KUALA LUMPUR; The Council of Buildings (COB) of Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has issued a circular prohibiting room partitions (adding bedrooms) in commercial-titled apartments with strata status under its jurisdiction in Kuala Lumpur.
The circular, which became effective on August 1, 2023, was addressed to the chairman of all Joint Management Bodies (JMB), Management Corporations (MC), and Sub Management Corporations (Sub-MC) in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.
Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh noted in the circular that all service apartments and SOHOs with strata titles in the city are prohibited from building walls to create more bedrooms.
He provided numerous reasons for the ban, the first being that converting living rooms and dining rooms into new bedrooms increases the number of rooms in an apartment or SOHO unit.
This, he said, would be in violation of the original Development Order (DO) approved by the relevant authorities, including DBKL.
Read more: DBKL forbids adding more bedrooms in commercial-titled apartments in KL
KUALA LUMPUR: Persatuan Guaman Hartanah Malaysia (HartaGuam) membantah kenyataan Suruhanjaya Persaingan Malaysia (MyCC) kenaikan yuran guaman membabitkan pemindahan hak milik membebankan pembeli.
Presidennya, Datuk Nazri Mustafa, berkata kali terakhir yuran guaman bagi pemindahan hak milik dinaikkan ialah enam tahun lalu iaitu pada 2017.
Beliau berkata, Majlis Peguam sudah mengkaji perkara itu sedalam-dalamnya sebelum mencadangkan kenaikan berkenaan.
"Kami tidak bersetuju kenaikan yuran itu membebankan. Sekiranya seseorang itu mampu membeli rumah, mereka juga perlu menyediakan peruntukan kewangan untuk membayar kos terbabit.
"Tidak menafikan rakyat sedang bergelut dengan kenaikan kos, tapi kos yang bagaimana? Mengapa yuran guaman berkaitan transaksi hartanah yang perlu dikorbankan, sedangkan kesejahteraan rakyat ialah tugas kerajaan masa kini," katanya.
MyCC membantah kenaikan yuran guaman membabitkan pemindahan hak milik dalam keadaan rakyat bergelut dengan kenaikan kos sara hidup.
MyCC berkata, walaupun Seksyen 13 Akta Persaingan 2010 mengecualikan perintah pindaan daripada pemakaian akta itu, tindakan yang diambil oleh Majlis Peguam bertentangan prinsip persaingan.
Nazri berkata, yuran guaman bagi pemindahan hak milik masih kedua terendah selepas yuran jurunilai.
"Nilai yuran guaman bagi RM500,000 pertama ialah RM5,000 dan kenaikan 1.25 peratus. Oleh itu, jumlah hanya RM6,250," katanya.
Mac 24, 2023 08:30 MYT
KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan disarankan untuk memberi perhatian kepada isu perumahan mampu milik rakyat dalam menangani isu kos sara hidup, selain menumpukan kepada usaha menstabilkan harga makanan.
Timbalan Setiausaha Agung Gabungan Persatuan-Persatuan Pengguna Malaysia (FOMCA), Nur Asyikin Aminuddin berkata, isu perumahan bukan semata-mata soal kos pemilikan tetapi juga soal kualiti rumah yang disediakan.
“Pengguna memang merasakan beban mereka sudah semakin berkurang, tetapi (lebih tertumpu) untuk B40. Manakala untuk M40 bagaimana pula?
“Bagi M40 rumah yang mereka mampu beli adalah pada harga RM400,000 ke bawah. Rumah-rumah ini ialah projek perumahan yang disenaraikan dibawah inisiatif Rumah Selangorku, Residensi Wilayah dan PR1MA.
Read more: Luaskan konsep 'rahmah' meliputi isu kos, kualiti rumah mampu milik - FOMCA
23 Mac 2023 07:00am
APA Khabar Rakyat kali ini melaporkan berkenaan harga bilik atau rumah sewa di sekitar Lembah Klang yang didakwa tidak berpatutan.
Malah ada yang mengibaratkan seperti rupa tidak seindah khabar apabila harga yang diletakkan tidak setanding dengan bilik yang disediakan.
Wartawan Sinar Harian, Nazrin Zulkafli cuba menyelami masalah tersebut melalui tinjauan di sekitar Lembah Klang.
Kadar harga bilik sewa tinggi yang dikenakan oleh pemilik kediaman terutama di Lembah Klang seolah-olah menjadi satu kebiasaan.
Lebih menyedihkan, sudahlah harga sewa mahal, kemudahan yang disediakan pula ibarat indah khabar dari rupa kerana tidak berbaloi dengan harga yang dibayar.
