Many landlords are increasing the rent with no control. There is a sector of 'afordable housing' has been abandoned in liue of the large and expensive villas, forcing people to move to a large villa, even though they don't need such.
It's impossible to find a decent small villa with good maintenance service, most are big and expensive starting from QR 14k/month.
Al Wabb city construction has been stagnant for couple of years, and it was supposed to offer many mor options for medium-income families, that don't need a large villa.