Article 11 of the Saudi Housing Support Regulation

It is not enough for an applicant to meet the conditions to receive support at once; applicants are ranked by their priority. This article states that the ranking is based on criteria set by the Implementing Regulations, including:

1. The financial condition of the applicant and his family.
2. The applicant's age.
3. The number of family members.
4. The social and health condition of the applicant and his family.
5. The order in which the application was submitted.

The word «including» means these criteria are not necessarily exhaustive, as the Implementing Regulations may contain other criteria. The Implementing Regulations also set the controls needed to apply these criteria and the relative weight of each, taking into account the balance of residential communities. The Regulation did not set a percentage or score for each criterion, and numbers for them should not be assumed without referring to the Implementing Regulations.

This article is linked to Article 10, which requires the applicant to notify the Ministry within 15 days of any change that may affect his priority for receiving housing support, because priority is built on data that may change over time, such as financial condition or the number of family members. After the ranking, Article 12 follows to determine the type of support allocated to each applicant.