News about URA

NILAI (March 16): All government affordable housing projects would be built using the industrialised building system (IBS) technology by 2024, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

  PETALING JAYA (March 12): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) has reminded home owners and tenants of People’s Housing Programme (PPR) schemes that they are breaking the law if they rent out their units.

SINGAPORE (March 4): Ground-floor retail rents along Orchard Road are expected to climb 0.

  Homeownership is no doubt one of the hottest topics in Malaysia currently especially when the inventory of residential property in the country is rising and has accumulated to an all-time high in recent years.

SEMENYIH (Feb 21): The housing and local government ministry said that the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) is currently being reviewed and that some of its proposed projects that are deemed unviable may be scrapped.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The housing and local government ministry and works ministry have come up with several models of industrialised building system (IBS) homes that, if used by developers in constructing affordable homes, will result in quicker project approvals.

PUCHONG (Feb 17): Residents of several People’s Housing Projects (PPR) in the country will soon benefit from various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives by private sector companies, under the government’s National Community Policy or Dasar Komuniti Negara (DKN).

SELANGOR (Feb 17): Loads of fun and interesting activities and exhibitions were enjoyed by members of the public at the Community Carnival held in conjunction with the launch of Dasar Komuniti Negara today at Padang Puchong Indah, Selangor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): Local Government and Housing Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin has clarified today that she never got her academic qualifications from the National University of Singapore (NUS) or Harvard University in the US.

  PETALING JAYA (Jan 30): To resolve the property supply and demand mismatch in Malaysia, Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) director of research Dr Suraya Ismail opined that housing prices just need to be within the average wage earners’ affordability level.