A special tribunal for managing and hearing cases involving strata management will be set up to enable the dissatisfied parties to make claims related to maintenance and management.

mca new cabinet member 180308 chor chee heung Housing and Local Government Minister Chor Chee Heung said the Strata Management Tribunal would have the power to decide on compensation not exceeding RM250,000.

"It'll be like the Housing Claims Tribunal that has been established under the ministry, where buyers can go to the tribunal to seek redress if developers refuse to pay compensation.

"Previously, it was said that many condominium owners refused to pay maintenance fees because they knew that if the management corporations wanted to claim payments, they would have to take the cases to court.

"As we all know, there'll be delays at the courts. So to avoid this problem, the special tribunal will be set up under this new act," Chor said when winding up the debate on the Strata Management Bill 2012 in the Dewan Rakyat today.

He said at the early stage of implementation, the tribunal would be set up at the ministerial level.

However, he added, the ministry planned to set up a branch of the tribunal in every zone in future.

The move was to enable housing issues faced by the people to be resolved efficiently and effectively.

The Dewan Rakyat sitting continues tomorrow.

- Bernama