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Malaysia's Fire and Rescue Department has begun systematic enforcement against nine illegal rental properties in Johor Bahru, targeting converted shophouses packed with multiple rooms that lack proper safety approval.
Prasarana Malaysia is concluding agreements for eight people's housing developments using the Transit-Oriented Development model along major LRT corridors, responding to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's June directive to utilise public transport-adjacent land.
Around 3,000 applicants are still waiting for People's Housing Programme units in Kuala Lumpur, according to Minister Hannah Yeoh. The federal territories minister announced that maintenance works at PPR Seri Pantai have been completed as part of a RM300 million upgrade across the city's public housing.
Malaysia's government has successfully revived 1,615 delayed housing projects worth RM150.8 billion while implementing data-driven planning to align home construction with actual market demand and improve affordability.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has emphasised the government's dedication to expanding affordable housing access for civil servants, leveraging unutilised government land to address rising property costs and ease the cost-of-living burden across the nation.
Pakatan Harapan's Johor election manifesto represents months of deliberate coalition planning rather than ideas borrowed from rivals, according to PKR vice-president Amirudin Shari, who pointed to Selangor's affordable housing track record as proof.
Senggarang incumbent Mohd Yusla Ismail is banking on affordable housing expansion and tourism infrastructure as his platform in the Johor State Election, positioning himself as a continuity candidate for development initiatives.
Fifty residents in Terengganu have received housing assistance through the government's Rumah Mesra Rakyat programme, which targets lower-income groups struggling with homeownership despite owning land.
Malaysia's housing market is struggling with 32,800 completed residential units worth RM16.37 billion remaining unsold as of Q1 2024, signalling structural problems across all price segments, not just affordable housing.
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has unveiled plans for nationwide affordable housing initiatives aimed at civil servants, signalling the government's commitment to addressing the country's housing affordability challenges.