Dream home in sight for former estate workers

Some residents from Block 5 Taman Permata flats (left) in Dengkil staying in tents (right) after their homes were declared unsafe by the authorities following a sinkhole incident in 2013.

FIVE years after their low-cost flats were declared unsafe by Sepang Municipal Council (MPSepang), tent-dwellers from Taman Permata in Dengkil saw a solution to their housing issue.

In March, the 400 former estate workers and their families learned that a housing project was underway.