Minister: Jinjang Utara longhouse residents to get offer letters to buy units in a few weeks

Tengku Adnan (right) handing a bag of rice to an elderly couple during the Kenduri 1Wilayah Persekutuan in Kepong —RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

About 900 families living in Jinjang Utara longhouses can finally move out of their ramshackle houses into proper flats, thanks to the government .

Being part of the Government’s squatter eradication programme in the 1990s, they were relocated temporarily to 400sq ft longhouse units with the promise of being offered low-cost housing as permanent homes.