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Engineer Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Madhiem, General Supervisor of the White Land Fees Program at the Ministry of Housing, revealed three initiatives of the Ministry to develop the white lands covered by the new system, which are: gathering all government agencies related to development under one roof to facilitate procedures and provide the opportunity to sell on the map for raw lands, Wafi initiative to facilitate the development process, and the Ministry's participation with the private sector to help those wishing to develop their lands from providing developers through the Ministry of Housing.
White Land Fees Program at the Ministry of Housing.
During the introductory meeting on the regulation of the white land fees system organized by the Riyadh Chamber represented by the Real Estate Committee yesterday afternoon at the Chamber's headquarters, Engineer Al-Madihim stressed that the aim of applying fees on white lands is to encourage owners to develop their lands and increase the supply of developed lands to achieve a balance between supply and demand, and provide residential lands at appropriate prices.
Madihim reviewed a number of challenges facing the implementation of the system, including bridging the gap in a gradual manner, poor information on land and its ownership, in addition to the complexities associated with land development, pointing out that the strategy of imposing fees is based on providing housing for every citizen by increasing the supply and reducing the value of housing units.
Madihim pointed out that the strategy of imposing fees is based on providing housing for every citizen by increasing the supply and reducing the value of housing units.
Al-Madihim explained that the development of the regulation of the white land fee system was done through a number of tracks that covered the legal, economic, information technology and media aspect, pointing out that these tracks aimed to come up with a vision that helps to achieve the objectives of the system and facilitate the citizens, and said that the evaluation of the lands will be done according to the location, services, uses and other activities, explaining that the regulation allows objections to fees within 60 days from the date of registration, noting that any false information is considered fraud, and noted that inheritance lands are subject to fees, adding that not applying the fees to the lands is in the event of obstacles or impediments.
In response to a question about how to determine the status of developed lands, he said that they are those for which a final plan has been extracted from the competent authorities, stressing that it is not entitled to divide the raw land until after completing its development, pointing out that leasing does not exempt from paying the fees imposed on these lands.
In another context, board member and head of the real estate committee, Hamad Al-Shuwaier, stressed that the Chamber used to organize such meetings as part of the close cooperation between the Ministry of Housing in serving the purposes of economic development, expressing his hope to continue this effort due to its important role in achieving the Kingdom's vision 2030.
