Auditor-General's Report: Aid for urban poor not distributed evenly or accurately


PETALING JAYA: Approved aid for the Urban Poverty Eradication Programme under the Housing and Local Government Ministry was not distributed evenly and accurately to the target group, according to the Auditor-General’s Report 2021 Series 1.

The report stated that the outcome of the programme was not met as there were still participants who had failed to generate income and moved above the poverty line.

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