Egypt has implemented several projects over the past period in drinking water, sanitation and developing slum areas, said Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli. 

Speaking at the national youth conference in Aswan on Saturday, the minister said that the Housing Ministry launched a project for the social housing for youths and limited-income brackets. 

Efforts are underway to build more than half million units as part of these projects, he noted. 

The challenges of the housing issue for youths and limited-income brackets will be solved within three years, he said. 

He also said that 7.5 billion pounds were spent on the new cities in Upper Egypt within the past three years. 

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi focuses on improving shanty towns and the unsafe residential areas, he stressed.