SOME 52,750 Rumah Selangorku units have been completed and handed over to buyers as of the middle of this year.
State housing and culture committee chairman Datuk Borhan Aman said these were from 167 projects.
He said 34,287 units were currently being constructed under 68 Rumah Selangorku projects.
“To encourage the building of more low-cost houses priced below RM200,000, the state government has rolled out the Rumah Selangorku 3.0 programme.
“This outlines the percentage of low-cost housing units needed in each development project depending on its zoning and size.
“The state government is also offering several incentives to developers of low-cost houses such as waiving of development charges,” he said during the state assembly sitting in Bangunan Dewan Negeri Selangor, Shah Alam, yesterday.
Borhan was responding to Yew Jia Haur (PH-Teratai), who asked about the latest status of Rumah Selangorku projects and measures taken to intervene in delayed projects.
On delayed projects, Borhan said the state government would step in through monitoring and enforcement actions.
“The state government will not compromise with developers who fail to comply with the stipulated project timeline.
“Various enforcement actions such as issuing notices and restricting applications for new development projects will be taken,” he said.
Jefri Mejan (PN-Ijok) also asked whether the Selangor Housing and Property Board (LPHS) would consider issuing development approvals to developers first before the low-cost housing quota was met.
In response, Borhan said there were existing procedures when applying for development approvals, but the state government would obtain feedback in cases where early approval was deemed necessary.
In a supplementary question, Yew asked whether the state government would consider adopting the Housing and Local Government Ministry’s mechanism in using big data to ensure that low-cost houses were built in areas that need them.
Borhan said the state government would look into it.
