News about URA

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): The country cannot have a “one-size-fits-all” affordable housing policy, said the Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) recently.

IPOH (Oct 25): The state governments of Perak and Pahang should stop the issuance of new permits for agriculture and development in Cameron HIghlands, in light of the increased risk of landslides, said the Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister.

JOHOR BARU (Oct 23): In a move to help house buyers affected by sick and abandoned private housing projects, the state government says it will take proactive measures.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The suggestion by Emkay Group executive chairman Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal Abu Bakar to sell affordable houses in Kuala Lumpur through a cross-subsidy method is a "perspective of the private sector", said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): It is “100% safe” to drink water directly from the tap said Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Xavier Jayakumar today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): State governments have been told to help shoulder the responsibility of making sure of sufficient affordable homes available in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 12): Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin is upbeat about the prospects of the property market next year despite the less-than-rosy statistics from the first half of this year (1H2018) presented by the National Property Information Centre (Napic) yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 9): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is proposing a more flexible loan package with flexible interest rates and an extended maximum loan tenure for affordable home buyers, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

  PETALING JAYA (Oct 9): Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said the government is not planning to provide any incentives for property developers using the Industrialised Building System (IBS) to build homes.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 9): The government is mulling a reduction in  compliance costs for affordable housing developments by saving developers the burden of undertaking the construction of certain utilities infrastructure.