Pm Anwar Announces Five Madani Affordable Housing Schemes In Kl

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) - The government has introduced five MADANI affordable neighbourhood housing development projects in Kuala Lumpur to enable the low-income group to own their own homes.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said all of these projects, to be developed this year, will give opportunities to the M40 and B40 categories as well as youths to own homes with prices ranging from RM150,000 to RM200,000.

“All these residential projects have three bedrooms and two bathrooms and a parking space, with an area of ​​at least 700 sq ft,” he said at the Prime Minister's meet and greet session with affordable housing homeowners here today.

The five projects to be developed are Residensi Prihatin MADANI, Residensi MADANI, Residensi Sejahtera MADANI, Rumah Majlis MADANI and Rumah Ihsan MADANI.

Anwar said Residensi Prihatin MADANI is targeted at the M40 group with a household income of RM7,000 per month and below, with 800 sq ft homes valued at RM200,000 per unit offered. 

As for Residensi MADANI, he said the 750 sq ft homes, with a value of  RM180,000 per unit, are targeted for the B40 group with a household income of RM5,000 per month and below.

Besides these, the Residensi Sejahtera MADANI project is for singles, newly employed youths as well as newly married young couples, Anwar added.

“This is targeted at those between the ages of 21 and 30 with a household income of RM4,000 per month, and the property, with an area of ​​700 sq ft, is offered at RM150,000 per unit,” he said.

Besides this, Anwar said the government will continue to provide housing through rental schemes for low-income groups who cannot afford their own homes. 

“There are two schemes that have been introduced which are Rumah Majlis MADANI, targeted at the M40 and B40 groups who cannot afford to own a house, through a rental of RM600 per month for five years.

“The Rumah Ihsan MADANI, meanwhile, is targeted at the B40 group and the vulnerable with a rental of RM300 a month,” he said. 

On June 28, an agreement with a government guarantee was signed for the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) to restructure the agency's loans through the issuance of sukuk and revolving credit as part of efforts to restore Felda's financial position.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) informed that a major part of the restructuring of Felda's loans is to reduce the principal of Felda's debt to financial institutions by RM7.9 billion.

Touching on health care for Felda residents, Anwar said a special SKR incentive of RM300 would benefit 70,715 settlers aged 65 and above.

He also acknowledged the hardship faced by settlers who had to travel long distances to the hospital to undergo hemodialysis treatment, and announced that 12 haemodialysis centres would be built with an allocation of RM21 million in all Felda regions and another one at the Felda Foundation premises in Kelana Jaya.

"The haemodialysis centres will benefit 2,000 patients," he said.

Meanwhile, Anwar said the government did not forget the settlers in Sabah, announcing a diesel subsidy amounting to RM36 million per year for power generation and water treatment operations at the Sahabat, Umas and Kalabakan complexes in Sabah.

The incentive, he said, would benefit nearly 43,000 residents in the three areas.

Since July 2021, he said Felda had spent almost RM128 million on energy generation, treatment and supply of clean water in these areas.

According to Anwar, the government has also approved an allocation of RM7.7 million per year to cover the cost of operating 37,012 street lights at Felda settlements nationwide.

"I agreed to approve the street lighting project for all Felda areas, we have given the allocation, from next week, we will start fixing the street lights in all Felda areas," he said.

In order to make Felda a leader in digital transformation, Anwar said the Digital MADANI programme would be implemented in cooperation with the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) at 30 Digital Economy Centres (PEDi) identified across the country including at the Felda Foundation College in Kelana Jaya.

To help resolve issues involving the PGBF scheme which had been abandoned, Anwar said the government would provide the appropriate funding for the immediate completion of the remaining 283 PGBF housing units, while it was also considering drastic measures to help rubber smallholders to switch to other commodity crops such as oil palm and coconut, subject to the approval of the respective state governments.

-- BERNAMA