The Rural Development Ministry has agreed to erect a prefabricated home for a senior citizen in Muar who had been living in squalor before the intervention of Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.

In a Facebook post tonight, Syed Saddiq said ministry officers had visited the decrepit home belonging to the 59-year-old known as "Pakcik Hashim" and said the home can be built within two months.