Govt rehabilitates 1,726 housing projects worth RM158b

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has rehabilitated 1,726 private housing projects involving nearly 200,000 units with a gross development value (GDV) of RM158 billion.

Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming said 1,542 sick projects involving 163,621 units worth RM115.74 billion had been completed and obtained Certificates of Completion and Compliance (CCC).

Another 147 projects involving 29,900 units worth RM40.92 billion had improved from "sick" to "smooth" status, while 37 abandoned projects involving 6,122 units worth RM1.5 billion had been rehabilitated through physical completion or resolutions benefiting homebuyers.

Nga said the ministry had introduced the Housing Integrated Management System for real-time project monitoring, the Teduh system and regular audits of Housing Development Accounts. The 2027 Budget funding had also been secured for a Big Data Analytics system to serve as a central data bank.

"Next month, I will launch another housing reform, the 'Option to Purchase and Order to Build', to ensure that by 2030, God willing, Malaysia will be free from sick and abandoned projects," he told the Dewan Rakyat today.

As at Aug 31, Kuala Lumpur had seven abandoned housing projects, with five at the planning stage, one undergoing rehabilitation and one classified as static.

Nga said Kuchai East was expected to obtain its CCC in the first quarter of 2027, while D'Cento remained stalled by legal proceedings.

The capital also had 12 sick housing projects involving 6,102 homebuyers. Residensi Laman Segar Hijau and Vila Setara Happy Garden obtained their CCCs last month, while rehabilitation at Residensi Hektar Gombak was 92.67 per cent complete.

The ministry aims to eliminate all sick and abandoned housing projects by 2030.

Nga was responding to a supplementary question from Fong Kui Lun (PH-Bukit Bintang) on the number of sick and abandoned housing projects in Kuala Lumpur, rehabilitation efforts and their expected completion timelines.