Housing the city’s poorest

Murugan Ellumalai (right) with his wife Kanchana Gopal centre, with their daughters, Komutha right, and Gaithiry and son Nagalingam. This familiy is currently renting a unit in PPR Kg Muhhibah for RM350. They have been on the waiting list since 2008.

The low-income earners in Kuala Lumpur are badly affected by the severe housing crisis as tens of thousands of them are on a long waiting list for affordable homes. 

ALMOST 70,000 residents are on the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) waiting list for affordable housing. Some have been waiting for more than 20 years to rent a public housing unit.