The Council of Ministers, in a session held today under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, declared that rental contracts that are not registered in the electronic network are not valid contracts, calling on the Ministries of Justice and Housing to set the conditions and requirements to be met in the contract to be considered registered in the electronic network, and the cases that can be covered by this, including the case of one of the parties to the contract refusing to register it

The Cabinet approved the rules to enhance confidence in the housing rental market. This came during his approval of the rules to enhance confidence in the housing rental market, after reviewing what was submitted by the Minister of Housing, and after reviewing the recommendation prepared by the Council of Economic and Development Affairs No. (11-23/38/D) dated 18/4/1438 AH.

This came during his approval of the rules to enhance confidence in the housing rental market. <He pointed out that government agencies - whose service provision requires the existence of a lease contract - must use the (Ejar) network to verify the contract. The Ministry of Labor and Social Development should require the existence of a lease contract registered in Ejar to issue or renew work licenses for non-Saudis, provided that the ministry coordinates with the Ministry of Housing to agree on the necessary mechanism for this and identify the relevant professions.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Development should coordinate with the Ministry of Housing to agree on the necessary mechanism for this, and identify the relevant professions.