Only 20% elitists & capitalists in Malaysia who are capable have own more property to rental affected. 80% suffering renting their room are actually happy not need renting birdcage anymore.

Think you’re reading too much into this. I haven’t seen people protest about this but of course people are fighting about Israel and Palestine.

This is also a local council issue not federal.

Bye laws existed to regulate means there is always some people will go against the bye laws.

youtube.com/watch?v=7DKTnYWx5WE

The shoplot "adjacent" to Perdua Maluni is close proximity to MRT stn. Perfect candidate to do "capsule unit"

Not sure how long and frequent the enforcement takes place..... else the partition activities will keep "alive" inKL

This post has been edited by Jagalat: Oct 19 2023, 11:35 PM

Capsule consider as partition? If yes then this is the first case enforcemented under the partition. And this is not strata property.

They have done their bit. Crime persists everywhere despite police enforcement so how is this different? Just need to name and shame a few to create awareness. This is them helping developers by reducing the number of available rooms publicly.

This post has been edited by Cavatzu: Oct 20 2023, 08:41 AM

Shoplot in KL with 78 shoebox rooms raided

Local Govt Ministry continues crackdown on 'bird's nest' rooms for rent

Great, something has been done. Kudos to authority.

Lets see how they keep up with the operation.

This owner really learn from the HK where the people lived in small cage like partition.
One level can stack up many cubes enough to put a mattress.
Public toilet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKvIpAKPXPM

I am not sure the raid is good or bad but I believed it will shift the problems to the street where those cannot afford higher rent will make it out there.

Many who lived in such condition just needed a bed, plus a toilet and bathroom. Safety and health is not a priority.

Good job done 👍

But I'm doubtful it's for long term..

Temporary only until the issues cool down...
Typical Malaysia style....

I give until year end...
After that back to old times.... Close eye only

To name and shame a few does not necessarily guarantee long term results.
Continuous enforcement is the key, if kpkt is really serious about it. Time will tell if the authority is just hangat hangat tahi ayam.

Also, cracking down on commercial premises by the authority may create an impression that "KL residence premises are not affected". Hope to see more actions by the authority.

This post has been edited by Jagalat: Oct 20 2023, 11:14 PM

You won’t catch everything. Above is an extreme example. To be fair if you know how to bargain, you can get own room in a really old Chan unit for 300.

This kind of cage I think is used for illegal workers. Deduct their pay to live in such conditions. I don’t think your average Malaysian on a budget would go near such a place.

All we can hope for is property gurus and portals to stop blatantly advertising partition rooms. Big results come from small acts.

This post has been edited by Cavatzu: Oct 21 2023, 05:57 AM

Is nice to read in the morning that there are no poor m'sians living in cages.

The rich msians definitely won't live there.

The poor m'sians will live there.

The average msians not too sure thou since they are in between. If location is strategic to work, it is worth considering.

And every tanned skin person is deemed to be a foreigner, I guess 😂, legal or otherwise.

This post has been edited by mini orchard: Oct 21 2023, 07:56 AM

I’m just speculating but even if you’re B40 you would have enough street smarts to not cram in a 70 room dorm with 1 toilet.

300 per month is not that cheap for this kind of living condition. I’d expect it to be free. You can share a normal room with 1 person and pay less than 300.

300 * 70 = 21k. This kind of ROI is superior than any commercial premise.

This post has been edited by Cavatzu: Oct 21 2023, 08:13 AM

Yeah it's doable but less owner want to do it. Because doing the room coliving rental already have a lot of hassle, with 3 tenancy agreement and dealing with 3 person. And now it need to be done with 6 people (let said 300 share 2 people a room) by putting double taker, 6 people to deal but same rental collected.

Those bird cage unit yeah is the extreme need to be act immediately, but expect the illegal foreigner worker, b40 with single (maybe cashier or maintenance guy or general worker etc) without know the rental market value and illiterate to rental portal will still rent it. As this kind of rental i don't see and very hard to find at any Internet portal. I believe it most focus on people recommend and yellow card advertising etc.

End up landlord going to just get a slap on the wrist, I ve seen terrace house being sub-divided to 7-8 rooms and rented out should get rid of those as well

Especially the house near to the university college area for example Taman Bunga Raya Setapak near to TARUC, a house being sub-divided to a lot unit, and each unit stay 2 to 3 student. Students are the one not stable income that forced to stay at this kind of partition unit. But they cant complaint, if this kind of cheap room has been raided, they will need to pay high rental in feature.