Housing Issues In Malaysia
The government has a responsibility in providing quality housing and adequate for all its citizens.
Housing issues in malaysia. To ensure that malaysia does not suffer a similar developing nation fate as china and vietnam where rapid urbanisation has resulted in spiralling housing costs leaving many households under. This is primarily attributable to a gross mismatch. Steep property prices have also made it more difficult for many people to get a foothold. Affordable housing or otherwise the demand isn t there while the unsold supply languishes unwanted.
The inadequacy of affordable housing is one of the most challenging issues plaguing cities all around the world and malaysia is no exception. With tighter lending rules high living cost and stagnant wage growth purchasing a home has become an impossible dream for the low and middle incomed. Malaysia as a developing country has a role to provide suitable and affordable housing. Property developers have been churning out houses at a healthy rate over the years in fact more than keeping pace with population growth.
Yet talk of people wanting to buy houses but not being able to do so abounds. Demystifying the affordable housing issue in malaysia by cheah su ling and stefanie joan almeida introduction since 2012 the increase in house prices in malaysia has outstripped the rise in income levels. Factors affecting housing prices in malaysia. There is a shortage of affordable housing in malaysia with only a quarter of houses launched nationwide from 2016 to march last year priced under rm250 000 a news portal reported today.
Clearly malaysia does not need to build more houses in the near to medium term. Consequently prevailing median house prices are beyond the reach of most malaysians. There has been much discussion on the adequacy of current affordable housing supply and crucially the lack of homeownership in malaysia. Analysis of the supply side buying a house is a major decision that homebuyers will make because expenditure on homeownership has an influence on the homeowner s quality of life.
In terms of the former statistics suggest that there is enough houses built in the country. Issues faced by developers under the housing development control and licensing act 1966 all development projects in malaysia have been halted since 18 march 2020 in view of the movement control order mco which has now been extended to 28 april 2020.