كثرة التشريعات والأنظمة ليس دائماً هو الحل الأمثل للمشكلات المتراكمة ما لم تكتب تلك التشريعات بلغة ميزان الذهب من حيث الدقة والشمولية، فلا تدع مجالاً للضبابية التي تترك للقائمين عليها ترف الاجتهاد في تطبيقها وخاصة تلك التشريعات التي تتناقض مع ما صدر قبلها من أنظمة وتشريعات.
نشرت وزارة البلديات والإسكان بياناً صحفياً منذ أيام عن حملة تقوم بها لرصد ومخالفة تقسيم المساكن بغرض الاستثمار غير المرخص من قبل البلدية، لما لذلك من أثر سلبي على جودة الحياة والنسيج العمراني داخل الأحياء. وأشار البيان إلى أن أبرز المخالفات هو تقسيم الوحدات السكنية وفتح أبواب داخلية وتعديل مخارج عبر الارتدادات دون الحصول على تراخيص.
نؤمن بأهمية الأنظمة والقوانين والتشريعات الرسمية، ومن المؤكد صدرت لمعالجة مشكلة أو خلل ما، إلا أن المستغرب في هذا البيان هو عدم تحديد ماهية المشكلة وشرح تفصيلاتها ومسبباتها وتأثيراتها وتداعياتها ولم يذهب إلى المشكلة المحورية في الموضوع. القضايا البلدية والسكنية تمس تقريباً كل فرد من أفراد المجتمع، وتأثيراتها بالغة وشاملة، لذلك من المهم أن تدرس أي قضية ويتم تقييمها وتقويمها من كافة جوانبها الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والعملية والبيئية، وعدم الاكتفاء بالجوانب الفنية والعمرانية والشكلية الجمالية البصرية.
التجربة الأولى في بناء المسكن تبقى ناقصة ما دامت هي الوحيدة. وبناء المسكن للغالبية الساحقة من الناس هي تجربة أولى وربما وحيدة، ومن هنا لا بد أن نتوقع نواقص وعيوباً تعتري التجربة الأولى في بناء المسكن، ولا بد أن نتوقع بعض الإصلاحات والتعديلات بعد فترة لهذه المساكن، كلما تم اكتشاف تلك النواقص والعيوب، خاصة في ظل فوضى المقاولين غير المصنّفين منذ سنوات مضت، وفوضى العمّال غير المهنيين، بجانب القوانين والتشريعات البلدية المتعددة والمتناقضة في بعض الأحيان والمختلفة من منطقة إلى أخرى ومن أحياء سكنية لأحياء أخرى، التي تترك أثراً كبيراً في المشكلة. من هنا يأتي السؤال الأهم في الموضوع: ما هي المشكلة التي تستهدفها البلديات والأمانات وهل عبر البيان عن جوهر المشكلة؟
إذا كانت المشكلة تكمن في رفض مبدأ هذا النوع من التأجير والاستثمار في الوحدات السكنية، فما ذنب صغار المستثمرين الذين حصلوا على تراخيص منذ البداية من جهات رسمية مثل السياحة التي وضعت بدورها اشتراطات لضبط وجودة هذا النشاط؟ ومن يعوض هؤلاء المستثمرين الصغار بعدما استثمروا ما لديهم واقترضوا من البنوك في سبيل تأمين مصدر عيش لهم ودخل لأسرهم؟
وإذا كانت المشكلة تكمن في عدم وجود تراخيص من البلدية، جنباً إلى جنب تراخيص السياحة، فلماذا لا تتم إعادة دراسة مبالغ تراخيص البلدية المرتفعة، لتكون بمتناول أصحاب العقار وصغار المستثمرين الذين اضطروا ربما لتقسيم وحداتهم السكنية أمام حاجة إسكان أحد أفراد الأسرة لعدم القدرة على تأمين سكن، أو تحت ضغط تأمين دخل إضافي يساعدهم في التغلب على كثرة الالتزامات المالية وغلاء المعيشة؟
وإذا كانت المشكلة تتصل بالتشوه البصري الذي قد يطرأ على الشكل الخارجي للمباني نتيجة للتعديلات والتغييرات، أو ازدحام مواقف السيارات في بعض المواقع، أو الجوانب الفنية والبنية التحتية فهذه قضايا يمكن معالجتها كحالات فردية بذاتها في رأيي، دون حاجة لتعميمها على هذا النشاط والأعمال ككل.
