100,000 affordable homes for Johor folk by 2023

November 7, 2018 estan Johor, Property, RMMJ

JOHOR BARU: The state government is confident of delivering 100,000 units of affordable houses under Rumah Mampu Milik Johor (RMMJ) housing scheme by 2023.

Johor Housing and Rural Development Committee chairman Dzulkefly Ahmad said on average, about 20,000 units of the houses should be delivered to eligible buyers annually within the next five years.

He assured RMMJ house applicants on the waiting list that they would be able to get their houses within the stipulated time although the Opposition was sceptical the target could be met.

“The state government always looks at things positively and when we say we will deliver the houses, we will deliver them,’’ said Dzulkefly during the opening of the second edition of the three-day Johor Malaysia Property Expo 2018 at Johor Baru City Square shopping mall here.

Dzulkefly (middle), Johor Real Estate and Housing Developers Association branch chairman Datuk Steve Chong Yoon On (right) and branch organising chairman Andrew Tan (left) launching the event.

Dzulkefly said the 100,000 units of RMMJ houses would be built by the state-linked companies, private developers and through joint ventures between the state-linked companies and private developers.

He also dismissed allegations by the Opposition that the state government had made changes to the ceiling price of the affordable houses in the state without getting feedback from the people.

“There are no changes to the existing three types of houses under the RMMJ housing scheme and we decided to add a new type of house to cater to the middle-income group (M40),’’ said Dzulkefly.

He said the RM250,000 affordable houses to be introduced by the end of the year were for the M40 group as they were not eligible to buy RM42,000, RM80,000 and RM150,000 houses under the RMMJ housing scheme.

Dzulkefly (fourth from left) looking at a scale model of a project at the launch.

Dzulkefly said the M40 group with RM8,000 to RM12,000 monthly household income had to buy houses in the open market priced between RM500,000 and RM1mil, which they could not afford.

He said the B40 group in Johor, with a monthly household income of below RM8,000, could continue to buy the RM42,000, RM80,000 and RM150,000 houses.

“We want to help Bangsa Johor to own a house and there is nothing wrong in coming out with the RM250,000 category as long as those eligible could own houses,’’ said Dzulkefly.

Source: The Star