In Penang, two decades and still no approval for some PPR housing applicants
Odd job worker Mohd Jamal Madar said he is losing hope of ever getting a PPR unit to live in. — Pictures by Opalyn Mok
“I applied when my wife was alive, now, my wife has already passed away and two of our children had also passed away, yet I am still waiting for a place to live in,” he said. “I am losing hope, my wife is gone, my two children are gone, maybe I have to wait till I die before I can get a unit,” he said when met at the state housing department office in Komtar this morning.
Jagdeep Singh Deo speaking to applicants on the waiting list for the PPR units in Penang March 5, 2019. She and her two sons, who are odd job workers, have been renting kampung houses along Perak Road all these years.
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