Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob today announced several initiatives under the Malaysian Family welfare agenda on housing, including rent waiver for affected groups and extension of the moratorium on rental payments for the People’s Housing Project (PPR).

When launching the Malaysian Family Housing Initiative known as “Rumah Ikram Keluarga Malaysia” here, Ismail Sabri also announced that the number of units under the project had been doubled to 2,000 from the initial 1,000, enabling it to benefit some 10,000 needy occupants.

Rumah Ikram Keluarga Malaysia is being made available...