News about housing

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) has identified six agencies that will be involved in the establishment of a single entity to oversee and coordinate affordable housing development in the country, said the ministry’s national housing department director-general Jayaselan Navaratnam.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Approved permits (AP) for the import of the HS Code 3915 plastic waste for 114 companies and factories has been revoked for three months, effective July 23.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): A new national housing policy is scheduled to be unveiled three months earlier in September, says Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): State governments have been urged to support the construction of affordable homes by providing the sites to build the properties, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

PUTRAJAYA (July 20): To make it easier for the people to own and finance a home, a new national housing policy will be unveiled in December.

GOMBAK (July 18): Contrary to popular belief, most developers would love to build affordable homes – with the right support and guidance from the government, said LBS Bina Group Bhd group managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San.

GOMBAK (July 18): LBS Bina Group Bhd (LBS) is targeting to launch two landed property projects in the Klang Valley with a combined GDV of some RM962 million within the next two months, said group managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng (pictured) wants the authorities to provide more People’s Housing Project (PPR) Seri Aman homes for residents of Jinjang Utara, here.

PETALING JAYA (July 13): Malaysian social housing may have its image transformed as the Housing and Local Government Ministry look to Singapore's Housing and Development Board's (HDB) model to address its disorganised system.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): Cases related to maintenance fees collection and inter-floor leakage top the list of claims filed by house owners to the Strata Management Tribunal (SMT), said Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) senior legal officer Roshan Karthi Kayan.