In a remarkable humanitarian gesture, the Ministry of Housing committed to paying the rents of citizens with the four circumstances, which include «prisoner, patient, deceased, and financially weak». It confirmed that it is currently working in cooperation with relevant ministries to implement a program to ensure support for citizens who are unable to pay rent.
Home Rents
Minister of Housing Majid bin Abdullah Al Haqeel explained in a press statement recently that his ministry is working to ensure that house rent prices are affordable for tenants and do not exceed 30% of his income, indicating that the regulations adopted at the Cabinet session chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques yesterday will contribute to regulating the rental market and ensuring the preservation of the rights of all parties. It also seeks to create a set of programs aimed at supporting citizens who are unable to pay the rent of their homes, by taking advantage of the state budget, subsidies, donations and endowments that are allocated for this purpose. He stressed that the Ministry of Housing is continuing to prepare programs and initiatives, which include many regulations that support the sector and its sustainability and make it more transparent and clear, including the «Ejar» system, which is an important tributary to achieve this goal.
All parties in one place
.The rental market in the Kingdom is expected to reach 48% in 2020, which prompts the ministry to take care that its prices are affordable and do not exceed 30% of the tenant's income.
Noting that the rental market is expected to reach 48% in 2020.
Haqeel said: "The (Ejar) program represents an advanced electronic network that provides integrated solutions for the rental housing sector and puts all parties to the leasing process in one virtual place, in addition to that the network preserves the rights of both the tenant, the lessor, and the real estate broker through unified lease contracts that guarantee the rights of all parties as well as regulates the registration and qualification of real estate brokers to join the network, and therefore the obligation of licensed real estate brokers to register all residential and commercial rental contracts electronically will limit irregular practices in the market, which is what we aspire to achieve in the ministry."
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For his part, the General Supervisor of the "Ejar" program, Engineer Mohammed Al-Batti, said that the decision will help regulate the relationship between the lessor and the tenant and preserve the rights of the parties, and will contribute to controlling rental prices due to reducing the risk of renting to defaulters.
He explained that the Ministry of Housing will work in cooperation with the concerned ministries to implement a program to ensure support for citizens unable to pay rent due to various circumstances such as imprisonment, illness, death or poor financial ability.
He pointed out that the ministry will announce the launch plan for the network in two phases, the first to register and qualify real estate brokers to join the network, and the second to register leases electronically through the network.
He indicated that the ministry will announce the launch plan for the network in two phases.
Evacuation Controls
.The general supervisor of the "Ejar" program, Eng: "Several meetings were held in the Commission of Experts with the participation of government agencies to discuss the draft controls for evacuating the leased property, whether the tenant leaves and leaves it locked and owes amounts due to the lessor, or the tenant is unable to pay the rent, and based on these meetings, and in light of the implementation system and the Council of Ministers Resolution No. 131 dated 3/4/1435, which stipulates clause The Minister of Housing shall coordinate with the Minister of Justice regarding the necessary mechanism to put this into effect. A set of recommendations were submitted in this context, and consequently, the necessary regulations were adopted."
