It has been frustrating and highly stressful for 120 home buyers in Taman Sri Purnama, Kampung Gong Cempedak Phase Three in Marang, Terengganu, when the developer failed to complete the housing project in 2019 as originally scheduled.

One of the buyers, Abdul Halim Mohd, 34, from Kampung Binjai Rendah, said that although various efforts were taken including seeking intervention from the state government, the problem was yet to be addressed.

He said that home buyers had to...