A look at eviction requests for residential rent defaulters in 2023

15/01/2024 Argaam Special

Riyadh city


The number of requests to evict defaulters of residential rent reached 33,560 during 2023, an increase of 2.6% from 32,720 requests in 2022, Ministry of Justice data showed.

Completed requests reached 28,060 during 2023, compared to about 22,990 in 2022.

Riyadh region accounted for 37% of the requests with nearly 12,420 applications for eviction, followed by the Makkah region with about 10,360 requests. The following table shows the requests to implement the eviction by regions in 2023:

Eviction Requests against Housing Rent Defaulters in 2023

Region

Number of requests

Percentage to total requests

Riyadh

12421

37.0 %

Makkah

10364

30.9 %

Eastern Region

5221

15.6 %

Madinah

1685

5.0 %

Asir

868

2.6 %

Qassim

703

2.1 %

Jazan

668

2.0 %

Tabuk

550

1.6 %

Hail

370

1.1 %

Al Jouf

235

0.7 %

Najran

216

0.6 %

Northern Borders

166

0.5 %

Al Baha

90

0.3 %

Total

33557

100.0 %

 

Riyadh came on top of cities in the number of requests to implement evictions for defaulting on paying residential rent, with 11,990 requests in 2023. It was followed by Jeddah at 8,050 eviction requests. The following table shows requests to implement evictions by cities during 2023:

Eviction Requests against Housing Rent Defaulters in 2023 (By City)

City

Number of eviction requests

Percentage to total (%)

Riyadh

11994

35.7 %

Jeddah

8052

24.0 %

Dammam

2454

7.3 %

Makkah

1585

4.7 %

Madinah

1462

4.4 %

Al Khobar

1360

4.1 %

 

January saw the greatest number of requests to implement the evictions at 3,792. August came second with 3,315 requests. The following table shows requests to implement evictions by month during 2023:

Eviction Requests against Housing Rent Defaulters in 2023 (By Month)

Month

Number of eviction requests

Percentage to total (%)

January

3792

11.3 %

February

2923

8.7 %

March

2191

6.5 %

April

1653

4.9 %

May

3203

9.5 %

June

2103

6.3 %

July

2983

8.9 %

August

3315

9.9 %

September

2723

8.1 %

October

3291

9.8 %

November

2651

7.9 %

December

2729

8.1 %

Total

33557

100.0 %


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