News about affordable homes

PETALING JAYA (June 14): The new government’s apparent intention to ease lending rules for home purchases may introduce additional risks to banks, analysts told The Edge weekly.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor yesterday said that affordable homes initiatives such as the People’s Housing Programme (PPR) could be rebranded to give them a fresh image and shift people’s sentiment about such properties.

  PETALING JAYA (April 4): While there is an oversupply of shopping complexes and office spaces, it is not the case with residential properties as Malaysia is still short of 3.

ISKANDAR PUTERI (Jan 9): The Johor government is aiming to build 13,000 units of affordable homes this year, endeavouring to hit the target of 60,000 units in 2020.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 15): More than 300 staff of Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia (PR1MA) signed the Corruption-Free Pledge (Ikrar Bebas Rasuah-IBR) introduced by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 8): Opposition lawmaker Tony Pua questioned as to why the Cabinet was adamant in ignoring policy prescriptions by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) on the property market imbalance.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Construction of 255,341 units or 23% of the 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20): Trive Property Group Bhd said it had inked a preliminary agreement to negotiate for its appointment as the turnkey contractor to build affordable homes for Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) in a project worth RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): Vizione Holdings Bhd has bagged a contract worth RM465 million to construct five blocks of affordable homes and 14 shoplots.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 22): Stretch film maker Scientex Bhd’s net profit grew 1% to RM65.