News : S’gor eyes more affordable homes

2015 Mar 21

15,000 units to be built over next two years

There is no point in building affordable homes outside the urban areas, as this does not meet the aspirations of the state government to ensure that low- and middle-income earners who work in the city can afford homes. — AZMIN ALI

KLANG: The Selangor government has targeted 15,000 units of affordable homes to be constructed within the next two years.

Citing data from the National Property Information Centre which showed that house prices had increased since 2011 at a rate of between 9.96% and 12.3%, Mentri Besar Azmin Ali said it was crucial to have affordable houses for the people.

“Houses are becoming less affordable for young graduates and middle-income earners, so they rent or stay outside the urban areas,” he said at the launch of Sime Darby Property Berhad’s 2,403 units of affordable homes under the “Rumah SelangorKu” programme in Bandar Bukit Raja 1 near here.

Azmin said the demand for affordable homes was very high in certain areas in Selangor, especially in the Klang Valley.

“There is no point in building affordable homes outside the urban areas, as this does not meet the aspirations of the state government to ensure that low- and middle-income earners who work in the city can afford homes,” he said.

Later at a press conference, Azmin said affordable homes were included in Selangor’s 2015 Budget.

Seven more affordable home projects by various developers would be launched this month, he added.

He said the state was committed in delivering affordable homes to the people and incentives had been offered to developers that comply with the project.

“The premium rate for land has been reduced from 25% to 10% and we have agreed to consider the application to increase density to 120 units of houses in one acre,” Azmin added.

He said the state government had also agreed to do away with building and developing charges, and all applications made to government agencies would receive approval within 60 days.

Meanwhile, Selangor Housing, Building and Urban Settlers Management Committee chairman Iskandar Abdul Samad said in his speech that developers in the state must build homes ranging between RM42,000 and RM250,000 per unit under the “Rumah SelangorKu” programme.

He added that failure to build such affordable houses for “Rumah SelangorKu” may result in the companies and their board of directors being blacklisted.

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Article : Plan for 35,000 affordable housing units by 2018

2015 Apr 03

THE state government aims to build at least 35,000 affordable housing units by 2018.



Work on six projects under the Rumah Selangorku scheme with 1,532 units is expected to begin this year. They will be built by Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS), Permodalan Negeri Selangor Berhad (PNSB), Selaman Sejati Sdn Bhd, and the Selangor Housing and Property Board (LPHS).



The projects are concentrated in Hulu Selangor, Gombak, Sabak Bernam and Klang.



This was disclosed by State Housing, Building Management and Urban Living committee chairman Iskandar Samad when replying to Dr Xavier Jayakumar’s (PKRSeri Andalas) question regarding affordable housing in Selangor.



Iskandar said LPHS would develop 5,000 units while 30,000 units would be built by the state’s subsidiary companies and private developers.



“The price range for houses in the Selangorku projects are from RM42,000 to RM250,000, for lowcost, low-medium and medium cost units,” he said, adding that 71 affordable home projects with 24,265 units were approved by the Selangor exco between January 2010 and March 1 this year.



A total 1,624 applicants were offered units at projects in Hulu Langat, Petaling, Hulu Selangor and Sepang.



To ensure that projects are not abandoned, the state formed three special committees, headed by LPHS, to monitor the projects and to ensure the developers adhered to the rules.



He added that developers registered to build affordable houses must send in their building plans by June.



“Developers will be blacklisted should they not complete development of their projects.”



On the Langat 2 water treatment plant project, Infrastructure Committee chairman Zaidy Abdul Talib told the house that the Selangor government only had the chance to examine the technical specifications for the first phase after the contractors were appointed by the Federal Government.



Replying to R. Rajiv (DAP-Bukit Gasing), who asked on the state’s stand and the project’s progress, Zaidy said his concern was high operational costs could cause higher water tariffs to be borne by the public.



“We believe we need to have a say in this because we are the ones who will be paying Pahang for the raw water, which is about 10sen per cu metre.”



The Federal Government has formed a steering committee to oversee the construction of the Langat 2 water treatment plant.



The project involves a total of 16 packages, three of which have been awarded to contractors.



According the the project plans, there will be seven additional water reservoirs which can hold about 490mil litres of water.



On dengue cases in the Petaling district, which recorded one of the highest rates, the house heard that there was a drop from 955 on Feb 7 to 970, on March 28.



Health, Welfare, Women and Family Affairs executive councillor Dr Daroyah Alwi said the state’s efforts along with activities organised by local councils to combat dengue had been fruitful.



Up to March 14, 536 notices and 439 compounds were issued, and 18 construction sites had been ordered to shut down.


The Health Ministry now also planned to apply a new technology called Outdoor Residual Spray in the Petaling, Gombak, Hulu Langat and Klang districts.

source : The Star Malaysia