According to Al-Watan newspaper, the Higher Women's Committee for Social and Humanitarian Services in Mecca region asserted that it will total finance the costs of the necessary studies regarding the comprehensive poor neighborhoods survey in Mecca governorates. The committee added that this survey is a first step toward establishing new housing units for the poor in this region in order to achieve growth and development.
The committee has a short-run as well as long-run strategy aimed at putting an end for improper and dangerous housing facilities in the poor neighborhoods of Mecca. It asserted that there is a need to build 15,000 units for the poor residents of Mecca's governorates and villages.
