New affordable housing category in the works

High-rise housing blocks in Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

PENANG is set to have a new category of affordable housing priced at RM100,000 for families with a combined income of not more than RM5,000 a month.

State housing committee chairman Datuk Seri Sundarajoo Somu said this new category of units measuring 750sq ft was meant to widen the spectrum of housing offers, especially for the middle-income group.