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1,171 sick, abandoned housing projects successfully revived
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,171 previously sick and abandoned private housing projects, with a combined gross development value (GDV) of RM113.55bil, have been successfully revived by the Task Force for Sick and Abandoned Private Housing Projects (TFST), under the Housing and Local Government Ministry.
Its Deputy Minister Aiman Athirah Sabu said this achievement involved the revival of 139,848 housing units since TFST's first meeting in 2023.
"For this year up to June, TFST successfully revived 244 private housing projects involving 27,101 housing units with a GDV of RM21.07bil.
"TFST also completed five abandoned projects involving 887 housing units with a GDV of RM55.74mil," she said at a press conference in Parliament, on Wednesday (Aug 13).
Aiman Athirah said the five projects were Taman Meru Makmur and Pangsapuri Impian Meru in Klang, Selangor; Taman Mega 1, Mukim Kerteh, Kemaman, Terengganu; Taman Desa Kempas, Phase 3, Tebrau, Johor; and Taman Megah Edora, Bachok, Kelantan.
To date, TFST has detected and is monitoring 233 private housing projects categorised as delayed, 360 as sick, and 109 as abandoned nationwide, she said.
On the recovery of the Residensi Hektar Gombak project, Aiman Athirah said the latest developments are very positive, with the new developer and main contractor agreeing on overtime work to expedite the project's completion.
"Even when the parliament is ongoing, we still go to the site and on the ground during the weekend," she said.
