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Overview
Support all stakeholders through a clear and evolving regulatory framework that promotes fair, transparent, and sustainable community management.
Improving an integrated community management ecosystem that supports efficient operations and better service delivery across all stakeholders.
The Community Management Plan guides long-term community planning and operations. Budgeting and Owners’ Committee cycles ensure consistent and effective management.
Digital Services
Manage the Owners Committee formation process from nomination to approval.
This service allows users to modify a Main Community for jointly owned properties in the system. Community Management Companies can update community details, upload supporting documents, and complete the modification and payment process. Once approved, the updated Main Community Certificate can be downloaded directly from the system.
This service allows users to register a Sub Community for jointly owned properties in the system. Community Management Companies can enter the required community details, upload supporting documents, and complete the registration and payment process. Once approved, the Sub Community Certificate can be downloaded directly from the system.
This service allows users to register a Main Community for Jointly Owned Properties in the system. Community Management Companies can enter all required community details, upload supporting documents, and complete the registration and payment process. Once approved, the Main Community Certificate can be downloaded directly from the system.
This service allows users to modify a Sub Community for Jointly Owned Properties in the system. Community Management Companies can update community details, upload supporting documents, and complete the modification and payment steps seamlessly. Once approved, the updated Sub Community Certificate can be downloaded directly from the system.
This service allows Community Management Companies to submit the Service Charge Budget for community review. Once evaluated and approved by ADREC, the company is authorized to issue invoices to property owners based on the approved charges.
This service allows Community Management Companies to issue service charge and community charge invoices to property owners based on the budget approved by ADREC.
This service allows companies to register as Financial Auditing Companies in the system. Once the application is approved, a license will be issued, valid for two years, enabling the company to operate and provide financial auditing services.
This service allows companies to register as Administrative Supervision Companies for Jointly Owned Properties in the system. Once the application is approved, a license will be issued, valid for two years, enabling the company to operate and provide community management services.
Updates
The latest regulatory updates, policy changes, and guidance relevant to property owners and community management companies in Abu Dhabi.
CMC
The Owners' Affairs Department requests all Community Management Companies to proceed with the submission of the 2026 budgets for their respective communities no later than Monday, 13 April 2026. Budgets must be prepared in line with the approved guidelines, with all necessary details and justifications attached, and submitted by the deadline to allow timely review, consolidation and approval — and to avoid any legal action. … Click on read more below to explore.
CMC, Owners
ADREC is standardising how Community Service Charge Budgets are calculated across the real estate market. Annual Service Charge Rates will be segregated into three categories — Community Service Charges, Master Community Fees, and Surplus/Deficits (based on community audit reports). ADREC will issue up to four approvals per year, and owners will receive between two and four invoices clearly showing what they are paying for. Unit owners will also receive quarterly financial statements. Applies to 2027 budgets onward. … Click on read more below to explore.
Further to amendments to Law No. (3) of 2015 on Real Estate Regulation in Abu Dhabi, new mechanisms for the collection and payment of service charges have been approved. All owners must pay due service charges within the specified timelines, as delays directly affect the ability of Community Management Companies to operate and maintain common areas. CMCs must notify owners of outstanding amounts (owners then have 60 days to settle), deposit collections into the designated service-charge account, and submit periodic reports to ADREC. … Click on read more below to explore.
The Owners' Affairs Department confirms that the period for submitting amendments to the initially approved 2026 budgets has now ended. All budgets for which no amendment request was submitted within the specified period are considered final approved budgets, and property management companies shall commence invoicing based on the currently approved budgets. … Click on read more below to explore.
CMC, OC
ADREC highlights the urgent need to allocate the correct amounts prescribed in the Reserve Fund Studies (RFS) for asset and component replacement. ADREC has noted that asset-replacement funds are frequently underfunded and that asset management plans, book values and terminal values are required. Communities must ensure correct cash availability for every asset, keep the RFS current (studies over 5 years old must be updated immediately), and, where reserve accounts are underfunded, prepare a Gap Analysis to recover the shortfall. A worked shortfall-mapping example is included. … Click on read more below to explore.
CMC, OC, Owners
ADREC is promoting proper governance of short-term and holiday home rentals within residential communities. Community Management Companies and Owners' Committees should convene to set clear guidelines and operational rules; all policies must align with the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) Holiday Homes Guidelines; and third-party operators must obtain and maintain valid licences before operating in any community. … Click on read more below to explore.
ADREC has updated the Community Budget Template to standardise how service charges are segregated and approved. Budgets are split into a General Fund (GF) for annual operating expenditure (OPEX) and a Reserve Fund (RF) for capital expenditure (CAPEX), with some communities also carrying Shared Services Charges and Master Community Fees. The circular details the seven General Fund components (CMC fees, administration, AMCs, AMC contingencies, utilities, insurance, operational emergency fund) and the five Reserve Fund components (asset replacement, enhancement projects, new projects, new-project contingency, asset emergency fund), plus a Budget Summary Template. A tagged asset register and an asset management plan are compulsory for each community. … Click on read more below to explore.
Guide
High-level roles and responsibilities of owners, Owner Committees and Community Management Companies, the community management structure, and ADREC's regulatory expectations for communication and accountability.
What Owner Committees are, how they are formed, who is eligible, and their duties — for owners and Community Management Companies.
What the Community Management Plan is, how it is drafted, why it matters, and the recommended table of contents ADREC asks every CMP to follow.
The service-charge budgeting and budget-approval process — for Owner Committees, CMCs, accountants and auditors.
The four recurring cycles for jointly owned communities: Owner Committee management (2-year), service-charge budgeting (annual, ~16-month lead), auditing, and ADREC surveys.
FAQs
Find answers to common questions from property owners and community management companies about ADREC’s Community Affairs regulations.
Laws and Regulations
Everything you need to know about the Owners Committee formation and process including nomination and voting process.
Everything you need to know regarding community and service charge budgets in jointly owned properties.
Our Community Affairs team is here to help — whether you're a first-time OA board member, a property owner with a service charge query, or a CMC navigating the licensing process.
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