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Friday, July 12, 2013

Housing enactment to be amended

Source from ~ http://www.nst.com.my/streets/johor/housing-enactment-to-be-amended-1.317570

MEETING NEEDS: The amendment includes a quota for the development of affordable houses and property ownership

JOHOR BARU: THE Johor Housing Enactment will be amended to ensure that more affordable houses will be built.
Johor Housing and Local Government executive councillor Datuk Abd Latiff Bandi said the amendment would include a quota for the development of affordable houses and ownership of property.
He said, through this amendment, the state government would supervise housing development directly. It is currently under the local councils.
"The amendments of this enactment will be brought up in the coming executive council meeting and will be discussed in depth before being presented at the state assembly meeting.
"Through this amendment, the state government wants to ensure that the people of Johor, especially those in the middle- to low-income groups, can afford to buy their own houses," he said.
Latiff said amending the enactment would also improve the housing requirements and make sure that developers will abide by the law and not sidestep the development of affordable houses.
"Every developer must build affordable or low-cost houses.
"The requirement is 35 per cent but we may raise it to 40 per cent," said Latiff.
He said the effort was part of the measures taken to help solve housing problems in the state.

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