KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — In his bid for Putrajaya, PAS’s Datuk Husam Musa has offered to ease the home ownership woes of civil servants living in the pricey federal administrative capital.
Despite shifting the bulk of its bureaucracy there a decade ago, the government has provided public housing for only a third of 16,000 applicants, the PAS-owned daily, Harakah, reported.
The PAS vice-president was reported to have proposed the monthly rental to the bulk of civil servants who are currently forking for their homes in Putrajaya into a monthly payment to offset their purchase of the property, similar to the hire-purchase deals for cars and furniture.
“This rent-purchase is counted from when they start to pay rent for the home until finally they will own the house they have been living in for so long.
“This is among the steps I will address immediately,” Husam was quoted by Harakah as saying at a news conference yesterday at the Precinct 8 Lake Club in Putrajaya.
He reportedly said he will write in to Chief Secretary to the Government, Datuk Mohd Ali Hamsa, to discuss his proposal to resolve the home-ownership woes besetting its workers.
Husam (picture), who is leaving the safety of his PAS-run Kelantan state for a federal seat in May 5 polls, was reported to have observed that it was impossible for a civil servant, whether a support staff or an employee in the higher ranks to afford a home in Putrajaya.
A flat cost between RM120,000 and RM150,000, Harakah reported, while a double-storey row house offered by the Barisan Nasional government was selling for between RM500,000 and RM750,000.
A semi-detached house was priced between RM900,000 and RM1.8 million, the daily added.
“Such prices truly burden civil servants, what more if the higher-ranking employees want to buy a bungalow, the price is more than RM2.5 million.
“So to me, the prices will not make it possible for civil servants to own a home in Putrajaya even though they work here,” Husam was quoted saying.
He was also reported to have observed that the size of some homes in the federal territory averaged between 750 square feet and 800 square feet and was not suitable for those with large families to raise their children.
Malaysia’s bureaucracy is powered by some 1.3 million workers.
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