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Saudi Sakani Delivers Homes to Over 130,000 Families in 9 Months

Saudi Arabia continues to increase the homeownership rate through Sakani (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Saudi Arabia continues to increase the homeownership rate through Sakani (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Saudi Sakani Delivers Homes to Over 130,000 Families in 9 Months

Saudi Arabia continues to increase the homeownership rate through Sakani (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Saudi Arabia continues to increase the homeownership rate through Sakani (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Sakani, a Saudi program concerned with housing, has said that 130,400 Saudi families owned their first homes during the first nine months of 2022.

Sakani indicated that it comes within the framework of the program's endeavor to support beneficiaries to achieve the objectives of the housing program and increase the percentage of home ownership to 70 percent by 2030.

It explained that 12.1 thousand families benefited from the options and solutions it provided last September, while 12.9 thousand families received their first home in the same month.

Sakani offers nine new optional support programs within its solutions to Saudi families. The new packages included: the provided support package, the rental package, the furniture package, the self-construction package, and the housing renewal package.

The packages provide the beneficiary multiple flexible solutions by delivering immediate, non-refundable support to beneficiaries of ready-made, under-construction, and self-construction housing units in partnership with The Real Estate Development Fund and financing agencies and real estate developers.

The agency's website and application provide residential facilities and services, which include the real estate advisor, issuance of real estate tax certificates for the first house, obtaining a quotation from financing agencies, issuing e-land contracts, benefiting from the engineering designs service, the e-financing service, and the real estate market.

Meanwhile, the Saudi Ministry of Interior announced that digital transformation directly impacted various aspects and saved over $4.5 billion annually.

The Ministry announced that it succeeded in curbing forgery and manipulations, saving time and effort for beneficiaries on a social level.

The statement noted that, environmentally, 35,000 trees were preserved with 559 million leaves. Carbon emissions were also reduced by 500 million kilograms between 2018 and 2020, and more than 5.1 trillion gallons of water were saved during the same period.

The Ministry also presented many technical and digital achievements during the GITEX Technology Week 2022 in Dubai, which contributed to raising the quality of life for citizens, residents, and visitors to the Kingdom.

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Saudi Arabia Provides $500 Million in Financial Support to Yemen

Saudi Arabia Provides $500 Million in Financial Support to Yemen
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Saudi Arabia Provides $500 Million in Financial Support to Yemen

Saudi Arabia Provides $500 Million in Financial Support to Yemen

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has given new economic support to Yemen, worth $500 million, to strengthen the Yemeni government's budget and bolster the Central Bank of Yemen.
The Saudi support package consists of a $300 million deposit in the Central Bank of Yemen, to improve the economic and financial situation, and $200 million to deal with the Yemeni budget deficit, out of a total pledge of $1.2 billion.
According to SPA, the funding, through the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY), aims to enhance food security, support salaries and wages, cover operating expenses, and help the government implement its economic reform program.
It also seeks to help set the basis for economic, financial, and monetary stability in the Republic of Yemen, strengthen this country’s public finances, enhance the capacity of government institutions, and improve governance and transparency. It also aims to empower the private sector to drive sustainable economic growth and create job opportunities, ultimately placing the national economy on a more sustainable path and driving economic and social development.
Previous Saudi deposits positively impacted the foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank of Yemen, reduced the exchange rates, and contributed to the growth of the GDP. They also helped lower fuel and diesel prices, as well as the cost of imported food commodities.
Together with previous assistance, including grants and deposits, this aid aims to buttress Yemen's economic stability.
Key contributions of Saudi support include covering imports of essential food commodities (wheat grains, wheat flour, rice, milk, cooking oil, and sugar), strengthening the Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves, stabilizing the local currency, and reducing fuel and diesel prices.
While Saudi grants have positively impacted economic and social development in Yemen, and supported the national economy, they also helped mitigate the economic deterioration by increasing the foreign exchange reserves and boosting confidence in the Central Bank of Yemen.
Moreover, these grants led to greater financial transfers and foreign aid, thus strengthening the balance of income and transfers in Yemen.
The grants effectively stimulated economic growth while lessening inflationary pressures. By enabling the government to cover salaries and wages, they significantly reduced the budget deficit, which, in turn, improved the financial stability of the country and lowered the government's reliance on borrowing to finance its expenditures.
The grants greatly helped improve the performance of critical sectors. In healthcare, it funded essential medicines for chronic diseases and cancer treatment. It also came to the help of education and other vital sectors, and covered the cost of petroleum derivatives for electricity generation.
The Kingdom also significantly contributed to Yemen's economic growth by providing grants for petroleum derivatives. These grants enabled 80 power generation stations to operate in all Yemeni governorates, thus stimulating the Yemeni economy and enhancing the efficiency of vital, productive and service sectors in Yemen.
Through SDRPY, the Kingdom has implemented 263 development projects and initiatives in various Yemeni governorates. These projects serve the Yemeni people in eight crucial sectors: education, health, water, energy, transportation, agriculture and fisheries, capacity building of the Yemeni government, and development programs.