News about housing

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 14): The fast growing strata-titled property development trend in the country has highlighted the urgent need to effectively deal with issues and challenges arising from the evolution of strata-titled property ownership, strata-living as well as its upkeep and maintenance.

    PETALING JAYA (Nov 14): There are a number of proposed amendments to the Strata Management Act 2013 (SMA) but “each proposed amendment needs more clarification and detailed study before they can be considered by the government”, said the Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT).

PUTRAJAYA (NOV 7): Housing and Local Government Ministry's (KPKT) minister Zuraida Kamaruddin today met with over 60 owners of 1Malaysia People’s Housing Scheme (PR1MA) to discuss problems they face over PR1MA including discounts given to new PR1MA homebuyers.

KUCHING (Nov 5): Strata unit owners in Sarawak will have to pay compulsory monthly maintenance charges for common facilities “in and around” their properties.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Residents of People's Housing Projects (PPRs) will soon be able to learn how to turn trash into cash under the soon-to-be-launched Dasar Kebersihan Negara, or National Cleanliness Policy (NCP).

PETALING JAYA (Oct 30): The Selangor branch of Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) is in favour of the state reducing the threshold price for foreigners buying high-rise properties, and is currently in discussions with the state government, according to its chairman Zulkifly Garib.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 30): The government has no plans to integrate the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme with the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) as the two schemes have different objectives, said the Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

PETALING JAYA: A property developer said the government should address the issue of affordable housing by driving the construction of housing and renting out of units, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.

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Decades-old rundown wooden houses with zinc roofs, interspersed with the occasional newer brick and mortar abodes is what you’ll see when passing through a New Village or Chinese New Village in Malaysia.