I have heard that UAE is the Most Expensive in regard of Accomodation/House Rents (If wrong Please correct me).
Following Types of Accomodation is adopted/available for Expats.
Individual and Family Accomodation.
Individual Accomodation :
Labour Camps , Mostly Companies have Camps for their work force in remote areas of the Emirate like Mussafah , Um-alnar or Alfaya in Abu Dhabi.
Has few categories of accomodation for Workforce classes , like for Labours , For Professionals etc.
Private Accomodation :
Companies having no labour camps give accomodation allowance to the employees.
Bed Space Concept is very common , where one can find his/her community people to live with.
Like If you are Philphino you will be having very little problem in finding Bed space accomodation.
In Bed space accomodation , indivduals share bath room , kitchen and you will hear them always complaining regarding Bath Room and eatings.
Family Accomodation :
Very little companies will give family accomodation/instead they will give accomodation allowance.
Yes , if you are working for some Govt department , you will be awarded with a good accomodation.
In private you can rent a flate (Studio , 1 , 2 or 3 bed).
Otherwise you can avail sharing accomodation in a villa or flate.
In flates you will be Sharing Kitchen and Some time Bathroom too.
In sharing villas , where they will Segregate or make portions of Villas which is illigle but still it is practiced , and given to Couples or small families.
In Remote Residential Areas of Abu Dhabi like Mussafah , BaniYas or Shahama etc Villas sharing concept is very common.
It has become a business also , and some people are doing it , that they will rent a villa for whole year , make portions of it and will rerent it to Few Small families.
I wonder weather it is only in UAE or in Other countries too , like Canada , UK and USA?