Pahang to act against developers who fail to deliver on time
The Star 14/8/2006 By SIMON KHOO

MARAN: The state government will take stern action including blacklisting housing developers who fail to complete their projects on time, state Housing and Growth Centres Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak said.

He said they had received numerous complaints pertaining to late completion of houses from buyers who had to continue servicing bank loans.

“We also received grouses on the poor quality of houses besides public facilities which were not up to expectation.

“In this regard, the state government will continue to monitor all housing projects closely to ensure prompt completion according to specifications.

“We have ways and means to address these problems against errant developers including blacklisting them in future projects,” he said after meeting about 150 owners of an abandoned low cost housing project in Luit near here recently.

Also present were Luit assemblyman Datuk Ahmad Munawar Abdul Jalil, state housing unit assistant head Zamani Mohd Ali, National Housing Department (western region) director Radin Abdul Halim and Maran assistant district officer Masari Abdul Rashid.

Mohd Soffi urged buyers who were laden with these problems to report the matter to the authorities or assemblymen for further action.

“We will bring up the matter with the housing developers concerned and find an amicable solution,” he said, adding that the state government could not act without receiving proper information.

On the abandoned project, he said the developer had agreed to complete the remaining work be-fore the end of the year.

“Hopefully, some of the buyers will be able to occupy the houses by then,” he said, adding that the project, which had been abandoned for two years, would be revived in stages.

Mohd Soffi said for a start, priority would be given to 26 buyers who had secured a bank loan to refinance their houses.

“This group will receive the keys to their houses once some minor repairs are completed over the next few weeks,” he said.