Shed light on proposed hike for low-cost units

Jagdeep Singh showing a letter he wrote to Abdul Rahman during the press conference in Komtar, Penang.

THE Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry has been asked to clarify its recent proposal to increase the prices of low-cost (LC) and low medium-cost (LMC) housing units.

State Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo (pic) said the ministry during a National Housing Council (MPN) meeting on Aug 21 chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had proposed that the cost of LC and LMC units be increased to RM65,000 and RM100,000 respectively.