Affordable housing in Penang: Whither PDC?
The Penang Development Corporation (PDC) – and even municipal councils – once used to play an admirable role in providing Penangites with affordable housing. Goh Ban Lee recalls in this piece for...
View ArticleBayan Mutiara development will include affordable homes: CM
The Bayan Mutiara developer will have to build affordable houses, schools and places of worship as well, says Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. Housing is a crucial issue in Penang, and as such, the state...
View ArticleBayan Mutiara deal: CM responds to critics
Guan Eng clarifies the pricing of the Bayan Mutiara land and how it was sold and explains the role of Surbana, the HDB consultants from Singapore. Challenges UMNO Or Its Cronies To Buy 102.6 Acres Of...
View ArticleGround-breaking ceremony for HDB-designed flats
The state government today held a ground-breaking ceremony for 12000 cheaper homes in Bandar Cassia in Batu Kawan on mainland Penang designed by the Singapore HDB consultants. Phase One will see 2000...
View ArticlePenang identifies more affordable housing sites
In an attempt to allay growing concern over rising house prices and the lack of affordable housing in the state, the Penang government has identified several sites for low- and medium-income housing....
View ArticlePoll: What would you consider to be ‘affordable’ housing?
We are told there is a glut in “affordable housing” these days. Is that really the case? Well, that would depend on what you consider to be an affordable price for a home. So let’s take a poll to find...
View ArticleFive major Penang developers plan to build homes priced at RM0.5m-RM3.3m
When the Penang government allowed the maximum density of 30 homes per acre for residential properties to be raised to 87 homes per acre in 2010, the argument was that the higher density would allow...
View ArticleLudicrous for developers to be money lenders
Excellent piece by MBPP councillor Lim Mah Hui: The proposal by the Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Minister, Noh Omar, to permit developers to be money lenders is fraught with risks. We...
View ArticleWhen housing becomes a commodity, a vehicle for wealth growth
What is causing so much dissatisfaction with the housing market? Well, the provision of housing these days in large part, no longer fulfils a social function to provide people with homes within their...
View ArticleSo Najib wants to help the US$19tn US economy with Malaysian funds?
It is ludicrous to hear that Prime Minister Najib Razak wants to pump more Malaysian money into US infrastructure and Boeing planes to boost the US economy, which has a GDP of US$19 trillion. He should...
View ArticleAffordable housing: Relaxation of rules – whose interest does it serve?
The housing glut – the G-word few want to say – in Penang has once again come under the spotlight. The state’s response has been tinker with the eligibility rules for affordable housing so that...
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