Penang State Government Affordable Housing Registration

Penang State Government's affordable housing project is open for registration starting from today! I've visited MPSP Bandar Perda to get more information about this project.

The criteria to apply for the Low Medium Cost house and Affordable house are as below:

1. Malaysian, aged 21 and above.
2. Household income (base salary) per month not more than RM 3500.00 for Low Medium Cost house (maximum RM 72500.00).
3. Household income (base salary) per month more than RM 3501.00 for Affordable house (from RM 72501.00 and above).
4. For Low Medium Cost house, applicant and spouse must not own any house.
5. For Affordable house, priority will be given to those who are buying first house.
6. Priority will be given to all registered voters in Penang.

If you are eligible, you might proceed to get the application form, fill up your personal details, current address, occupation, monthly base income (personal and spouse) and your choices of the project. You need not submit any supporting document at the time of application. A confirmation slip will be returned by the officer when your application form is submitted.

Penang State Government Affordable Housing Project

Good news to all Penangites! The Penang State Government's affordable housing projects located at Jalan S.P. Chelliah in Penang Island and Bandar Cassia in Batu Kawan will be open to public for registration starting from 7th February 2013.

If you are interested in the affordable housing projects, you may walk in to counter in Komtar, PDC or MPSP Bandar Perda to register, operating hour is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m everyday including Chinese New Year holidays and weekends. All Malaysians can apply but priority will be given to Penangites. The detail criteria of eligibility will be announced later.

Below table shows the details of the affordable housing projects by build up area, number of unit and price:

Project	Category	Size	No. of Unit	Price/unit
Jalan S.P. Chelliah	Medium Cost	1000 sqft	275	RM 400000
		900 sqft	165	RM 300000
		800 sqft	110	RM 200000
	Low Medium Cost	700 sqft	770	RM 72500
Bandar Cassia	Medium Cost	1000 sqft	1092	RM 220000
		900 sqft	392	RM 168000
	Low Medium Cost	800 sqft	596	RM 72500

Affordable Housing - eRumah

Other than pr1ma, there is actually another portal called eRumah, managed by Penang state government. eRumah is a portal for application of Projek Perumahan Rakyat (on rental basis), Low Cost Houses and Medium Low Cost Houses.

Below are the basic requirements to be eligible to apply:

• Malaysian
• 18 years old and above
• Never own a house (including house that had been sold)
• To apply for Projek Perumahan Rakyat, monthly total household income cannot be more than RM 1500
• To apply for Low Cost Houses, monthly total household income cannot be more than RM 2500
• To apply for Medium Low Cost Houses, monthly total household income cannot be more than RM 3500

Every application for Low/Medium Low Cost Houses will be proceed by the system according to place of birth, marital status, dependent, time of registration, years staying in Penang and so on. Priority will be given to those with family and dependent of at least 5.

If you fulfill the basic requirements, then you can proceed to register/check your eligibility by entering your IC number at the top right corner.

If you are not eligible, you will see below message.

Else, you can proceed for the registration. Just fill in all the required information correctly and choose the type and location (district) of houses that you wish to apply for. Once you complete the registration, you can always come back to the same portal to check for the application status.