No free lunch in loan moratorium
Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz in June 2021 announced a six-month loan moratorium under the RM150 billion PEMULIH stimulus package.
Homeowners - be educated and be aware
After staying in your condominium for many years, you decide to contribute your expertise to the Management Corporation (MC) and volunteer to be a part of the committee.
How guaranteed are guaranteed rental return schemes?
Some time ago, we received an email from an observer who was at a developer’s office.
Abandoned housing projects: enforcement of existing laws, not new laws, needed
Time and again, every minister of housing desires to tweak and fine-tune the housing laws, claiming to champion more protection and safeguards for house buyers, as if it is customary to do so.
屋所不谈：我们需要对付恶邻居的法令！
如今网络发达，网上有大量资讯、指南、文章、工具和清单助您选购梦想家园。尽管如此，在做购买决定前，还是建议您亲身去了解想要购置目标产业的细节，例如，经常被忽略的邻居素质。 在一些情况下，特别是购买新开发的项目，邻居是谁根本无从考察，唯有在新居入伙后才能揭晓住在你隔壁的到底是恶邻居还是好邻居。 一个恶邻居可能对你的生活造成巨大的困扰——平日的喧闹或凌晨聚会、不断吠叫的狗、来自隔壁猫咪的猫屎等琐碎但恼人的事情，都会打扰您和社区平静的日常生活。 目前法律框架无法对付恶邻居 依据目前的法律，邻居造成的麻烦可归为“滋扰”，属侵权行为。 在所有沟通手段和方式，如与他们和平谈判、向相关部门投诉和向警方申报等，都无济于事的情况下，最后的办法就是进行法律诉讼。 不过，并非人人愿意为这些琐碎事情向法庭提告，因为律师费昂贵且诉讼过程耗时。 因此，我们认为，政府需要立法干预，解决恶邻居造成的社会问题。 我们需要一套能以快速、低成本且有效的方式解决社区纠纷的法令。这这方面，我们可以参考新加坡《 2015年社区纠纷解决法》（简称新加坡CDRA）。 “邻居”的定义 若马来西亚要拟议相关新法令，应该参考新加坡CDRA，包含一些条例，例如，将该法令的适用范围局限在住宅产业上（新加坡CDRA适用于所有的“居住地”）。 此外，值得注意的是，新加坡CDRA中对“邻居”一词的诠释，是指与你居住在同一建筑物中，或者距离你的居住处100米内的住户，但不包括居住在同一单位内的人。 干扰（滋扰） 一般来说，定义滋扰侵权行为须先证明，是邻居的作为或不作为影响了邻居使用居住处的自由和乐趣。为了更好地说明，新加坡CDRA列出了10个邻居干扰（不详尽）的示例，即： 1.
To serve or self-serve?
We all know the Joint Management Committee (JMC) or Management Committee (MC), stipulated under the Strata Management Act 2013 (SMA) to take care of a strata community, comprises volunteers who have to use their personal time to serve in the various roles assigned to them.
HBA: A budget that addresses concerns of abandoned projects' victims
PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): For years, the victims of the abandoned projects have suffered in silence, but the newly-announced federal budget has addressed to their concerns and to a certain extent could reduce their burden, said the National House Buyers Association (HBA) honorary secretary general Datuk Chang Kim Loong (pictured).
Ramifications of leasing out freehold land under Private Lease Scheme
The land laws of Peninsular Malaysia are governed by the National Land Code, 1965 (Act 56 of 1965) (NLC) and has been in force since Jan 1, 1966.
HBA: Covid-19 Act could be improved on and be more relevant
PETALING JAYA (Oct 23): While National House Buyers Association (HBA) believes that the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Covid-19 Act 2020 has gone through “inordinate delays” and become less relevant now, it can still be improved.
Extending the Defects Liability Period (DLP) protection post-CCC
SCENARIO 1: Cindy is ready to buy a house, but having heard of plenty of abandoned housing projects in Malaysia, she did not want to take the risk of buying newly-launched or still-under-construction properties.
