RIYADH: 抖阴短视频鈥檚 ministries of information and housing launched a new program on Sunday to build houses for the Kingdom鈥檚 media professionals as part of Sakani, a Saudi-wide housing development scheme.
Sakani was launched in 2017 by the Ministry of Housing to build homes across 抖阴短视频聽and 280,000 units were provided in its first year with a further 300,000 built in 2018, according to the ministry.
The new initiative signed on Sunday will support Saudi media professionals by creating residential neighborhoods specifically for those working in the Kingdom鈥檚 media industry.
Minister of Information Turki Al-Shabana and Housing Minister Majid Al-Haqeel signed the agreement on the project at Riyadh鈥檚 Digital City.
The signing ceremony took place in the presence of officials from both ministries as well as a group of Saudi media figures and representatives from financial bodies.
Al-Shabana said during the ceremony that the new initiative is an 鈥渋mportant step in the strategic partnership between both ministries,鈥 and that the it would make it easier for media professionals to obtain residences in the 鈥渆asiest and fastest way.鈥