Prince Muhammad will open the project on behalf of Custodian of Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.

“The first phase includes 2,000 completed housing units. The total number of units as ordered by King Abdullah is 6,000,” the Saudi Press Agency quoted Minister of Social Affairs Yousuf Al-Othaimin as saying in a statement yesterday.

“The projects worth SR6 billion are based at five locations and safe areas close to the original homes for the displaced,” Al-Othaimin said, adding the units were also fully furnished and air-conditioned on the orders of the king.

The project is being executed under the supervision of the King Abdullah and His Parents Foundation for Developmental Foundation.

More than 5,000 families had been evacuated from the border with Yemen amid fighting between Yemeni intruders and Saudi armed forces in November 2009.

A large number of families were displaced as a result of the violence. The king ordered the project when he visited Jazan to inspect the armed forces stationed along the Kingdom’s southern border with Yemen.

With 2,249 houses, the largest among the five residential complexes is at Hasma. The complex has 11 mosques, two health centers and 15 schools, telephone and water connections and health centers, gardens and service roads. The Rawan complex has 1,063 houses, six mosques, four schools and other utilities.

In Kharish there are 1,246 houses, six mosques, six schools and a health center while in Ramada there are 995 houses, five mosques, six schools and a health center. The Suha project comprises 447 houses, three mosques, four schools and a health center.

The houses, which cover 500 to 1,000 sq. meters, are designed to meet the requirements of displaced families. About 100 women were employed to make furniture for the houses. All housing units will be distributed to eligible citizens this year.