News about housing

  BALIK PULAU (June 11): The first low-cost rent-to-own (RTO) housing units for the poor have been rolled out by the Penang government.

  KUALA LUMPUR (June 10) Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin’s press secretary Ahmad Soffian Mohd Shariff is reported to have informed his boss (Zuraida) that he resigned via Whatsapp.

  SANDAKAN (June 10): Vacant flat units under the People’s Housing Project (PPR) here should be rented out to the eligible fire victims, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong.

  PUTRAJAYA (June 4): The housing and local government ministry will set up a committee within the next six months to feed it input and advise on the provision of disabled-friendly basic facilities in public building and housing scheme projects.

DUNGUN (June 3): An additional 300 houses under the Housing Programme for the Very Poor (PPRT) will be built throughout the country this year, bringing the total to 1,800, said Rural Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Harun.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 27): Lawyer Syazlin Mansor was removed from representing the Housing and Local Government Ministry in the inquest into the death of fireman Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim for fear of conflict of interest.

KUALA LUMPUR: Australia and Poland currently offer the highest prime net student housing yield at 6%, according to global property firm Savills in their latest “Global Student Housing Investment” report.

  BUTTERWORTH (May 21): The Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) will speed up its infrastructure development plan following its upgrade to city council status.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): The proposal for foreigners to get approval from the joint management body (JMB) or management corporation (MC) of condominiums before they can rent a unit needs further studies, said past and present resident body representatives.

  CHUKAI (May 21): The Housing and Local Government Ministry completed 32,951 units of affordable homes in the first three months of this year.