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马来邮报在27.9.2011采访联邦直辖区部副部长沙拉瓦南的重点摘要：-
中央政府在吉隆坡地区兴建的人民组屋(Projek Perumahan Rakyat:PPR)空置单位不超过2千间。向吉隆坡市政局申请租赁的家庭却远远超过2万个，而且还在等待批准信件当中。此外，副部长特别强调，所谓的空置单位是位于吉隆坡雪州蒲种亲善村(PPR Kg Muhibbah)。当该政府地段涉及发展，那么这些寄住在政府地上的木屋家庭将会被遣派到空置的蒲种亲善村单位。
这项政策不包括寄住在私人地段的木屋家庭。私人地段的拥有人必需自行安置这些木屋家庭。
Applicants outnumber available people's housing units
Submitted by shaza on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
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T.K. LETCHUMY TAMBOO
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 11:42:00
KUALA LUMPUR: Vacant People's Housing Project (PPR) units in Kuala Lumpur number less than two thousand, while the number of applicants on the waiting list is 10 times that, at a staggering 20,000.
These figures pose a massive challenge to Kuala Lumpur City Hall and the Federal Territories and Urban Well-being (FTUW) ministry's efforts to relocate squatters into public housing.
FTUW Deputy Minister Datuk M. Saravanan said yesterday, vacant units are only available at PPR Muhibbah in Puchong.
"We are in the process of developing a number of areas to make KL more conducive for citizens. As the demand for PPR houses is higher than what we can offer, City Hall is facing difficulty allocating such units to every applicant. However, priority will be given to squatters affected by development, especially squatters on government land," he said.
Saravanan said squatters on private-owned land are the responsibility of the land owners.
"Those land owners are responsible for solving squatter housing issues in their areas. On our part, we will temporarily relocate squatters to long houses or readily available PPR units."
The issue of a limited number of available PPR units arose after a front-page report in a local Tamil daily which cited a 60-year-old woman who was unhappy although offered a PPR unit at PPR Muhibbah.
Saravanan said the woman wanted a house at PPR Seri Alam instead and threatened to commit suicide if her wish was not fulfilled.
"Do not ever threaten the government in such a manner as we won't oblige. Imagine if we gave in to this woman's demands, more people would do the same to get their way," he said.
Saravanan stressed City Hall can make an exception in special cases.
"For example, if a resident's legs have been amputated due to diabetes and he seeks a lower level unit, we can accommodate this depending on availability of units or at the discretion of the minister. This could also be discussed at City Hall's branch offices every Thursday."
In July, The Malay Mail reported that out of 52,914 families renting PPR units, 41,029 were defaulters but only 20 per cent could be catergorised as hardcore poor.
City Hall's housing management director Sukiman Surahman said earlier the council had identified 2,000 PPR units in the hands of the hardcore poor as of April and there were plans to group these families for transfer into one separate PPR area.
Such a move would make it easier for the government to monitor this group.