FT Ministry: 60pct of public housing applicants still waiting to move in

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story was based on a draft reply circulated by Parliament's official media team. However, when the reply was read out during question time, a paragraph mentioning the Housing and Local Government Ministry was omitted. This article has been amended to reflect this. Malaysiakini regrets the error.

PARLIAMENT | There are 920 successful applicants for Kuala Lumpur City Hall's public housing scheme who are still waiting to move in, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Deputy Federal Territories Minister Jalaluddin Alias said City Hall had approved 1,547 applications out of 9,948 applications between 2019 and August 2021.

Only 627 have been able to move in while...