King presents keys to 12 home recipients
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V yesterday handed over keys to 12 recipients allocated free units of People’s Housing Project (PPR) and Public Housing (PA) at PPR Desa Rejang here.
Sultan Muhammad V also spent some time mingling with the recipients and residents of the PPR.
He also visited an old house once rented by a recipient and the new unit, which was given to the latter under the Baiti Jannati @ Federal Territories Programme.
The programme is an initiative of the Federal Territories Ministry, which aims at helping the hardcore poor, including the disabled and patients with chronic illnesses, to own a house without having to pay monthly rent to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).
Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said the ministry was targeting to hand over 200 free units of PA and PPR, valued at between RM65,000 and RM70,000 per unit, to eligible recipients this year.
Tengku Adnan said the estimated costs included the cost of the house, repair works, and also electrical and basic appliances.
“The house ownership under this programme will be transferred to the recipients among
the PA and PPR tenants without any payment, provided the unit is not sold and is inherited by a family member or his nextof-kin,”
he said.
He said the programme received funds from the Federal Territories Foundation, Badan
Amal Kasih Ibu Wilayah Persekutuan, private companies and nongovernmental organisations. Bernama