Overview
The Housing Department was established in 1433 AH, a department affiliated to the University Vice Presidency for Administrative and Financial Affairs at the time, to be responsible for implementing the policy set by the university to house its faculty members in accordance with the rules and regulations issued by the Supreme Council of the University and the decisions and directives of the Permanent Committee for Housing,
In the year 1436 AH, the approval of the High Commissioner was issued for the establishment of the University Vice-Rectorate for Facilities and Operation at the University, and based on the honorable guidance, the name was activated according to the circular of Her Excellency the Rector of the University No. (33240) dated 6/19/1936 AH, to be the link of the Housing Department to the University Vice-Rectorate for Facilities and Operation, and in the year 1440 AH, the work of the administration expanded, and the new administrative organization of the university No. 38259 and the date of 1/11/1440 AH approved, to include a number of departments under it, which provide all services and needs to the resident without the hassle of his actual presence in the administration, as follows:
Housing Program Department: It is specialized in receiving housing requests through the housing system.
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The Housing Units Department: It is a department specialized in receiving and handing over housing units to faculty members and the like.
Financial Affairs Department: It is a department specialized in collecting housing unit fees, insurance and issuing reinsurance checks for beneficiaries.
Security Permits Department: It is a department specialized in issuing permits for the entry and exit of the residents' needs.
Warehouse Section: It is a special section for receiving requests and returning the furniture of the housing units and registering them as entrusted to the residents.
Maintenance Department: It is a department specialized in receiving urgent maintenance requests submitted through the Marafiq application and following them up with the General Administration of Operation and Maintenance at the university.
Department of Continuous Communication and Coordination: It is a department for communicating with the resident whose relationship with the university has ended in order to arrange and coordinate the receipt of the housing unit from him.
The administration also seeks continuously to provide what is commensurate with the aspirations of the university in accordance with the established regulations and instructions, and according to the available technology, and to meet developments that occur in housing and residents.
Tasks:
- Implementation of the policy set by the university to accommodate faculty members in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Housing Regulations and the decisions, directives and recommendations of the Permanent Housing Committee.
- Preparing annual plans for university housing management and following up on their implementation after approval.
- Preparing and following up the processing of housing units in the appropriate manner for the residents, in direct coordination with the General Administration of Operation and Maintenance at the University.
- Listing and distributing housing units according to the conditions and controls contained in the Housing Regulations.
- Follow up on all matters related to contracts, rent, evacuation, maintenance, etc.
- Receiving housing applications, registering them in the housing program, and taking the necessary actions regarding them.
- Follow-up maintenance and operation services in residential units in coordination with the concerned authorities of the university.
- Collecting the rents of the housing units, and the financial dues for the services provided to the housing unit (electricity - gas - water) from the residents and collecting the insurance of the housing units. Some of these deductions are in direct coordination with the Payroll and Expenses Unit of the General Administration of Human Resources at the University.
- Issuing security permits for the residents, in coordination with the General Administration of Security at the university.
- Issuing permits to return and request furniture and register the covenant for the residents through the university warehouse system, which the administration has part of its powers.
- Receiving the requests of residents in the buildings area to house their drivers in the buildings of the support services area, and to accommodate them in the rooms designated for them and follow up on their needs.