أما إذا كانت المشكلة تكمن في «المافيات المستترة» التي تعمل ما بين المالك والمستثمر النهائي من صغار المستثمرين، وهي في الغالب من جنسيات غير سعودية حسبما فهمت، فهذا هو لب الموضوع والمشكلة الحقيقية التي أستغرب خلو البيان منها، والتي يجب مكافحتها والقضاء عليها في أسرع وقت بتضافر الجهود بين الأجهزة الرسمية المعنية، لأنها تعيث في هذا النشاط فساداً ولا يهمها الجانب الاجتماعي أو البيئي أو العمراني والفني وجودة الخدمة، فقط يهمها «اكسب واهرب».
إن القضاء على مافيا استثمار الإفراط بتقسيم المباني، التي تحول بين صغار المستثمرين وملاك العقار، كفيل بإعادة الأمور إلى نصابها، وإعادة هذا النوع من الاستثمار إلى مساره الصحي والصحيح، والقضاء على كل آثاره السلبية التي نتجت عنه.
من هنا، أعتقد بأهمية إعادة تقييم وتقويم الحملة التي تقوم بها البلديات والأمانات بالشراكة مع الأجهزة المعنية والتحلي بالواقعية، بحيث يتم استهداف المافيا المتسترة التي تعمل ما بين مالك العقار وصغار المستثمرين المرخصين من السياحة وغيرها، والحد من التحامل المالي على صغار المستثمرين في هذا النشاط.
عبداللطيف الضويحي
حملة البلديات والأمانات وإعادة تصويب البوصلة
29 يوليو 2025 - 00:10
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آخر تحديث 26 أغسطس 2025 - 14:41
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The abundance of laws and regulations is not always the optimal solution to accumulated problems unless those laws are written with the precision and comprehensiveness of a golden scale, leaving no room for ambiguity that allows those responsible for them the luxury of interpretation in their application, especially for those regulations that contradict previous systems and laws.
The Ministry of Municipalities and Housing published a press release a few days ago about a campaign it is conducting to monitor and penalize the unauthorized division of housing for investment purposes not licensed by the municipality, due to its negative impact on the quality of life and the urban fabric within neighborhoods. The statement indicated that the most prominent violations include the division of residential units, opening internal doors, and modifying exits through setbacks without obtaining licenses.
We believe in the importance of regulations, laws, and official legislation, which certainly have been issued to address a problem or a malfunction. However, what is surprising in this statement is the lack of specification regarding the nature of the problem and the explanation of its details, causes, effects, and repercussions, as it did not address the core issue at hand. Municipal and housing issues affect almost every individual in society, and their impacts are profound and comprehensive. Therefore, it is important to study any issue and evaluate it from all its social, economic, practical, and environmental aspects, rather than merely focusing on the technical, architectural, and aesthetic visual aspects.
The first experience in building a home remains incomplete as long as it is the only one. For the vast majority of people, building a home is a first and perhaps a unique experience. From here, we must expect deficiencies and flaws in the first experience of building a home, and we must anticipate some reforms and modifications after a period for these homes, as those deficiencies and flaws are discovered, especially in light of the chaos of unclassified contractors from years past, and the chaos of unskilled workers, alongside the multiple and sometimes contradictory municipal laws and regulations that vary from one area to another and from one neighborhood to another, which leave a significant impact on the problem. Hence, the most important question arises: What is the problem that municipalities and secretariats are targeting, and does the statement reflect the essence of the problem?
If the problem lies in rejecting the principle of this type of leasing and investment in residential units, what is the fault of small investors who obtained licenses from the beginning from official entities like tourism, which in turn set conditions to regulate and ensure the quality of this activity? And who will compensate these small investors after they invested what they had and borrowed from banks to secure a livelihood for themselves and income for their families?
And if the problem lies in the absence of licenses from the municipality, alongside tourism licenses, why not reconsider the high municipal licensing fees to make them affordable for property owners and small investors who may have been compelled to divide their residential units due to the need to house a family member who could not secure housing, or under the pressure of securing additional income to help them cope with numerous financial obligations and the high cost of living?
And if the problem relates to the visual distortion that may occur to the external appearance of buildings due to modifications and changes, or the overcrowding of parking spaces in certain locations, or the technical aspects and infrastructure, these are issues that can be addressed as individual cases in my opinion, without the need to generalize them to this activity and work as a whole.
