FT Ministry: 60pct of public housing applicants still waiting to move in

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story was based on a draft reply circulated by Parliament's official media team. However, when the reply was read out during question time, a paragraph mentioning the Housing and Local Government Ministry was omitted. This article has been amended to reflect this. Malaysiakini regrets the error.

PARLIAMENT | There are 920 successful applicants for Kuala Lumpur City Hall's public housing scheme who are still waiting to move in, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Deputy Federal Territories Minister Jalaluddin Alias said City Hall had approved 1,547 applications out of 9,948 applications between 2019 and August 2021.

Only 627 have been able to move in while another 59.5 percent are waiting for a vacancy.

The main reasons for this are refurbishment works and that the current tenants refused to move out.

The FT Ministry said this in a reply to Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who asked for the number of people who were waiting to move into public housing in Kuala Lumpur.

In April, Kuala Lumpur Mayor Mahadi Che Ngah said City Hall owned 61,806 units of Perumahan Awam (PA) and 37,582 units of Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR), with a monthly rental of RM94 and RM124 respectively.

These projects were designed to be temporary housing for the needy and tenants are supposed to move out after five years.

A slightly higher-priced new scheme, aimed at new families and known as Council Home, is currently in the works.

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