Does the government doing enough in providing affordable housing in Malaysia?

In neoclassical, market failure is a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not Pareto efficient, often leading to a net loss of economic value. This mismatching between supply of and demand for land creates sky rocketing housing prices in the market. Since the G...

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Main Authors: Omar, Ismail, Bahari, Azimuddin, Mohsen, Masfaliza
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Language:English
Published: nil 2020
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Mohsen, Masfaliza
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description In neoclassical, market failure is a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not Pareto efficient, often leading to a net loss of economic value. This mismatching between supply of and demand for land creates sky rocketing housing prices in the market. Since the Government is concerned in housing the nation, numerous housing programs to provide adequate affordable housing to meet the needs of the low income or the middle income households. Unfortunately, the country still lacks the supply of affordable homes to meet the demand. Supply of houses in the market is in abundance but they do not fall under the affordable category. Therefore, the existing Government policies and implementation of affordable housing need to be realigned accordingly.
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spelling uthm-23192021-11-07T02:17:47Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2319/ Does the government doing enough in providing affordable housing in Malaysia? Omar, Ismail Bahari, Azimuddin Mohsen, Masfaliza HT165.5-169.9 City planning In neoclassical, market failure is a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not Pareto efficient, often leading to a net loss of economic value. This mismatching between supply of and demand for land creates sky rocketing housing prices in the market. Since the Government is concerned in housing the nation, numerous housing programs to provide adequate affordable housing to meet the needs of the low income or the middle income households. Unfortunately, the country still lacks the supply of affordable homes to meet the demand. Supply of houses in the market is in abundance but they do not fall under the affordable category. Therefore, the existing Government policies and implementation of affordable housing need to be realigned accordingly. nil 2020 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2319/1/Bab52.pdf Omar, Ismail and Bahari, Azimuddin and Mohsen, Masfaliza (2020) Does the government doing enough in providing affordable housing in Malaysia? In: nil. nil.
spellingShingle HT165.5-169.9 City planning
Omar, Ismail
Bahari, Azimuddin
Mohsen, Masfaliza
Does the government doing enough in providing affordable housing in Malaysia?
title Does the government doing enough in providing affordable housing in Malaysia?
title_full Does the government doing enough in providing affordable housing in Malaysia?
title_fullStr Does the government doing enough in providing affordable housing in Malaysia?
title_full_unstemmed Does the government doing enough in providing affordable housing in Malaysia?
title_short Does the government doing enough in providing affordable housing in Malaysia?
title_sort does the government doing enough in providing affordable housing in malaysia?
topic HT165.5-169.9 City planning
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2319/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2319/1/Bab52.pdf