yours, talk to the team: specific answers, registered numbers, no obligation.