Housing Development Legislation in Malaysia

The current housing development in Malaysia has presented positive economic growth, mainly in high-rise schemes with a reputation of more than one million developed. By categorising Malaysia’s region, the largest percentage of strata schemes has developed with 92 per cent (1,759,471 Schemes) inside Peninsular Malaysia; Sabah contributes 6 per cent of the total, with 110,258 strata schemes, while Sarawak has the smallest share comprising 2 per cent with 46,229 stratified. Housing development demand matters in landed, even high-rise, and has increased recently, with legislation becoming a key factor discussed in this paper. Since Malaysia has been categorised into three regions, their legislation regarding authority managing and controlling development performance will automatically differ. This paper examines a general review of housing development legislation in Malaysia, especially in providing justifications for reviews of legislation endorsed in Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, and Sabah. Housing legislation has a major influence on monitoring and controlling today’s development activities and, at the same time, moving towards more comprehensive strategies for housing development. Furthermore, this paper also illustrates the history of legislation in three of Malaysia’s regions made by the State Government towards housing development through legislation.