Affordable housing projects, such as the People’s Housing Programme (PPR), should be rebranded to provide them with a new image and change the mindset of the people on such properties, said Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
“We don’t want the houses to be called cheap house (rumah murah), perhaps ‘rumah rakyat ceria’ or council home, so the occupants will not feel they are staying in cheap houses,” he said after officiating the ground breaking for a multi-storey car park at Precinct 9.
In fact, PPR houses today are now bigger, measuring at least 750 sq ft from 500 sq ft previously, he added.
Tengku Adnan noted that the rebranding should include improving facilities, such as installing closed-circuit television cameras to bring positive changes, including psychological changes, for the occupants, reported Bernama.
Meanwhile, the RM15 million four-storey car park project is expected to be completed in four years, with works set to start in July.
Image sourced from My Putrajaya News
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