News about b40

PETALING JAYA (June 27): The Highland Towers Redevelopment Committee headed by Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) secretary-general Datuk Mohammad Mentek will hold its first meeting today.

PETALING JAYA (June 16): The Housing and Local Government Ministry’s National Community Policy which is slated to launch in August may include proposals for larger homes for the poor, said its Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

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.

PUTRAJAYA (June 5): Owners of People's Housing Projects or PPR units currently renting out their units to foreigners have been given 90 days from today to evict them, says Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

PETALING JAYA (May 11): While the Pakatan Harapan manifesto contains a number of proposals that are laudable, a more holistic approach is needed to make property prices more viable, said the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president Datuk Seri FD Iskandar.

  PETALING JAYA (Dec 19): The rapid rise of Malaysia’s real housing prices since 2008 could be a source of future instability, the World Bank said in a recent report.

Continues from: On IBS as the way to reduce cost ‘Every stakeholder has to play his or her part, not just developers’ Chong: We really need help from the government to reduce cost and prices.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): While the government’s efforts in encouraging home ownership are lauded, real estate consultants feel more can be done to help the people fulfil their dream of owning homes.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): MIDF group managing director Datuk Mohd Najib Abdullah said Budget 2017 has been dedicated to assisting the B40 income group, especially in the area of affordable housing.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has announced a new scheme called MyBeautiful New Home for the bottom 40% of households with a monthly income RM3,900 and below (B40).