However, if the problem lies in the "hidden mafias" operating between the owner and the final investor among small investors, which are mostly of non-Saudi nationalities as I understand, this is the crux of the matter and the real problem that I find surprising for its absence from the statement, and which must be combated and eradicated as soon as possible through the concerted efforts of the relevant official bodies, as they are wreaking havoc in this activity and do not care about the social, environmental, urban, or technical aspects and the quality of service; they only care about "earn and escape."
Eliminating the mafia of excessive division of buildings, which stands between small investors and property owners, is sufficient to restore matters to their rightful place and return this type of investment to its healthy and correct path, eradicating all its negative effects that resulted from it.
From here, I believe in the importance of reevaluating and assessing the campaign being conducted by municipalities and secretariats in partnership with the relevant authorities and adopting realism, so that the hidden mafia operating between property owners and small licensed investors from tourism and others is targeted, and the financial burden on small investors in this activity is reduced.
The Ministry of Municipalities and Housing published a press release a few days ago about a campaign it is conducting to monitor and penalize the unauthorized division of housing for investment purposes not licensed by the municipality, due to its negative impact on the quality of life and the urban fabric within neighborhoods. The statement indicated that the most prominent violations include the division of residential units, opening internal doors, and modifying exits through setbacks without obtaining licenses.
We believe in the importance of regulations, laws, and official legislation, which certainly have been issued to address a problem or a malfunction. However, what is surprising in this statement is the lack of specification regarding the nature of the problem and the explanation of its details, causes, effects, and repercussions, as it did not address the core issue at hand. Municipal and housing issues affect almost every individual in society, and their impacts are profound and comprehensive. Therefore, it is important to study any issue and evaluate it from all its social, economic, practical, and environmental aspects, rather than merely focusing on the technical, architectural, and aesthetic visual aspects.
The first experience in building a home remains incomplete as long as it is the only one. For the vast majority of people, building a home is a first and perhaps a unique experience. From here, we must expect deficiencies and flaws in the first experience of building a home, and we must anticipate some reforms and modifications after a period for these homes, as those deficiencies and flaws are discovered, especially in light of the chaos of unclassified contractors from years past, and the chaos of unskilled workers, alongside the multiple and sometimes contradictory municipal laws and regulations that vary from one area to another and from one neighborhood to another, which leave a significant impact on the problem. Hence, the most important question arises: What is the problem that municipalities and secretariats are targeting, and does the statement reflect the essence of the problem?
If the problem lies in rejecting the principle of this type of leasing and investment in residential units, what is the fault of small investors who obtained licenses from the beginning from official entities like tourism, which in turn set conditions to regulate and ensure the quality of this activity? And who will compensate these small investors after they invested what they had and borrowed from banks to secure a livelihood for themselves and income for their families?
And if the problem lies in the absence of licenses from the municipality, alongside tourism licenses, why not reconsider the high municipal licensing fees to make them affordable for property owners and small investors who may have been compelled to divide their residential units due to the need to house a family member who could not secure housing, or under the pressure of securing additional income to help them cope with numerous financial obligations and the high cost of living?
And if the problem relates to the visual distortion that may occur to the external appearance of buildings due to modifications and changes, or the overcrowding of parking spaces in certain locations, or the technical aspects and infrastructure, these are issues that can be addressed as individual cases in my opinion, without the need to generalize them to this activity and work as a whole.
However, if the problem lies in the "hidden mafias" operating between the owner and the final investor among small investors, which are mostly of non-Saudi nationalities as I understand, this is the crux of the matter and the real problem that I find surprising for its absence from the statement, and which must be combated and eradicated as soon as possible through the concerted efforts of the relevant official bodies, as they are wreaking havoc in this activity and do not care about the social, environmental, urban, or technical aspects and the quality of service; they only care about "earn and escape."
Eliminating the mafia of excessive division of buildings, which stands between small investors and property owners, is sufficient to restore matters to their rightful place and return this type of investment to its healthy and correct path, eradicating all its negative effects that resulted from it.
From here, I believe in the importance of reevaluating and assessing the campaign being conducted by municipalities and secretariats in partnership with the relevant authorities and adopting realism, so that the hidden mafia operating between property owners and small licensed investors from tourism and others is targeted, and the financial burden on small investors in this activity is reduced.


