For housing aid, right policy still guessing game for policymakers, report suggests
A general view of residential apartments at a People’s Housing Project in Bangsar November 1, 2018. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Core housing need refers to housing required by those who cannot access homes through the housing market without full or partial government aid. Using income to measure eligibility, the think tank found the number of those who qualify for state affordable housing programmes was staggeringly high in nearly all the states.
KRI said there had been cases where top income earners had received state assistance to buy PR1MA homes.
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