Klang MP moots fund to avert looming homeless crisis


Reports by RAHIMY RAHIM, HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM, MARTIN CARVALHO and TARRENCE TAN

A RENTAL Relief Fund should be set up by the government to avert a homeless crisis, said Klang MP Charles Santiago.

He said such a fund was crucial because there were already cases of families being evicted after losing their income and jobs during the movement control order (MCO) period.

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