1.1 million Saudi families start living in their own homes since 2017

1.1 million Saudi families start living in their own homes since 2017

Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — Minister of Housing Majed Al-Hoqail said that as many as 1.1 million Saudi families have started living in their own homes since the launch of the ministry's Sakani program in 2017.“The Sakani program has exceeded its targets during the year 2020 by offering various housing services and solutions to 390,819 families, and thus has achieved an increase of 30 percent over the target despite the unprecedented circumstances that the housing sector witnessed in the year due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic,” Al-Hoqail said.He also noted that a total of 138,317 families have started living in their homes during the year 2020, and thus bringing the total number of families served by the program since its launch in 2017 to 1.1 million.“Despite the exceptional circumstances that the housing sector witnessed during the year 2020, we were able to score several achievements that have scripted as an unprecedented success story, and that have benefited more than 390,000 families of our people within the Sakani program,” he said.He expressed pride