The effectiveness of affordable housing scheme in Malaysia case study: Johor Bahru / Fara Raudah Mohd Razali

• Main Author: Mohd Razali, Fara Raudah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Real estate business. Real property
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/92284/1/92284.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/92284/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

This research aims to study the effectiveness of affordable housing scheme in Malaysia that was introduced by the government as there are issues arise regarding the topic such as the quality of the property, the prices, the maintenance and others. The objectives are 1. To investigate the issues that arise from the affordable housing scheme; 2. To identify the element for improvement of affordable housing scheme in future; 3. To propose initiatives and recommendation to reduce issues that regularly arise. The issues arise has raised questions about the effectiveness of the affordable housing scheme. The government has introduced Rancangan Malaysia ke-12 (RMK 12) and is stated that; 1. The government will be focusing to improve the access of people to affordable house; 2. Increase the supply of affordable homes to Sasar Groups; 3. Improving the access in home financing; 4. Managing the cost of building a house; 5. Utilizing the land owned by the government and waqf land. 100 respondents were given a questionnaire as part of the primary data collection and the questionnaire were distributed in Johar Bahru because it is one of the busiest town and high cost of living.