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Affordable Housing II – Closing the Gap: A Strategic Approach to Balancing Supply & Demand (2024)

This report offers essential insights into studying key statistics and actionable strategies to help bridge the affordable housing gap. It addresses the pressing issue of affordable housing in Malaysia by examining the mismatch between supply and demand. It provides a localised analysis of housing affordability, outlines a practical framework for stakeholders, and identifies key factors that can stimulate affordable housing development. The Affordable Housing II report highlights the importance of streamlining the Federal and State Government’s housing initiatives and a centralised database for effective decision-making.

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Housing Forward – Understanding Costs & Sustainable Prices (2022)

This report delivers the industry’s perspective on key issues relating to the costs of doing business. It proposes strategic recommendations on how the issue of increased costs of doing business can be adequately addressed and mitigated to ensure that house prices are retained at a more sustainable level for future house buyers.

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Affordable Housing – The Game Plan Transformation (2018)

This report analyses the issues and challenges faced in affordable housing provision and provides insights into key factors driving and hindering affordability. It provides transformational game-changing solutions that will drive a more sustainable affordable housing sector for all Malaysians. The report is a first of its kind, as it engages readers on key structural issues surrounding affordable housing from the supply and demand sides.

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Strata Management Handbook (2018)

This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to strata management practices, offering essential insights and best practices for property developers and managers. It also covers engagement with the Commissioner of Buildings (COB) or Strata Management Tribunal (SMT) in handling disputes. The Statra Management Handbook translates the Strata Managemet Act 2013 (Act 757) and its Regulations to day to day management manual and shares insights on management best practices for stakeholders’ reference.

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Cost of Doing Business and Impact on Construction Industry (2021)

In collaboration with the Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM) focusing on compliance costs and the impact of such costs on affordable housing. It further analyses the affordable housing development cost structure resulting from two of the recommendations detailed therein, i.e. development of affordable housing on government land and private utilities companies to bear their infrastructure costs.

IBS and QLASSIC – Making It Work for the Industry (2021)

The research report is a collaboration project with the Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM). The report focuses on the IBS and QLASSIC adoption, identifying the key challenges of the IBS approach that led to the reluctance of the industry players, especially developers and contractors to adopt IBS in their development projects. Recommendations include industry incentives, training, catalyst projects and organisational coordination.

Strata Management Handbook

As a strata unit owner, you need to understand good strata maintenance and management practices to ensure a well maintained living environment, which will safeguard the investment value of your property. This Strata Management Handbook provides a fundamental understanding of how to navigate through the intricacies of strata management processes and legal issues. With this handbook, you can enjoy a safe and worry-free journey in strata property ownership.

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Buyers can choose whether to self-collect at Wisma REHDA or courier

For self-collect at Wisma REHDA, buyer can collect at the allocated time slot only (Every Monday & Friday, 11am & 4pm only)

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For courier service, purchases before Wednesday @ 12.00pm, will be shipped out on Thursday morning. Purchases after 12.00pm will be delivered next Thursday excluding Public Holidays.

“I believe that this handbook will be a good tool, for property developers to share with all their staff to enhance their knowledge and will also serve as a good granding gesture, as a gift to each of their strata development purchasers, to manage their purchaser’s expectations as to what strata living will involve. “

– Mr. Ngian Siew Siong , Strata Management Handbook Editor

STRATA MANAGEMENT FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

TERM OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS OFFICE BEARERS

The relevant provisions from the Strata Management Act are as follows.

There shall be a chairman, secretary and treasurer, all of whom shall be natural persons; to be elected by the management committee from among its members immediately after the conclusion of the general meeting but no chairman, secretary or treasurer shall hold office for more than two consecutive years. [Strata Management Act, Second Schedule, Para 2(5)]

All the members of the management committee of a management corporation shall retire from office at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting. A retiring member of the management committee shall be eligible for re-election but no member of the management committee shall hold office for more than three consecutive terms. [Strata Management Act,Second Schedule, Para 2(6)]

The first annual general meeting shall be held within one month after the expiry of the initial period and the subsequent annual general meetings shall be held once in each year, provided that not more than fifteen months shall lapse between the date of one annual general meeting and the next.[Strata Management Act, Second Schedule, Para 10(2)]

In brief the term of the members of the management committee shall not be more than 3 consecutive terms. Whereas the term of the chairman, secretary and treasurer shall not be more than 2 consecutive years.

A year is 12 months and whereas a term can be up to maximum of 15 months (12 months plus 3 months extension as allowed for under Strata Management Act, Second Schedule, Para 10(2)).

In the case of the term of the chairman, secretary and treasurer, it is 2 consecutive years ie. 24 consecutive months, as per Strata Management Act, Second Schedule, Para 2(5).

This is to ensure that there is no abuse to extend the term of the General Committee by not holding Annual General Meeting within each year. [Ref: Strata Management Act, Second Schedule, Para 10(2)]

DEFICIENCY IN THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

Members of a responsible management committee should quickly acknowledge any feedback and/or complaint and look into it together with the property manager and reply to the feedback accordingly.
The day-to-day property maintenance and management is undertaken by the building manager (the manager who is based at the management office on a full time basis), and must be held accountable together with the property manager (the company engaged to provide the property maintenance and maintenance services) for any deficiency in the property maintenance and management.
The management committee cannot ‘justify’ deficiency in property maintenance and management by saying that the services of members of the management committee are on volunteering basis. If they do not have time, they should not stand for election and/or should resign from the management committee.
The Act 757 stipulates that the management committee is responsible for the property maintenance and management. The lack in property maintenance and management can lead to the issue of life and safety of the residents, deterioration of building and common property/facilities, and wastage of maintenance charges fund which will consequently affect the property and rental value.
One cannot volunteer to be a committee member and at the same time not discharging
his/her duties and responsibilities.

For serious case, strata parcel owner can write to COB for advice. He/she can also seek advice from the Board of Valuers Appraisers Estate Agents& Property Managers Malaysia on the conduct and service of the registered property manager.

DRY CLOTHES

By-laws contained in the Third Schedule of Strata Management (Maintenance and Management) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 15 (Drying of laundry) states:
In a building used for residential or dwelling purposes, a proprietor shall not, except with the prior written approval of the JMB/MC, hang any washing, towel, bedding, clothing or other article on any part of his parcel in such a way as to protrude outside his parcel, other than at the areas designated for such purpose and leave them there only for a reasonable period.

Balcony is an accessory parcel and within the parcel.
Hanging any clothes outside the balcony is against the By-laws and hence it is prohibited.
If you are to hang any clothes within your balcony, it is advisable to hang them at low levels so that it is not ‘visible’ from the outside

Drying clothes at the balcony can be an eye-sore to the building and any action that is detrimental to the perception of a lax in the property management and maintenance can
affect the property and rental values. The JMC/MC can only impose fine if such fine is provided for in the By-laws or additional Bylaws. Paragraph 7(1) of the Third Schedule of Strata

Management (Maintenance and Management) Regulations 2015 states:
The JMB/MC may by a resolution at a general meeting impose a fine of such amount as shall be determined by that general meeting against any person who is in breach of any of these by-laws or any additional by-laws made under the Act.

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TERMS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND THE OFFICE BEARERS

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