Twenty sick private housing projects revived as of February, says deputy minister

• Deputy Local Government Development Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said out of the 3,117 licensed private housing projects, 145 were behind schedule, while 436 had been identified as sick projects.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): Twenty sick private housing projects involving 1,784 units had been revived and obtained certificates of completion and compliance (CCCs) as of Feb 28, said Deputy Local Government Development Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir (pictured).

He said out of the 3,117 licensed private housing projects, 145 were behind schedule, while 436 had been identified as sick projects.

Akmal Nasrullah said based on the latest statistics, there was a decrease in the number of sick projects compared to Jan 31, when there were 166 delayed and 437 sick projects.

“The ministry has also closely monitored six sick projects involving 2,241 units to ensure that they are going smoothly. This is a positive achievement since the establishment of a task force for sick and abandoned private housing projects,” he told a press conference in the Parliament building on Tuesday (March 28).

According to Akmal Nasrullah, five projects had their "abandoned" status removed, namely Dolomite Park Avenue and Casa Melati, Gombak; Taman Petaling Utama, Selangor; Pantai Avenue Bukit Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur; and Lot 5918-5927 in Bukit Besar, Terengganu.

He said this brought the current number of abandoned private housing projects to 110, involving 23,563 units and 13,931 buyers.

Meanwhile, Akmal Nasrullah said that the ministry had received a one-off additional allocation of RM20 million to revive abandoned housing projects involving ready-to-move-in homes without CCCs.

“The ministry hopes that state governments will identify abandoned housing projects that could be revived this year,” he said.