Baru-baru ni satu isu berkenaan pembelian rumah flat kos rendah di Petaling Jaya oleh ahli Majlis Perbandaran telah menimbulkan tidak puas hati dikalangan oranga ramai dan penduduk. Walau bagaimanapun, majlis perbandaran tersebut telah menafikan bahawa pembelian tersebut dilakukan secara tidak sah kerana menurut mereka surat pekeliling telah dikeluarkan menawarkan kepada staff untuk membeli unit-unit flat yang tidak terjual.. persoalannya betul ke tidak terjual?? atau sememangnya tawaran dilakukan terlebih dahulu kepada mereka?
Di sana-sini kita mendengar rungutan rakyat yang memerlukan rumah kos rendah untuk mereka diami kerana tidak mampu untuk membeli rumah lain yang jauh lebih mahal. Mereka ini yang berpendapatan kurang RM2,500 sebulan sepatutnya mejadi keutamaan untuk memiliki rumah kos rendah ini tetapi kenapa ada mereka yang mengambil kesempatan membeli rumah ini untuk mengaut keuntungan mudah sedangkan dengan jelas pendapatan mereka lebih tinggi dari yang ditetapkan dan tidak layak untuk membeli!
Menurut satu artikel di The Star (Metro, 22 May), Pengerusi Persatuan Penduduk Bandar Sri Damansara, Ravindran Raman Kutty menyatakan… “..it was baffling that the low-cost units were offered to staff members while there were hundreds of others out there waiting eagerly to own a house.” Mengapa boleh jadi begini? Rakyat mengharapkan kerajaan tempatan (PBT) membantu dalam perlaksaan pemilikan rumah kos rendah ini tetapi sebaliknya yang berlaku. Dan tidak sepatutnya dijadikan alasan disebabkan tiada orang yang mengambil rumah tersebut maka kakitangan majlis boleh membeli sewenang-wenangnya tanpa mengikut kriteria yang ditetapkan.
Menurut Ravindran lagi, majlis perbandaran seharusnya meningkatkan lagi usaha mempromosi unit-unit kos rendah tersebut kepada mereka yang miskin berbanding menawarkan kepada kakitangan mereka sendiri.
Saya juga bersetuju dengan pendapat ramai bahawa mereka yang tidak layak untuk memiliki rumah kos rendah seharusnya memulangkannya semula untuk dijual semula pada harga asal untuk faedah mereka yang layak memiliki.
ADUN Kota Damansara, Dr Mohd Nasir Hashim juga bersetuju dengan pendapat tersebut dan menambah kerajaan negeri patut mengambil semula unit-unit yang telah terjual kepada mereka yang tidak layak. Beliau juga menyatakan.. “Ianya jelas. Rumah Kos Rendah tidak boleh disewakan dan pemilik tidak boleh memiliki rumah lain. Dan sudah tentu garis panduan adalah jelas pendapatan isi rumah melebihi RM2,500 tidak boleh memiliki rumah kos rendah.” Beliau mencadangkan jawatankuasa khas ditubuhkan yang terdiri daripada pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT), Exco Negeri dan Lembaga Perumahan & Hartanah Selangor untuk menyiasat setiap pemilik rumah kos rendah di MBPJ (dan sudah tentunya bagi saya di seuruh negara).
Selain itu ada juga dikalangan mereka yang tidak layak ini memiliki lebih dari satu rumah kos rendah dan menyewakannya untuk keuntungan. Mereka ini dengan mudah menggunakan orang-orang tertentu untuk mendapatkan unit tersebut dan kemudian setiap bulan mengambil hasil sewa tersebut.
Rumah kos rendah ini amat popular bagi mereka yang baru berjinak-jinak dengan pelaburan hartanah untuk membeli dan menjualkannya semula pada harga yang lebih mahal atau menyewakannya untuk keuntungan.. Walaupun saya tidak menyalahkan konsep membuat keuntungan daripada pelaburan hartanah.. tetapi cara menggunakan rumah kos rendah untuk tujuan tersebut akan hanya menindas golongan yang sememangnya sudah tidak mampun untuk membeli rumahjenis lain. Akibat daripada perbuatan ini juga harga rumah kos rendah naik mendadak di kawasan tertentu sehingga mencapai RM85,000 dan di Lembah Klang harga purata flat kos rendah adalah di sekitar RM60,000 – RM65,000. Ini seterusnya menjadikan golongan berpendapatan rendah tidak mampu untuk membeli rumah kos rendah dimana harga asal RM42,000 sudahpun menjadi beban untuk mereka.
Kepada mereka yang tidak layak untuk memiliki rumah kos rendah tetapi telah membelinya melalui cara yang tidak sepatutnya…. pertimbangkan semula untuk menjualkan semula
Artikel lanjut mengenai pembelian rumah kos rendah oleh kakitangan MBPJ seperti di bawah:-
Public outcry over ‘illegal’ purchase of low-cost flats
By YIP YOKE TENG
THE sale of low-cost flats to 500 staff members of the Petaling Jaya City Council has caused an uproar even though the council has denied that it was illegal.
Residents’ associations and assemblymen said even if the purchases were legitimate, they were morally and ethically wrong because the move had deprived hundreds of poor citizens a chance to own a house.
They were responding to StarMetro’s cover story on Wednesday that the staff members owned low-cost units despite earning more than RM2,500 per month, which contravenes the guidelines set by the state government.
