KUALA LUMPUR: Some individuals are illegally renting out People's Housing Programme (PPR) and Public Housing (PA) units to third parties for profit, the Dewan Rakyat heard on Wednesday.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories), Dr Zaliha Mustafa, said the issue is being addressed through periodic surveys conducted by local authorities.
“This is happening on the ground. Regular surveys are being carried out to ensure that homes provided by local authorities are genuinely allocated to those in need, whether for rental or ownership.
"If we find that tenants are subletting their units to others, we will take strict action against them," she said during the oral question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (Feb 12).
Dr Zaliha was responding to a supplementary question from Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PH-Bandar Tun Razak) regarding the misuse of affordable housing being sublet for profit.
She added that the government has achieved 91% of its target for providing affordable homes, particularly in the Federal Territories.
Dr Zaliha was addressing a question on the government's efforts to boost the development of affordable housing in urban areas such as Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, and Labuan.
"The Federal Territories Department has set a target of building 80,000 affordable housing units over ten years, from 2018 to 2028, through the Residensi Wilayah and Residensi Madani programmes.
"As of January 31, 72,864 units across 101 affordable housing projects in the Federal Territories—including completed projects, those under construction, and those that have obtained Development Orders (DO)—have been provided in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, and Labuan.
"This includes 5,015 Residensi Putrajaya units under the Residensi Madani and Residensi Wilayah schemes, which were launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in Putrajaya on Oct 28 last year," she added.
Dr Zaliha also said that the remaining 7,000 units are expected to be completed within the next three years.
