Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing

تأتي رؤية 2030 بخطة شاملة وبأهداف محددة تشمل جميع مجالات القطاع البلدي والسكني لخلق مجتمع حيوي وبناء اقتصاد يتميز بالتنوع والاستدامة، ولتتوحد جهود الوزارة من أجل إحداث نقلات نوعية في القطاعين "البلدي" و"السكني" من أجل زيادة نسبة التملك السكني إلى 70% بحلول عام 2030 وتحسين المشهد الحضري عبر الارتقاء بجودة الخدمات البلدية المقدمة في المدن السعودية، وفق رؤية سديدة ودعم قيادة رشيدة ووطن طموح ماضٍ في تحقيق ما يهدف إليه.

• Surveying and documenting lands and real estate units based on a unified geodetic reference and updated top
• graphic maps to accelerate real property registration.
• Developing the municipal real estate investment system.
• Joint investment agreements for lands.
• Developing public benefit markets by operating them through the private sector.
• Studying and developing the sites of historical peaceful gatherings in the cities of the Guests of the Merciful (Makkah and Madinah).
• Studying and designing a smart cities platform for managing municipal assets in the cities of the Guests of the Merciful (integrated cloud center for control and command).
• Improving revenues of the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing.
• Developing the smart environmental system in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and the Sacred Sites.
• Studying and creating pedestrian pathways connecting the neighborhoods of Makkah Al-Mukarramah with the Holy Mosque and the Sacred Sites.
• Studying, developing, and improving the visual landscape in the cities of the Guests of the Merciful.
• Studying and developing the municipal services system and other services related to the rituals for the Guests of the Merciful.
• Studying and developing informal settlements adjacent to the central area in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Madinah Al-Munawwarah.
• Studying, developing, and preparing municipal facilities and services to serve the Guests of the Merciful.
  Establishing a center of excellence for urban design.
• Facilitating, unifying, and automating procedures for obtaining municipal services and enforcing digital linkage with relevant entities.
• Developing and operating technical work in the Ministry, municipal authorities, and municipalities.
• Developing Farasan Islands.
• Developing residential density.
• Assessing and addressing hazardous sites and equipping existing urban roads with necessary traffic safety elements.
• An integrated policy program for developing the transportation system.

The Ministry of Municipalities and Housing has achieved comprehensive digital transformation in all fields, promoting digitalization and achieving the Ministry's strategic objectives in the municipal and housing sectors according to a sustainable digital system aimed at reaching leading services for smart and innovative digital cities that provide a prosperous life for customers, developing new business models and innovative customer journeys, enabling investment opportunities from data and services, and raising the level of customer satisfaction and participation, in addition to providing unified and reliable data to improve the flexibility and efficiency of the digital system.

• Municipal Programs
• Housing Programs

Balady

 

Furas

Sakani

Ejar

Etmam

Mullak

Wafi

Sustainable Construction

Partnerships

The Housing Program works to provide housing solutions and financing options to enable Saudi families to own appropriate homes, either through ownership or usufruct, according to their needs and financial capabilities, while simultaneously increasing the supply of housing options that are implemented at appropriate prices, in less time, and with high quality. It also provides specialized housing programs for the most needy segments of society and develops the legislative and regulatory environment for the housing sector in order to increase its economic impact and promote its attractiveness to the private sector and develop local content, which contributes to creating job opportunities in the sector and promoting its participation in the gross domestic product.

• The Housing Program achieved the target of reaching 60% home ownership rate in 2020 compared to 47% in 2016, while continuing to support Saudi families to own or benefit from their first home.
• Immediate financing and housing solutions were provided, benefiting more than 834,000 families, with more than 310,000 families moving into their homes.
• More than 46,000 housing units were provided in all regions of the Kingdom for the most needy families, and the "Jood" platform supported more than 23,000 families with contributions exceeding 400 million riyals.
• More than 62,000 housing units were developed using modern construction technologies, and white land fees were applied to more than 400 million square meters with revenues exceeding 1.4 billion riyals to support the development of infrastructure for housing projects.
• More than 141,000 housing units were provided through partnerships with developers and banks, and the number of real estate loans increased from 20,000 contracts in 2016 to 295,000 in 2020, and the Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company was launched.
• The real estate and construction sectors contributed 115 billion riyals to the gross domestic product (2018–2020), with more than 39,000 direct jobs and non-governmental investments exceeding 254 billion riyals in 2020.
• Ownership procedures were facilitated through the "Sakani" application, which recorded more than 7.2 million downloads, and through the Real Estate Advisor service, which benefited 800,000 individuals.
• Twenty-five model engineering designs were provided with immediate issuance of building permits to reduce pre-construction procedures and lower costs.
• Comprehensive Sakani centers were established and operated in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Khobar to facilitate beneficiaries' access to housing solutions under one roof.
• The housing sector successfully achieved its targets in 2020, with the home ownership rate rising to 62%, while the rental housing rate decreased to 35.49%.