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Saudi plans low-income homes

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Saudi Arabia is set to build 35,000 low-income housing units over the next two years, according to the country’s deputy minister of economy and planning.

Ahmed ibn Ibrahim Al-Hakami told Arab News more than one million homes were needed. The new units are to be built by the Social Affairs Ministry and charities.

According to Al-Hakami, King Abdullah has allocated SR10 billion from budget surplus to build 66,000 low-cost homes over four years.

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The King has donated five million square metres of land in Madinah worth SR 2 billion for a project by the King Abdulla Charitable Housing Foundation to build 13,000 units to house 50,000 people.

Social affairs minister Abdul Mohsen Al-Akkas said houses would be distributed free to those most in need, with maintenance carried out by the ministry.

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