Namun disebabkan terdesak, ada penyewa sanggup berkongsi sehingga 10 orang penghuni dalam satu kediaman.
Pelajar Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Muhammad Adib Akmal Mirandy, 22, berkata, bayaran sewa rumah hampir RM2,000 adalah tidak masuk akal memandangkan tiada sebarang perabot disediakan.
Menurutnya, rumah yang disewa sehingga 10 orang itu juga tidak menyediakan kemudahan asas rumah seperti katil, almari dan peralatan memasak.
“Sewa yang dikenakan memang mahal dan tidak berbaloi memandangkan rumah yang diberikan kosong tapi kami tiada pilihan. Tuan rumah hanya sediakan almari dapur sahaja.
“Dengan kadar sewa sebulan seperti itu, sepatutnya tuan rumah sediakan kelengkapan lain. Tilam, meja belajar, semua kami kena beli sendiri,” katanya pada Rabu.
Namun begitu, sebagai seorang pelajar, dia terpaksa akur dengan harga tersebut memandangkan kedudukan rumah tersebut terletak di tengah ibu kota.
Dikemaskini: 6:12 PM 15 MAC 23
Dasar perumahan awam Malaysia tidak menyediakan pelan keluar untuk mereka yang tinggal di perumahan sosial, menyebabkan mereka 'terjerat' dalam sistem itu, menurut kajian oleh Institut Penyelidikan Khazanah (KRI).
Laporan yang dilancarkan hari ini mendapati penghuni skim perumahan awam projek perumahan rakyat (PPR) tidak dapat mencari perumahan yang lebih baik atau sesuai di pasaran swasta, walaupun keadaan ekonomi mereka bertambah baik.
Perumahan awam secara umumnya meletakkan syarat isi rumah berpendapatan kurang daripada RM3,000 sebulan.
Bagaimanapun, didapati walaupun ada segelintir penduduk yang berpendapatan lebih daripada itu namun mereka tidak mampu untuk keluar dari perumahan awam.
Penyelidik KRI, yang meninjau lima kompleks perumahan PPR di Kuala Lumpur dan Pulau Pinang, mendapati penduduk terperangkap di perumahan awam, jika mereka mahu kekal tinggal di lokaliti yang sama, kerana mereka tidak mampu untuk menyewa rumah milik swasta di kawasan yang sama.
Ini berdasarkan data yang dikumpul bagi hartanah setanding untuk disewa atau dijual di sekitar perumahan awam.
"Adakah mereka ada pilihan? Institusi penilaian negara buat kajian rumah sewa di keliling PPR - harga sangat mahal. Rumah PPR sewa RM124, the moment nak sewa keluar, RM500 ke RM1000 ke atas. susah untuk keluar dari situ melainkan nak pindah jauh dan ganggu hidup. Nak beli pun susah.
"Harga tidak mampu milik. Nak beli, rumah saiz lebih kecil dari 700 kaki persegi, pilihan terhad...
"Kita nak bila keluar dari rumah awam, nak keadaan lebih baik," kata penyelidik Puteri Marjan Megat Muzafar pada pelancaran laporan itu pagi ini.
20 Jun 2022
KUALA LUMPUR - Michael (bukan nama sebenar) membeli sebuah unit hartanah berstrata pada 2017, namun tidak lama selepas Perjanjian Jual Beli (SPA) ditandatangani, dia mula perasan akan tanda-tanda 'tidak sihat' pada projek itu.
Pembinaan projek perumahan itu sering tergendala termasuk hampir setahun terhenti sebelum disambung semula. Itupun hanya selepas pembeli mengadu kepada Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan (KPKT) serta mendapatkan bantuan daripada Persatuan Pembeli Rumah Kebangsaan (HBA).
"Namun kini pembinaan terhenti terus dengan projek hanya 55 peratus siap,” katanya kepada Bernama.
Menurutnya, dia kembali ke KPKT untuk membuat aduan, namun dimaklumkan oleh kementerian itu bahawa projek tersebut sudah 'hampir-hampir menjadi projek terbengkalai'.
"Kami sebagai pembeli, sudah tidak tahu apa lagi yang harus dilakukan,” keluh Michael.
Berdasarkan portal KPKT, sesebuah projek pembangunan dikategorikan sebagai 'projek sakit' apabila kemajuan pembinaan mengalami kelewatan lebih 30 peratus berbanding yang dijadualkan atau SPA telah luput tarikh.
TIDAK TAHU HAK
Seorang lagi mangsa projek sakit, Siti Hawa (bukan nama sebenar) dan suaminya membeli sebuah unit berstrata di bawah program perumahan mampu milik pada 2018, dan sepatutnya menerima kunci untuk unit mereka yang bernilai RM300,000 itu pada Mei 2022. Namun katanya hingga kini kediaman yang diimpikan masih belum siap.
