More homes for Johoreans

Abdul Latif (centre), Mohd Rafi (left) and Abd Razak looking at a scale model of one of the units under Johor’s Rumah Mesra Rakyat Johor housing scheme.

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor hopes to increase the number of the affordable houses under the Rumah Mampu Milik Johor (RMMJ) housing scheme to give more chances to first-time house buyers.

State Housing and Local Government committee chairman Datuk Abdul Latiff Bandi said under the scheme, the government would deliver 60,000 units of RMMJ houses by 2020.