Corporation: PPR house prices based on SPA-approved Affordable Home policy

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KUCHING: The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has not received any letter from federal Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) regarding the issue concerning the selling prices of houses under the People’s Housing Project (PPR), as reported recently.

HDC chief executive officer Mohd Asman Ahmad said the selling prices of houses under PPR in Sarawak were in line with the ‘Rumah Mampu Milik’ (Affordable Home) policy approved by the State Planning Authority, and in effect since 2011, taking into account the rising cost of land, building materials and utility installation.

“PPR in Sarawak developed by the federal ministry, is managed by HDC via the signing of a memorandum of understandings (MoU), which says the state government via HDC will prepare the land for development under PPR, while the federal government, through the KPKT, will get ready the financing.

“HDC is also in charge of selling the houses under PPR that are already completed.

“Three PPR projects have already been completed in Sarawak – namely PPR Sungai Rait, Miri (505 units), PPR Banjaran Serapi Sungai Tengah, Kuching (439 units) and PPR Samarahan Tanjung Tuang, Samarahan (180 units).

“It involves the building of single-storey terraced houses, which were completed in 2015 and 2018.”

Mohd Asman added that the selling prices of houses under the three projects were fixed according to the Sarawak government’s ‘Rumah Mampu Milik’ policy, which was approved in 2011.

“It was RM50,400 each for middle units and RM59,200 each for corner units. The price was not hiked up intentionally by HDC as alleged.”

Moreover, the MoU regarding the selling prices of houses under PPR Sungai Rait, Miri was signed between the Sarawak government via Ministry of Local Government and Housing, and the federal government via KPKT on June 31, 2017.

For PPR Sungai Rait and PPR Banjaran Serapi, all the units have been occupied, while the PPR Samarahan is in the midst of handing over the keys, and it is expected to be fully occupied by end of this month.

Mohd Asman said the Sarawak government had also readied financing for the purchases of houses via a company under HDC, namely Mutiara Mortgage and Credit Sdn Bhd, to ensure those in the B40 group would be able to own the PPR houses.

Two other PPR projects are in the process of being developed, namely PPR Landeh, Kuching which involves 443 units, and PPR Petra Jaya (208 units).

HDC is also responsible for managing 3,251 units under PPR for rent – built by the ministry in the whole of Sarawak

Asman added that more subsidies and allocations should be channelled by the KPKT to meet the demands for affordable houses in Sarawak, and also to provide benefits for the people of Sarawak to enjoy the same housing prices under PPR as their counterparts in Peninsular Malaysia.