Furnishing and Housing Department

Furnishing and Housing Department is one of the departments affiliated to Assistant Secretary-General for Financial Affairs which specializes in applying the policies and regulations related to accommodation by providing housing to all faculty members as well as some administrative employees whose contracts offer furnished housing from KU.

Department’s Units:

Housing Department, Furnishing Department, Reception and Follow up Office

Specialties and Responsibilities of the Department:

• Applying Rules and Regulations related to accommodation to all beneficiaries 
• Equipping university vacant housing and preparing them.
• Notifying the specialized departments at KU regarding cash deduction allowance in return for accommodation as well as housing allowance and furnishing allowance to whoever requests it and to discontinue the allowance once evicted, also, deduction of the rental value of the accommodation at the Housing in KU-Shuwaikh, in addition to notifying in the case of moving from one accommodation to another and deducting the determined rental value according to the type of accommodation and number of rooms.
• Preparing complete files to housing allowance and furnishing allowance to the beneficiaries.
  Granting housing certificates to all accommodation beneficiaries of KU housing upon request.
  Applying regulations to all procedures related to maintenance of furnishing of KU housing and work centers.
• Organizing with the Department of Construction and Maintenance at KU to accomplish all joint related procedures.
• Executing and following up all procedures in providing housing ,work centers and colleges with the necessary furniture.
• Preparation of estimated budget by the need for furniture in the University, some appliances and furnishings for all the homes and work centers at the university.
• writing to the relevant departments to complete the purchase of furniture, according to the systems in place.
• Direct supervision on technicians at workshops and following-up their maintenance of furniture industry.
• Submitting periodic reports (annually) for the current state of housing units and the current status of the University residential properties and office furniture.
• Preparing records of completed maintenance work at the premises of the university and work centers.
• Receiving furniture from suppliers , depositing the furniture in warehouses and coordinating with the Department of Storage Affairs.
• Providing furniture for concerts, seminars , exam halls and other university activities that require the use of furniture for short periods and in specific furniture.
• Transport and storage of unusable residential and office furniture to sell in auction in collaboration with other departments or retrieve usable and unneeded furniture.
• Preparing regular records of furniture owned by the University ( residential and office furniture) after in store inventory.
• The issuance of required exit permits for furniture, and so on to work centers and university housing.
• Preparing the annual budget of the administration after addressing the departments, colleges and various work centers as well as receiving their reply regarding the need for office furniture, and estimating the financial cost then sent to the Department of Financial Affairs. The same process applies to residential furniture.
• Preparing an annual report on the tasks , achievements and future plans of the department and to be submitted to the Secretariat.
• Preparing the workforce for management.
• Registration of staff members in training courses to develop them administratively.