Structured team to be formed to manage affordable housing units

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): A structured team under the purview of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government will be placed at affordable housing projects to look into the management of these properties, including their upkeep and the maintenance charge collection.

Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamarudin (pictured) said team members would be offered training to empower them and allow them to develop themselves.

“The management of the properties is very important because if you're talking about the B40 group, this category comprises working class people. So they can't afford to pay high maintenance fees and spend time to manage the properties,” Zuraida said during the Property Hot Seat talk programme produced by Bernama News Channel (BNC) on Astro channel 502, which was telecast on Thursday at 8.30pm.

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She said the formation of the structured team was in line with the National Community Policy or Dasar Komuniti Negara (DKN), which was officially launched earlier this month.

DKN, a sub-policy under the National Housing Policy (2.0) to improve the living standard of public affordable housing residents, was formulated by the Housing and Local Government Ministry and supported by the Subang Jaya Municipal Council and EdgeProp.my.

She said the new National Housing Policy outlined five areas of focus, 16 strategies and 57 action plans.

Zuraida said helping the B40 group to own home and improve their livelihood would continue to be her focus for the next five years, and DKN would help achieve the desired outcome.

The new Property Hot Seat show, aired on BNC every Thursday at 8.30 pm, aims to increase public awareness on important policies and issues, and their impact on the real estate industry.