Saudi mega-city project NEOM secures $5.6 billion for workforce housing

Saudi mega-city project NEOM secures $5.6 billion for workforce housing

RIYADH

Saudi Arabia’s planned mega-city NEOM has secured 21 billion riyals ($5.60 billion) in financing and finalised contracts to develop the first phase of housing expansion for its workforce, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

NEOM, a huge economic zone eventually meant to house nine million people, said it plans to offer contracts for a second phase in the temporary residential project in the coming months.