An image illustrating the reality and dream of the Murcia project
Big dreams ended in a nightmare. This is the case for citizens who are confined to off-plan housing projects affiliated with the “sakani” program, which is supervised by the Ministry of Housing under the leadership of its Minister, His Excellency Mr. Majed Al-Hogail. While some raced to confiscate these projects; Due to its reasonable prices, in addition to what the Ministry promoted for its distinction in units of modern designs and high quality, and the infrastructure and services it contains, citizens collided that most of the projects failed to be delivered on time in the contracts, as some of them were supposed to be delivered before the start of the project. 2021 AD, while the beneficiaries were shocked by the lack of services and poor implementation, as most of them complained on social media.
“Urgent” in this report will shed light on the “Murcia” project in Riyadh, the largest project on which the Ministry of Housing and its investment arm, the National Housing Company, are betting. Townhouses and apartments. The report also deals with, in later parts, the Sunset Hills project in Jeddah, which extends over an area of 1.3 million, and provides more than 6,900 apartments, which were launched in 2018, and only a very small percentage of them were delivered, which classifies them as stalled projects. The report also deals with Completion rates in the Obhur Park project in Jeddah, the Taj Al-Masif project in Taif, and other projects in different cities, in addition to the most important observations made by the beneficiaries in the other projects that were handed over to them.
Regarding the Murcia project, its beneficiaries spoke to “Ajel”: They are living in loss after their project faltered, without the Ministry of Housing showing the real reasons that caused the delay in its delivery, indicating that the first phase of the project is supposed to be handed over to them by the end of 2020, while the second phase will be handed over by the end of 2020. 2021. As for the third and final stage, it was supposed to be delivered at the end of December 2022, which was not achieved. Where the project suffers from incomplete housing units in addition to the lack of basic services represented in electricity, water and sanitation, stressing that they are now suffering from financial pressures as a result of incurring financial costs that greatly affected the well-being of their families, in light of the Ministry’s ambiguity regarding the date of handing over the fully serviced project as it portrayed it. Aesthetic models they described as a marketing trick.
Some of the complainants confirmed that there is not enough manpower to complete the project and deliver it on time by the “National Housing”, in addition to the presence of dangerous holes and visual distortions at the project site, and others confirmed that the homes delivered to the beneficiaries do not exceed 10%, while the seizers paid the full amounts due to purchase Residential units, which have not been delivered; As it has been more than 4 years since the sale contracts were signed so far, while some of the beneficiaries are suffering from financial crises, such as paying rent and monthly installments of real estate financing paid to the company, so the scene and the nightmare ended with full confidence from the beneficiaries of the company, but they faced disappointment.
--There is not enough manpower to complete the project and deliver it on time by the National Housing Authority, in addition to the presence of dangerous potholes and visual distortions at the project site.
Project beneficiaries
The beneficiaries of “Murcia” called on the Ministry of Housing for more transparency and clarity about the reasons for the failure of its projects around the Kingdom. As the delay period reached more than 14 months, despite the assurances of His Excellency the Minister and his deputy, during his inspection visit to the projects, of the need to adhere to the implementation schedules and hand over the projects on time, pointing out that the Ministry did not apply this approach to its huge project that it praises, stressing that the “Wafi” program is He was born weak and unable to protect the rights of the beneficiaries, being an organizational member classified as a committee (off-plan sales committee) with limited powers.
“Sakani” aims to provide various housing solutions and multiple financing solutions that contribute to improving the lifestyle of its beneficiaries, in order to achieve the goals of the housing program – one of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 programs – to raise the percentage of Saudi family ownership to reach 70% ownership by 2030.
