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.

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.

  SHAH ALAM (May 11): The market is never short of commercial and luxury properties and it needs more affordable housing to balance the oversupply situation, said Sime Darby Property Bhd chairman Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz.

  SHAH ALAM (May 11): Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with eight companies from China, for future potential foreign direct investment and technology knowledge transfer towards Malaysia’s affordable housing development.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): The future of the 1Malaysia People’s Housing (PR1MA) depends on the outcome of its due diligence and turnaround plan, said chairman Tan Sri Eddy Chen.

PUTRAJAYA (May 1): Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said that local government elections would be restored in a form unique to Malaysia.

SEPANG (May 1): Over 450 Chinese new villages will see their management be placed under the charge of Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.