The Penang state exco says the waiting list throughout Penang has hit over 1,000, nearly 500 of which are for the Taman Manggis PPR alone.
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government today defended the eviction of residents from 22 homes at a government rental flat, calling it a “last resort” situation with ample time given to those affected to appeal or find another place to stay.
Jagdeep said since 2016, he had chaired a committee which looked into 839 such cases, with action taken in 246 cases. He said the rest were given extra time to move out. He said with an average waiting list of seven years, made worse by the limited supply of PPR flats in Penang, the state could only conduct regular audits on all tenants at PPRs in the state to ensure that only those eligible are allowed to live there.
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