Menurut Siti Hawa, sejak awal lagi sudah ada 'yang tidak kena' dengan projek berkenaan, namun sebagai pembeli rumah kali pertama, dia dan suaminya tidak tahu akan hak mereka.
August 25, 2021 7:30 AM
JOHOR BAHRU: Amending development plans after the sale and purchase agreement is signed is a breach of the contract, the High Court has ruled in a class action brought against a developer by 145 buyers of luxury condominium units here.
In its decision handed out on Monday, the court agreed with the purchasers of condominium units at Princess Cove that the developer ought to have obtained their consent before amending the original plan of Phase 1 in the S&P into Phase 1a and 1b.
Under Phase 1, there were supposed to be seven blocks together with a shopping mall. However, after the amendment, only three residential blocks were completed first without the others as stated in the S&P.
The court also concurred with the plaintiffs that the handing over of vacant possession in October 2017, claiming the certificate of completion and compliance (fitness for occupation) was obtained for Phase 1a, was in breach of the S&P and, therefore, the developer has to pay late delivery charges.
It also ruled that the 13 months’ maintenance charges paid before the actual completion by the buyers as per the S&P in November 2018 have to be returned.
Judicial commissioner Evrol Mariette Peters, in delivering her decision, agreed with the buyers that the developer, R&F Development Sdn Bhd, had deprived them of late delivery penalty by amending the original development plan.
According to the counsel for the purchasers, NG Vinod, his firm will now proceed with the filing of the assessment for damages with the High Court soon, adding that the claims could total about RM10 million.
Read more: Wrong to amend development plans after signing S&P, rules court
September 8, 2021 @ 12:10am
LETTERS: The Homebuyers Tribunal was created to make it an easier, cheaper and quicker avenue for purchasers to file their claims against housing developers for damages or compensation or other matters arising from the sale and purchase agreement entered between the purchaser and housing developer.
New Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican must be aware that there are calls to abolish the tribunal due to the difficulties homebuyers are facing.
And, with the recent Court of Appeal decision in SKS Southern Sdn Bhd vs Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah Malaysia, the tribunal may not be useful any more to homebuyers unless the minister proceeds with reforms.
The tribunal must understand the wide jurisdiction it has been conferred with.
Besides orders for compensation for late delivery (LAD) and technical defects claims, other claims that require orders like compensating for any loss or damage suffered by the claimant which may entail tort, or the variation or setting aside the contract wholly or in part, are usually not accepted.
Too rigid an adherence to the ministry's key performance indicators (KPI) may be a factor. The KPI stipulates 110 days for a case to be decided.
Constant training with the latest information is vital for the tribunal, especially EN1504, recommended by the ministry itself, which deals with crack (50 per cent) and corrosion (50 per cent) in a holistic and scientific manner, and this must be understood in a greater detail by the tribunal, especially when technical reports are made to reach a fair decision.
Besides this, the calculation of technical defect compensation must use the current market rate.
August 19, 2021 7:30 AM
PETALING JAYA: A researcher has described Malaysia’s housing policy as something that is stuck in an “identity crisis” from which it can emerge if policymakers decide whether to view a house as an asset or a necessity.
Lillian Wee of the Research for Social Advancement (Resda) think tank said the government, in giving priority to people who can afford to buy property, was shutting out those who could not or did not want to, thereby creating unequal opportunities.
Not enough attention had been given to the growing rental market, she said, noting that this was one of the issues that had been exacerbated since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“A lot of the government’s policies during and before the pandemic have prioritised home ownership and people who can afford loans or multiple houses,” she said.
“As such, those who cannot afford to take on loans or put down large down payments are left out. These include people who choose to rent for work, mobility or lifestyle reasons. There is a lack of assistance for these people to lease affordable homes and, during the pandemic little has been done to help them with their payments.”
Wee said housing must be viewed as essential and should therefore be made more affordable and accessible to those who need them.
“Malaysia is urbanising rapidly, with people moving from suburban and rural areas to places like Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang and Johor. However, these are the areas where housing prices are the highest and housing inequality is at its worst.
“There is a problem if someone from the M40 cannot afford to buy or rent a house in Kuala Lumpur, since it’s not just people from the T20 group that work there.”
She said this was typified by the building of 14,094 low-cost homes last year, well short of the National Affordable Housing Council’s target of 100,000 units annually.
“Instead, we are seeing a surge in homes that cost more than RM600,000, out of reach for most of the people the government should be looking to provide for.”
Read more: Expert calls for policy shift to make houses affordable
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