An allocation of RM100 million for its housing maintenance programme for 2022.
This is the amount the Penang state government will seek from the federal government through its new Minister of Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican.
The Minister is also the Member of Parliament for Kepala Batas constutuency.
The request was made by state exco for Local Government, Housing, Town and Country Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo.
“I will be writing a letter to the new minister to explain the state’s priority for affordable housing and the need for the Federal Government to play its part.
“Despite being a small state, we pay the most tax to the federal government, so we deserve to be given affordable housing.
“Penang has done a lot for housing but where are the units from the Federal Government?,” asked Jagdeep during his press conference after his visit to the ‘The Zen’ affordable housing project in Bayan Mutiara.
Also present were Penang Housing Board general manager Ainul Fadhilah Samsudi and Asia Green Group director Tan Li Mei.