The Malaysian Insider :: Features
The Malaysian Insider :: Features |
| In a first, KL City Hall helps complete abandoned housing scheme Posted: 23 Jul 2013 09:56 PM PDT City Hall put in RM500,000 for the RM700,000 project while RM200,000 came from the project deposit. But the 48 house owners will have to pay back 40% of City Hall's costs through assessment taxes. Residents said this was the first time a local authority stepped in to complete a housing project to enable Certificates of Fitness (CFs) to be issued, without which the owners could not move into the houses, which was left incomplete by the developers. "The previous developer had only completed the structure of the houses, there was no windows or doors," resident Avtar Singh told The Malaysian Insider. He added that the contractors was giving false assurance to the owners but had not made any progress for three years since 2007, when the development ceased. The housing project was soft launched on April 6, 2004 with the approval from the City Hall, part from which 207 houses were completed in 2007, leaving the remaining 95% of the houses abandoned by the contractor. Since early 2011, purchasers decided to contribute individually, spending an average of RM120,000 in furnishing their houses with doors, windows and frames, electrical wiring and main pipe works before approaching the Malaysian Indian Muslim Youth Movement (Gepima) and the City Hall. They got a new developer for a seven-week project for roadworks, drains and street lights in Taman Rowther. "City Hall will rebuild the remaining scope of the road with drains for the sake of CFs to be obtained for the houses," Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Ahmad Phesal (pic) told reporters. The CFs would be given to the 48 house owners next month, once sewerage provider Indah Water Konsortium has approved the works, City Hall officials said. Avtar urged the authorities to enforce laws related to abandoned projects and act firmly without fear or favour against the contractors and developers. "So far, the authorities have not taken any action against these contractors," he said. - July 24, 2013 |
| In a first, KL City Hall helps complete abandoned housing scheme Posted: 23 Jul 2013 09:56 PM PDT City Hall put in RM500,000 for the RM700,000 project while RM200,000 came from the project deposit. But the 48 house owners will have to pay back 40% of City Hall's costs through assessment taxes. Residents said this was the first time a local authority stepped in to complete a housing project to enable Certificates of Fitness (CFs) to be issued, without which the owners could not move into the houses, which was left incomplete by the developers. "The previous developer had only completed the structure of the houses, there was no windows or doors," resident Avtar Singh told The Malaysian Insider. He added that the contractors was giving false assurance to the owners but had not made any progress for three years since 2007, when the development ceased. The housing project was soft launched on April 6, 2004 with the approval from the City Hall, part from which 207 houses were completed in 2007, leaving the remaining 95% of the houses abandoned by the contractor. Since early 2011, purchasers decided to contribute individually, spending an average of RM120,000 in furnishing their houses with doors, windows and frames, electrical wiring and main pipe works before approaching the Malaysian Indian Muslim Youth Movement (Gepima) and the City Hall. They got a new developer for a seven-week project for roadworks, drains and street lights in Taman Rowther. "City Hall will rebuild the remaining scope of the road with drains for the sake of CFs to be obtained for the houses," Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Ahmad Phesal (pic) told reporters. The CFs would be given to the 48 house owners next month, once sewerage provider Indah Water Konsortium has approved the works, City Hall officials said. Avtar urged the authorities to enforce laws related to abandoned projects and act firmly without fear or favour against the contractors and developers. "So far, the authorities have not taken any action against these contractors," he said. - July 24, 2013 |
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