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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Senior citizens get leasehold shock

PJ Old Town residents application to renew leases under the Private Residential Ownership Scheme has gone up from RM1,000 to RM500,000 per house.
m_pg02pjoldtownPETALING JAYA: Senior citizens in Petaling Jaya old town had a shock after learning that the leases to their properties is to be renewed – not at the promised fee of RM1,000 but at commercial value of about RM500,000 per house.
The old folks had put out a table or two outside their homes and because of that, the status changed from residential to commercial property, said MCA Petaling Jaya Utara Division chairman Tan Gim Tuan.
He said Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim had promised them that the 99- year lease, which will expire soon, will be renewed by payment of a nominal sum of RM1,000.
“This will make them homeless,” Tan said adding the Selangor government has reneged on a election pledge to protect the old folks against drastic rate increases.
“Their hopes and joy (on hearing the pledge) from Khalid has now turned into sadness,” he said.
Khalid launched the Private Residential Ownership Scheme in 2011 where owners of the 99-year lease would be charged a token RM1,000 to renew the lease.
Before that they lived in anxiety of losing their homes .They could not afford the current prices which range between RM300,000 and RM500,000.
“Imagine their shock,” he said. “All because of one or two tables placed outside their houses and their application for RM1,000 fee for leasehold extension was rejected.”
“They were told that their wooden houses has become commercial properties on account of the tables,” Tan added.
“Where is the caring society, welfare state or assistance to obtain home ownership which Pakatan Rakyat pledged in their 2008 and 2013 general election manifestos,” asked Tan.
Many old folks will end up homeless, Tan said as at their age no banks will offer them loans.
“The PJ Land Office must use their discretion on applications for leasehold renewals,” he said.
“If their homes had been converted into a cafĂ© or eatery, then the Land Office may have a case.
“But if it is only a simple table outside the unit’s premises, some leeway can be granted,” he said.
He also said the Land Office could advise or even try to arrange for welfare assistance via other local government departments for these residents.

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