PETALING JAYA: Housing reforms, curbing urban poverty, and recovery of abandoned housing projects are among the 10 priority initiatives for this year for the Housing and Local Government Ministry. Minister Nga Kor Ming said these 10 initiatives were determined following the ministry’s 2026 Strategic Direction Retreat to align with the start of the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) this year. The 10 priority initiatives include five housing reforms, such as the drafting of a new Real Property Development Act, the Electronic Sale and Purchase Agreement, the Housing Integrated Management System, the Teduh platform, and a Digital Audit of Housing Development Accounts, the ministry said in a statement yesterday. “The ministry will also focus on people-friendly housing and affordable housing programmes, upgrading and cleaning drainage systems, along with providing green spaces through Madani recreational parks,” it added. “The strategic plan includes five strategic pillars, 24 strategies, 142 initiatives, 44 performance indicators and seven key performance indicators, to be implemented in phases until 2030,” he said.