The matter was exposed by MBPJ councillor Mak Khuin Weng who received a tip-off about the questionable ownership.
Mak had in February revealed that two senior MBPJ officers had allegedly bought low-cost units.
“It is even more unacceptable because the culprits here are the ones who did the census, and they know the plight of the poor,” said All Petaling Jaya Residents Association (APAC) chairman Liew Wei Beng.
“We are dealing with an ethical issue here, the directors and senior officers should not have done that even though they might say the purchase was legally done,” he said.
Bandar Sri Damansara Residents Association chairman Ravindran Raman Kutty said it was baffling that the low-cost units were offered to staff members while there were hundreds of others out there waiting eagerly to own a house.
“It is very unreasonable to say that when there are no takers, the staff can take. The council should have taken more effort to promote the low-cost units to the poor instead of offering them to their own staff,” he added.
Many insisted that the individuals who were involved in the purchase should surrender the units to benefit the genuinely deserving ones.
“They should surrender the units and put them back into the market with the value at the time of purchase,” Liew said.
Kota Damansara assemblyman Dr Mohd Nasir Hashim also echoed the same sentiment but added that the state should take back the units.
“It is clear. A low-cost unit cannot be rented out and the owner cannot own another property. Of course, the state also has guidelines that say a household earning more than RM2,500 will not be eligible for the purchase of low-cost flats,” he said. He urged a committee comprising the local council, state executive councillors and Selangor Housing and Property Board be set up to investigate each and every owner of low-cost flats in MBPJ. Should they be found guilty, they should surrender the units, he added.
Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) president Datuk Ng Seing Liong condemned the act, adding that the association was equally shocked to learn about the purchase of low-cost flats by a high number of council staff.
He said the value of low-cost flats had easily doubled since the time of purchase, and the rental could normally fetch up to 5% of the property value.
“Rehda urged the authorities to conduct further investigation, and we would also like to revert the building of low-cost flats back to the government especially when the cost of land and building materials have gone up so much,” he said.
“Such form of abuse is disappointing for the industry players who have worked hard over the years to cross-subsidise such affordable housing to achieve the nation’s social agenda. We have shouldered such a task as required by the Government despite rising costs throughout the years, only to have profiteering Government servants abuse the system for their own needs,” he added.
Over at MBPJ, planning director Sharipah Marhaini Syed Ali who was embroiled in the issue said she stood by what she told the council when asked to explain why she owned a low-cost unit. She refused to make further comments.
The other officer accused of owning a low-cost unit, engineering assistant director Hanizah Katab could not be reached for comments.
However, former MBPJ councillor Datuk Dr Wong Sai Hou commented that there was nothing wrong with MBPJ officers buying low-cost flats because they were offered to do so by an administrative circular emailed to them.
“It was not something that was done discreetly. There was an e-mail sent to the council staff spelling out the terms clearly on the purchase for low-cost homes,” he said.
Wong said he recalled that the idea was from a previous council president who opened the sale of the excess low-cost flats on private land as an incentive for staff members, many of whom earned a relatively low-income then.
He said the matter was brought up at one full board meeting and did not receive any objections from councillors.
“Those who applied and bought the units were merely following an administrative circular issued by the council, and they should not be penalised for what happened,” he said.
Former MP for PJ Selatan Datuk Donald Lim, when contacted, said the public should not overreact over the issue.
“They should look at the background and the situation back then to understand the reason why low-cost units were extended to council staff,” said Lim.
Selangor housing, building management and squatters committee chairman Iskandar Abdul Samad said the state was looking into the possibility of publishing names of those approved to buy low-cost house, as well as the name of developments, on the website of Selangor Property and Housing Board, for a period of two weeks for the public to scrutinise.
“It is hoped that with this proposal only those eligible will be able to buy. There is a shortage of low-cost houses in prime areas like Ampang and Petaling Jaya, therefore any abuse must be prevented. Publishing the names will deter any fraud or abuse,” he said, adding that it would be implemented by July 1 if approved by state executive councillors.
ohhh saya bukan org yg arif tentang isu hartanah…memng pernah terfikir mcamana mereka bole beli rumah flat, saya sendiri menyewa rumh flat di shah alam dari org yg mempunyai pendpatan 5 angka sbuln….sedngkn saya, bank mana mahu memberi pinjaman single 27thn pendapatan hanya RM2000? seandainya boleh pinjam skalipun rumah nak beli pun tak ada.
mengikut kajian saya sendiri, rumah flat dalam lingkungan kos murah dan sederhana banyak dibeli oleh orang yang berpendapatan tinggi atau boleh digelar mereka ni tauke rumah sewa. kerana mereka memiliki dari sebuah atau pun mencecah 3~5 buah rumah flat untuk disewakan. perkara ini menjadi tidak adil pada mereka yang berkehendakan rumah sendiri yang mana berpendapatan rendah.
inilah masalahnya sekarang. Golongan yang memanggil diri mereka kononnya pelabur hartanah sebenarnya menindas golongan berpendapatan rendah. Ini tidak seharusnya berlaku terutamanya pada rumah jenis kos rendah/sederhana rendah yang khusus untuk golongan tersebut.
Masalahnya ramai juga yang memilih, saya ada terlihat iklan rumah 60K dalam bandar tingkat 3 dan kawasan dekat bandar cuma apartment itu agak lama juga(90an) dan bilik cuma dua. Dalamannya masih ok lagi. Saya lihat iklan tersebut diiklan kan beberapa kali sekian lama.