For those who are interested in affordable housing projects, officers from the state housing department together with PDC will be going to Gurney Plaza this Saturday (21 March) for the ‘Mission: Home-Possible’ road-show, to showcase affordable housing projects, as well as assisting potential buyer to submit their completed application forms.

Click on the link below to find out more details about affordable housing projects in Penang. There are currently 8 projects open for registration.

>> Full list of Affordable Housing in Penang <<

Applicants are advised to bring along the following documents to facilitate their registration:

• Photocopy of applicant’s identity card and their spouse
• Photocopy of certificate of marriage / sijil nikah / statutory declaration of marriage
• Photocopy of certificate of divorce or death certificate of spouse (if relevant)
• Photocopy of children / dependents’ identity card or birth certificate
• Confirmation letter of employer / photocopy of pay slip for both applicant and spouse
• Employee’s Provident Fund (KWSP) statement of applicant and spouse
• Letter of confirmation from KWSP if the applicant or spouse are not EPF contributors
• Statutory declaration of income for applicant and spouse (for those running their own business / working on their own)
• Photocopy of business registration certificate / trade license (for those running their own business)
• Form B of Income Tax (for those running their own business)
• Photocopy of OKU card (if relevant)
• Letter of confirmation by employer confirming residence of at least 5 years in Penang

The eligibility criteria for applicants for affordable housing, are as follows:-

• must be a Malaysian citizen
• born in Penang, working in Penang and a registered voter in Penang; or having resided in Penang for at least 5 years as at the date of application, and a registered voter in Penang
• 21 years old and above
• nett household income of not more than RM2,500 for low cost units
• nett household income of not more than RM3,500 for low medium cost units
• nett household income of not more than RM6,000 for affordable housing units under RM200,000
• nett household income of not more than RM8,000 for affordable housing units under RM300,000
• nett household income of not more than RM10,000 for affordable housing units under RM400,000
• for low and low medium cost units, the applicant must not have owned any property in Malaysia
• for affordable housing units, the applicant will be given priority if he or she does not own any property in Malaysia but if they have owned either a low or low medium cost unit, the applicant may still be considered