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Uncovering the Informal Blueprint of cities in Lebanon

Tripoli | Beirut | Saida | Tyre

The map and article is not yet translated, refer to the Arabic version here.

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Distribution of Sunni, Orthodox, and Maronite Endowment Lands (Waqf) in Mount Lebanon and Beirut

The map and article is not yet translated, refer to the Arabic version here.

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Israeli attacks on Lebanon: Bombing and target types, and number of civilian martyrs

This map is updated through daily monitoring of information and collection of data related to the attacks from the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) platform and local media outlets, through its social …

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Distribution of Private State Property in Tripoli City, Mina and Beddaoui

The Lebanese State owns 481 properties in the city of Tripoli, the majority of which are located in the “Trablous jardins” and “Ez-Zeitoun” cadastral areas. In the adjacent city of Mina, the number …

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Distribution of Private State Property in Saida City and its Surroundings

A significant number of state-owned lands designated for housing (154 properties) are located in the district of Saida. 124 of these properties are registered under the name of the National Authority for Reconstruction, …

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Distribution of Private State Property in Tyre City, Borj Ech-Chemali and Aabbassiye

Amiri public lands constitute 62 per cent of Tyre’s area, while state-owned lands of all types amount to 70–75 per cent of the city. The current uses of these lands are diverse, but …

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Count of Public State Property Reclassification Decrees (per district and timeframe)

The state’s “public” property — legally known as “reserved protected land” includes any property meant to be used in the public interest, such as riverbeds, riverbanks, sea shores, waterfalls, lakes, irrigation canals, roads, …

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Distribution of State Property Designated for Public Housing (by District and Public Institution)

A significant number of state-owned lands in Lebanon are registered in the land registry under the names of several ministries, departments, or directorates concerned with housing. As per the 2015’s data retrieved from …

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Geographical Distribution of Real Estate owned by Banque du Liban BDL (by District)

Among the registered proprietors of state property is the central bank, Banque du Liban (BDL), which owns a vast portfolio of 1,037 plots of unbuilt state property. BDL owns full shares in some …

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Geographical Distribution of Amiri State Property (by District)

Amiri lands constitute the majority (52 percent) of all real estate belonging to the Lebanese state, or 31,907 different properties. The district of Baalbek alone includes more than 33% of the total Amiri …

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Geographical Distribution of Private State Property (by District)

According to Lebanon’s Real Estate Property Law (Resolution no. 3339 of 1930), there are 5 types of state-owned lands, which fall under two main categories: Public State Property and Private State Property. Private …

Dossier

What Beirut’s pine forest concealed during the 2026 war: Diaries of displacement and longing

A series of narratives of the residents of the Beirut pine forest during the 2026 war.

Report

Municipalities at War: When Local Authorities Decide the Legitimacy of Housing

This report documents 68 municipal circulars and measures issued during Lebanon’s March – April 2026 displacement crisis, examining how local authorities expanded their role from emergency response to surveillance, control, and restrictions on housing and mobility. It also analyzes post-ceasefire municipal initiatives aimed at curbing housing exploitation and supporting return. The report calls for a rights-based approach that clearly defines municipal powers within a comprehensive national housing policy.

Article Field Watch

The Demolition of Houses in Al-Hara Al-Jadida and the Displacement of their Residents:

When the Authorities Solve a Conflict of Their Own Making 

On July 9, 2026, security forces forcibly evicted residents and demolished ten homes in Al-Hara Al-Jadida neighborhood, under the guise of resolving an “illegal occupation.” This Fieldwatch reveals that the issue is a direct result of failed state housing policies and 1970s land consolidation and parcelation project, which re-divided land among owners on paper while ignoring actual residents on the ground.

Decision Commentary

انهيارات المباني في طرابلس تسابق أصحاب القرار:

يتناول هذا التعليق قراءة نقدية لخطة الطوارئ الحكومية والمقرّرات الحكومية المرتبطة التي أُقرّت عقب سلسلة انهيارات المباني الكارثية في طرابلس مطلع عام 2026، متتبعاً مسار تطبيق بنودها ميدانياً عبر الجهات المعنية، وخصوصاً السلطة المحلية، بناءً على مقابلة أجريت مع رئيس بلدية طرابلس.

