{"id":13712,"date":"2019-05-16T09:34:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T09:34:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-05-16T09:34:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T09:34:42","slug":"dubai-nurse-rent-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/dubai-nurse-rent-paid\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Paid Off The Overdue Rent Of A Retired Nurse And This Is The Level Of Compassion We All Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\">  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Is it The Year of Giving all over again? Nah, it&#8217;s just Dubai being its usual generous self.<\/p>\n<p>An elderly retired woman, who used to work in the city as a nurse, was due to be evicted from her apartment.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s until The Rental Disputes Settlement Centre stepped in, thanks to its &#8216;helping hand&#8217; committee who opted pay for the 75-year-old&#8217;s rent and negotiate with the landlord on waiving off her eviction warning.<\/p>\n<p>According to<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/news\/government\/dubai-pays-old-expats-dh48000-late-rent-will-never-be-evicted\" target=\"_blank\">The Khaleej Times,<\/a> <\/em>the woman has lived in the country for 43 years- along with her two children who now financially support her. The woman&#8217;s son is on a AED6,000 salary, while the daughter is still studying hence being unable to help with the rent fees.<\/p>\n<p>The committee paid off AED48,000 in late rent fees and guided the landlord never to vacate the woman.<\/p>\n<p>How incredible is this?<\/p>\n<p>FYI, this is not the first of its kind that this committee has helped out families in the city. In fact, there&#8217;s a system in place that identifies situations and individual statuses that need financial aid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\">  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is it The Year of Giving all over again? Nah, it&#8217;s just Dubai being its usual generous self. An elderly retired woman, who used to work in the city as a nurse, was due to be evicted from her apartment. 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