ABSTRACT Over the years, the Malaysian Government and private housing developers have been providing low-cost housing (LCH) yet the demand-supply gap is on the increase. Hence, this paper investigates the LCH leakages in Malaysia in an unexplored dimension. This was done sequentially, first, findings from the qualitatively explored phase was further tested and analysed via a questionnaire survey. The “quantised findings” were validated by the Malaysian LCH policymakers. Findings confirm a severe shortage of LCH. The study found under-declared income by house-buyers (frequent in states with lax enforcement), auction of LCH in open bidding, sales of LCH within the moratorium period by house owners for profiteering among others as the root causes of LCH leakage. The paper concludes that the government should engrave the land title deed such that only low-income earners (LIEs) are eligible to possess LCH. Second, implement the cumulative ruling (construction of LCH by a developer not based on the conventional but reach an agreed threshold target irrespective of the numbers of projects) for LCH provision. Also, states should set-up joint task force that comprises of land, planning, and housing department to monitor and ensure compliance, among others, were recommended.

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马来西亚的低成本房屋泄漏：未开发的规模

摘要多年来，马来西亚政府和私人住房开发商一直在提供低成本住房（LCH），但供求缺口正在增加。因此，本文以未探索的维度调查了马来西亚的LCH泄漏。这是顺序进行的，首先，定性探索阶段的发现将通过问卷调查进一步测试和分析。“量化结果”得到马来西亚LCH政策制定者的确认。调查结果证实，LCH严重短缺。该研究发现购房者申报的收入低估（在执法不严的州经常发生），公开竞价拍卖LCH，在暂停期内房主出售LCH以牟取暴利是LCH泄漏的根本原因。本文的结论是，政府应刻划土地所有权证，以便只有低收入者才有资格拥有LCH。第二，实施累积信用裁决（开发商不基于传统准则来构建信用担保，而不考虑项目数量而达到商定的门槛目标）。此外，建议州建立一支由土地，计划和房屋部门组成的联合工作组，以监督和确保合规性。