News about URA

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.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): The number of unsold homes in Malaysia has more than doubled, reaching a new high of 30,115 homes as at the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) will study the need to enact a Residential Tenancy Act to avoid discrimination against any races or gender, said its minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): Houses under KPKT’s Rent-to-Own scheme can only be resold to the ministry to prevent speculation, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): After working for four months, the Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) has finally unveiled the National Housing Policy (Dasar Perumahan Negara/DRN) 2018–2025 today, with the objective of gathering public and private sector resources to solve the demand and supply mismatch problem.