FMT discovered there were 20 vacant units during a visit with an applicant and her family who are staying in her mum's unit at the site, confirming that there are empty lots.
KOTA DAMANSARA: People’s Housing Project (PPR) flats applicants claimed that they have to endure long wait for their units despite lots of available units.
FMT surveyed the site and found that there were about 20 vacant units at PPR Section 8 in Kota Damansara and the applicants told FMT that no reason was given for the delay.
A 24-year-old mother of two, Nitya Chandiran, whose total household income was about RM1,200, said she and her family had been living in her mother’s unit at the PPR Section 8.
“My husband is also living with us and we had applied for a unit in the same place. However, we were told to wait for two years,” Nitya told FMT.
When she approached the local town council Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya’s (MBPJ) office on the matter, she was told that individual PPR management offices are in charge of unit allocation.
And when she checked with the management office, she was told that she had to wait as those who applied for units two years ago were still waiting for their lots.
“The management office staff also told us that many were rundown units. Since we are living in one of those flats, we know that there are some decent vacant units,” Nitya said, adding that she was willing to repair a rundown unit if she was given one.
However, another applicant Malathi Rajoo, 44, said there were many vacant units, and that he believed that one person had taken a number of the available units.
“We have seen Indonesians living here and probably they had been sub-renting it from someone,” she said.
Malathi Rajoo, who took FMT on a tour of the area, also explained that some houses are used to store junks when it could be used as homes.
“PPR flats are for the poor and if the rich are renting it out, then it defeats the purpose of building these flats. Irresponsible parties are commercialising it,” she added.
Another applicant, Parimala Mukeyah, 31, was also in the same boat of being told to endure a long wait for her unit.
“My husband is sick and I am working to support my family. All I need is a flat to bring up my three children and to nurse my husband back to health. We are currently staying with our extended family and urgently need a place of our own,” she said.
Parimala who worked in a school canteen to support her family had applied for a unit three months ago but was told by the management office that there was no available unit.
KOTA DAMANSARA: People’s Housing Project (PPR) flats applicants claimed that they have to endure long wait for their units despite lots of available units.FMT surveyed the site and found that there were about 20 vacant units at PPR Section 8 in Kota Damansara and the applicants told FMT that no reason was given for the delay.
A 24-year-old mother of two, Nitya Chandiran, whose total household income was about RM1,200, said she and her family had been living in her mother’s unit at the PPR Section 8.
“My husband is also living with us and we had applied for a unit in the same place. However, we were told to wait for two years,” Nitya told FMT.
When she approached the local town council Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya’s (MBPJ) office on the matter, she was told that individual PPR management offices are in charge of unit allocation.
And when she checked with the management office, she was told that she had to wait as those who applied for units two years ago were still waiting for their lots.
“The management office staff also told us that many were rundown units. Since we are living in one of those flats, we know that there are some decent vacant units,” Nitya said, adding that she was willing to repair a rundown unit if she was given one.
However, another applicant Malathi Rajoo, 44, said there were many vacant units, and that he believed that one person had taken a number of the available units.
“We have seen Indonesians living here and probably they had been sub-renting it from someone,” she said.
Malathi Rajoo, who took FMT on a tour of the area, also explained that some houses are used to store junks when it could be used as homes.
“PPR flats are for the poor and if the rich are renting it out, then it defeats the purpose of building these flats. Irresponsible parties are commercialising it,” she added.
Another applicant, Parimala Mukeyah, 31, was also in the same boat of being told to endure a long wait for her unit.
“My husband is sick and I am working to support my family. All I need is a flat to bring up my three children and to nurse my husband back to health. We are currently staying with our extended family and urgently need a place of our own,” she said.
Parimala who worked in a school canteen to support her family had applied for a unit three months ago but was told by the management office that there was no available unit.
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