Property Hunter Magazine Issue 63- February 2015 | Page 23

More Land For Affordable Housing In Sarawak

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Minister Datuk Amar
Abang Johari Tun Openg

he Housing Development
Corporation (HDC) will expand
its land bank throughout the
state for development of future
affordable housing projects under
the 11th Malaysia Plan. According to
Housing Minister Datuk Amar Abang
Johari Tun Openg, a total of 3,508
units of affordable housing would be
constructed by HDC within the next
three years in five urban centres in
the state.
“I have discussed this with Chief
Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri
Adenan Satem and he had agreed
on this matter. With the land bank,
we can have one area where the
premium is not that high for low
income group and this enables us to
develop affordable housing,” he said
at a press conference after chairing
the 13th State Housing Coordination
Committee Meeting.
At the meeting, Abang Johari
also pointed out that based
on the recent amendment
to the Housing Development
Corporation Ordinance, HDC was
now empowered to collect levy
from private housing developers
which could then be utilised by
to develop affordable housing
projects in Sarawak.
“Developers who do not wish to
construct low-cost houses under
the current low-cost housing quota
policy shall pay a certain amount of
levy to HDC instead.

“This is part of the key strategy by
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