The Ministry of Housing expressed its condemnation of the press statement issued by Representative Ahmed Al-Dimistani to a local newspaper and talked about decisions related to the freezing of the Mazaya program for an indefinite period and delaying the dates of the beneficiaries of the program, denying the issuance or application of updated decisions related to the freezing of the program, or the abandonment of subsidies for citizens who benefit from the program Mazaya, confirming that the government will continue to disburse the amounts of financial support for the monthly installments due with banks financing housing loans to citizens.
The Ministry also denied delaying the acceptance of applications or the procedural session to benefit from the program, noting that the Ministry has not issued any decisions regarding this matter, and that the Ministry continues to allocate appointments for citizens to accept new applications in the auditors' service center, and as a result of the precautionary measures to combat the new Corona Virus "as a benefit 19 ", the number of appointments granted to citizens to review the auditor services center has been reduced, and this applies to appointments for other housing benefits and services.
The Ministry of Housing expressed its great surprise at the publication of statements dealing with decisions and programs that were not issued by any official decisions, noting that government decisions are announced in the media in a transparent manner, and therefore, the failure to announce any action regarding the Mazaya Program in an official manner negates all that has been circulated from False information not based on any facts or decisions.
The ministry also criticized the deputy’s and the newspaper’s interpretation of previous decisions related to organizational matters related to the program with false interpretations that have nothing to do with any immediate decisions issued by the ministry in this regard that caused public opinion, and leaked concern to the souls of citizens benefiting from the program by touching to stop financial support for their monthly installments, At a time when the esteemed government is seeking to take measures to reduce the financial burdens on citizens, the most recent of which was the distinguished cabinet decision to suspend the collection of monthly installments for housing services for a period of 6 months for ownership and financing services, including the Mazaya program.
The Ministry also indicated its rejection of the newspaper’s style of attributing government decisions regulating housing in the name of people along the lines of the subheading “The Red Decision”, stressing that the regulatory decisions issued by the Minister of Housing are in his capacity as Minister Representative for the Executive Authority, not personal decisions.
The ministry added that the current circumstances require the necessity of being accurate and credible in the circulation of news, especially that related to services that concern citizens, noting that the deputy could use his parliamentary tools, including submitting a parliamentary question to verify this matter formally, and that it was more beneficial for the deputy and the newspaper to communicate with The ministry directly to verify this matter before publication, especially since the publication of the news has caused reactions and many inquiries from citizens, banks and real estate development companies participating in the program to verify the validity of what was mentioned in the aforementioned press release.
