My company pays for my home. And all my friends live in free company accommodation. I think the only expats that Qatar really wants are the ones in company provided housing. Financially it makes no sense to live here paying no tax, but paying 5 times more than you would at home to rent a crappy apartment.

Other friends I know who were considering coming to Qatar looked at the cost of accommodation to stay in something from the 3rd world and realised it was better to stay home.