Policy Watch

 How the Deadline  Suspension Law Affects Old Rent Tenants’ Rights

The new law suspending legal deadlines, adopted in 15/07/2026 by the parliament,  provides old rent tenants an additional window until july 31, 2026 to preserve their rights,  by  applying for the rent support …

Research-Based Article

Informal Neighborhoods between State Approach and Israeli Destruction:

The Cases of Hayy al-Sellom and Hayy al-Miqdad 

This article examines the conflict between an official vision of Beirut as an elite city for tourism and investment and the lived city built by displaced and rural communities. It shows how informal neighborhoods in southern Beirut became essential parts of the city and expressions of the right to the city. It also explores how the Israeli destruction and restrictive reconstruction and property policies may deepen displacement and exclusion.

Decree Commentary

Beirut, the Confiscated City: 

From Privatizing the Waterfront to Expelling the Displaced

This commentary examines Decree No. 5665/1994, which transferred approximately 291,800 square meters of reclaimed public maritime land in central Beirut to Solidere as part of the post-war reconstruction process. It revisits the decree in light of the ongoing governmental debate over extending the company’s mandate and the eviction of displaced families from the BIEL waterfront, questioning its impacts on public property, Beirut’s waterfront, and the right to the city.

Policy Watch

When Southern Municipalities step into the State’s absence: A reading in Rent- control measures across southern villages of return

Between June 18 and 27, 2026, fifteen municipalities and two municipal unions across Nabatieh and South Lebanon capped rents to protect families returning to villages emptied by displacement during the Israeli war, echoing a similar 2023 circular from the Nabatieh Governorate.
This piece traces how local authorities are stretching what limited tools they have to rein in a rental market marked by flagrant exploitation, amid a total absence of state-level response and no national housing policy for the areas of return.

Project

RESEARCH INNOVATION FUND – SECOND EDITION, CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS ON:

Land and Housing in the Arab Region: Dynamics, Transformations and Mobilizations

Public Works Studio, in collaboration with the Arab Land Initiative, UN-Habitat, and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), invites researchers, practitioners, and activists to apply for the second edition of the Research Innovation Fund. The call supports research on land and housing in the Arab region through the lenses of governance, community movements and initiatives, local responses, and public policy.

Research-Based Article

Cartographies of Attack: Documenting a Continuing  Israeli War on Lebanon

Mapping, beyond its function as territorial representation, can operate as a form of testimony that renders visible the spatial and temporal patterns of violence often obscured in fragmented accounts. This article uses mapping as a method of testimony based on approximately three years of monitoring Israeli attacks on Lebanon. It reads patterns of bombardment, displacement, environmental destruction, and attacks on civilian infrastructure to understand how violence operates spatially through control, exclusion, and territorial transformation.

Policy Watch

Old rent Verdicts continued:

A single verdict restores fund beneficiaries’ rights among fragmented readings of a broken law

Since the nine-year extension expired in February 2026, Lebanese courts have been issuing verdicts in old rent cases at an accelerating pace, while navigating a law whose core components, the tenant support fund and committees, remain unfunded and inoperative. The Housing Monitor examines five recent verdicts that follow a troubling shared logic which examines procedural compliance in a non-functioning system to decide who qualifies for legal protection. Against this backdrop, one court stood apart, suspending court proceedings without demanding the impossible.

Alerts Periodic Report

Report on Old Rent  Tenants Eviction From Their Historic Neighborhoods:

Mapping Eviction Mechanisms  and Proposing Protection Alternatives.

أزمة الإيجارات القديمة في لبنان ليست صراعًا بين مستأجرين ومالكين، بل علاقة استغلالية أتت نتيجة عقود من غياب السياسات السكنية. مع انقضاء السنوات ال9 التمديدية التي طرحها القانون 2/2017، دون تفعيل أي من البرامج الداعمة التي نصّ عليها ، تحوّل القانون فعلياً إلى أداة عدّ عكسي نحو الإخلاء. يستند تقريرنا إلى 130 حالة موثّقة بين آذار 2022 وآذار 2026، ويعيد طرح القضية كمساءلة لسياسات الدولة لا كنزاع بين طرفين.