KUALA LANGAT: The Housing and Local Government Ministry, under the National Housing Policy, aims to build up to 100,000 affordable homes capped at RM300,000 by the end of the year, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. According to Dr Mahathir, the 100,000 affordable homes targeted this year was in line with the Pakatan Harapan government’s manifesto of constructing one million affordable homes within the next decade. He added that developers would be guided to build quality affordable homes for the B40 group. "I was informed that Digital IBS provides an opportunity to upscale our local workforce for the future. "Moving towards digital IBS technology will enable developers to build cheaper homes in a shorter period of time," he said.

Source: The Star May 02, 2019 03:45 UTC