Global view of affordable housing – spotlight on Riyadh
- Despite the alleviating affordability pressures triggered by declining house prices over the past few years and the city’s ‘most affordable’ quadrant status, housing affordability is a growing challenge in Riyadh.
- Fast urbanisation across Saudi Arabia over the past decades has put significant pressures on housing markets in urban centers. The issue of affordability is set to exacerbate as more and more people congregates in cities to access greater opportunities.
- The multi-generational household salaries helps mask the affordability issue not only in Riyadh but the wider Kingdom. If we consider average salaries rather than multi-generational household salaries, the affordability of Riyadh’s residential market changes dramatically.
- The Ministry of Housing is taking initiatives to respond to affordability pressures and get Saudi residents on the property ladder. The ambitious Sakani program scheme is a case in point.
- To ensure longevity and future value creation of affordable housing schemes, components that create a synergistic ecosystem must be included such as education, healthcare and recreation.
- The inclusion of healthcare and education assets in Riyadh would create value for the population residing in these areas in the long run and would have a direct impact on the socio-economic environment by creating employment.
- High requirements for private sector investments in education and healthcare are supported by the government initiatives under the National Transformation Plan.
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