KUALA LUMPUR: Of the 69,205 affordable houses (RMM) constructed, young individuals own 44,983 units, which represents 65% of the total, says to Nga Kor Ming.
The Housing and Local Government Minister said that 25,903 units of the National Housing Company Limited residences have been sold, and 76.9% or 19,909 units are owned by the youth.
He said that 25,030 of 41,671, or 60.1%, of the affordable house units open for sale by the 1Malaysia People's Housing Programme (PR1MA) are owned by the youth.
"This does not include projects implemented in collaboration with PR1MA," he said during his ministry's winding-up session for the 2025 budget on Tuesday (Nov 26).
Meanwhile, he said that 166 People's Housing Projects (PPR) have been completed with 104,081 housing units.
"Of this number, 26 PPRs comprising three rented PPR projects, two owned PPR projects and 21 RTO PPR projects are under the ministry’s supervision.
"Based on records, 35.90% of household heads (KIR) are between the ages of 31 and 40," he added.
In addition, Nga announced a one-month salary contribution to the ministry's welfare fund.
He explained that this action is a special appreciation to all ministry staff.
“I would like to take this opportunity to give special recognition to all the ministry staff who have helped the ministry become the winner of the National Development Award this year, which secured first place among the top performing ministries this year," he added.
The ministry has been allocated RM5.934bil in the 2025 Budget, which includes RM1.971bil for operating expenditure and RM3.962bil for development expenditure. This amount marks a 5.08% increase, involving an additional RM287.4mil compared to RM5.647bil in 2024.
