8 research outputs found
Nurturing sustainable communities in affordable housing programmes and policy in Malaysia
No full textA healthy community requires the fulfilment of basic needs, such as accommodation, food, financial, environmental sustainability, and social justice. In this regard, the Malaysian Government launched the National Community Policy, among others, to promote access to a healthy lifestyle. Despite the existence of such a policy, there exists issues and challenges in providing adequate housing in Malaysia, which affects access to a healthy lifestyle in the community. Literature and content research on different platforms from previous reports, articles and mass media provide an overview of the need for sports community policy as a sustainable development objective for affordable housing programmes. The research will be restricted to the international and local policies applicable in recognising the right to a healthy community. This paper concludes that sports facilities should be assimilated into affordable housing programmes in fostering sustainability
‘Isolated in our own neighbourhood’: analysis on the proposal to regulate peer-to-peer accommodation services in Malaysia
No full textPeer-to-Peer Accommodation services (P2PA) are mushrooming
worldwide due to the expansion of digital services and Internet access.
Since P2PA services operate fully online, small establishments utilise
disruptive technology and surpass traditional hoteliers by surprise. In the
first part of this article, we examine the problems caused by P2PA for
‘playing on an uneven field’, avoiding necessary taxes, skipping
regulatory and safety requirements, and causing loss of tranquillity to the
neighbourhood. Due to these problems, a proposal was moved by the
government to regulate P2PA in Malaysia via a self-regulatory guideline,
as analysed in the second part of the article. However, due to its nonbinding status, the proposal will arguably lead to irregularities in
regulatory mechanisms at the state level when enforced. P2PA hosts
were asked to comply with regulatory requirements similar to hoteliers,
but the platform providers have arguably avoided any P2PA related
liability nor responsibility as they operate offshore. Applying qualitative
research methods via content analysis and semi-structured interviews,
the article concludes by proposing a legal framework to regulate the
P2PA platform providers, including hosts and agents, which is deemed
timely and necessary for Malaysia to safeguard the interests of both
tourists and stakeholders
The legality of operating short term rental accommodation in waqf housing
No full textShort term rental accommodation (STRA) has become more popular, especially when online hosting sites such as Airbnb have been introduced. STRA's critical popularity factor was based on the home-sharing economy. With the shared economy being a larger segment of the housing market, the discern conventional ways between activities to be regulated and activities that need to deal with without regulatory leniency. As there lacks regulation over short term rental accommodation business in Malaysia due to the technological convergence of platform operators has created an uneven playing field that threatens the position of conventional hotels in the market. The presence of STRA has also had unprecedented impacts on the Malaysian housing landscape due to the thrust of this business, including waqf housing. This paper proposed for the development of Waqf housing as the solution to balance the growth of the community and individual economy. Despite the unregulated STRA and issues surroundings, the STRA has become an alternative for an individual to leverage for income and financial. This paper examines the concept and scope of short-term rental accommodation and analyse the legal issues arising from the operationalise short term rental accommodation in waqf housing. The research presents the inadequacies in the present legislation and suggests relevant policies to address them
Fostering sports for healthy community in affordable housing programs
No full textThe necessary provisions for health include solidity, accommodation, food, wealth with regards to financial and ecological sustainability, and social justice.The provision of an adequate housing is crucial for enhancing a community's quality of life through providing healthy welfare, sufficient employment, financial stability, and safety. While inadequate housing has resulted in numerous health and social issues in the community.To focus on the values, lifestyles and social aspects of the community's everyday lives, the Government launched the National Community Policy. Among the components is sports and recreational activities to be promoted as part of the healthy community lifestyle. As part of wellbeing of the society, the community’s role will look after health and have an educated mind by keeping involved. As such, the aims of this paper are to explore the sports’ role in safeguarding healthy community and to promote sports community integrated as part of the affordable housing programme. Literature and content research on different platforms from previous reports, articles and mass media can provide an overview into the need on sports community policy as sustainable development targets for affordable housing program. The research will be restricted to international and local policy applicable in recognising the right to healthy community. This paper concludes that sports community should be assimilated in affordable housing program in fostering its sustainability
‘ISOLATED IN OUR OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD’: ANALYSIS ON THE PROPOSAL TO REGULATE PEER-TO-PEER ACCOMMODATION SERVICES IN MALAYSIA
No full textPeer-to-Peer Accommodation services (P2PA) are mushrooming worldwide due to the expansion of digital services and Internet access. Since P2PA services operate fully online, small establishments utilise disruptive technology and surpass traditional hoteliers by surprise. In the first part of this article, we examine the problems caused by P2PA for ‘playing on an uneven field’, avoiding necessary taxes, skipping regulatory and safety requirements, and causing loss of tranquillity to the neighbourhood. Due to these problems, a proposal was moved by the government to regulate P2PA in Malaysia via a self-regulatory guideline, as analysed in the second part of the article. However, due to its non-binding status, the proposal will arguably lead to irregularities in regulatory mechanisms at the state level when enforced. P2PA hosts were asked to comply with regulatory requirements similar to hoteliers, but the platform providers have arguably avoided any P2PA related liability nor responsibility as they operate offshore. Applying qualitative research methods via content analysis and semi-structured interviews, the article concludes by proposing a legal framework to regulate the P2PA platform providers, including hosts and agents, which is deemed timely and necessary for Malaysia to safeguard the interests of both tourists and stakeholders
Facility maintenance in ‘Program Perumahan Rakyat’ low-cost housing scheme in Malaysia: issues and challenges
No full textEffective facility maintenance of high-rise properties has become alarming issues for decades. Even though
most high-rise residences in Malaysia fall under the purview of the Housing Development (Control and
Licensing) Act 1966 and the Strata Management Act 2013, the 'Program Perumahan Rakyat' ('PPR')
Low-Cost Housing Scheme is a peculiar exception. Firstly introduced by the federal government to curb
squatting issues in urban areas, the PPR Housing Scheme was not subjected to any legislations nor written
agreements between residents and government. This had triggered the issue on ineffective facility
management after project completion. Due to the absence of appropriate legislations or guidelines, the big
question was:who should maintain the PPR? -- or rather, from whose pocket should the funding come from?
With low rental collection and limited financial resources, facilities were left unmaintained and badly
damaged prior to a residents' occupation. PPR residents risk their lives living in an inhabitable environment
due to poor facility maintenance. Secondly, there exists jurisdictional conflicts between federal and state
governments on the issue of federal level involvement to legislate on behalf of the state as allowed by art 76
of the Federal Constitution. Federal government involvement may occur to ensure uniformity between federal
and state laws. PPR Housing Scheme is one example of such, where the scheme was created by the federal
government and assigned to the state for management. This however, was made in the absence of clear
legislations or guidelines, leaving the state clueless on how to implement federal legislations at their level. This article suggests that federal and state governments
must collaborate and allocate adequate resources for effective facility maintenance of PPR Homes. Further,
appropriate PPR mechanisms should be in place to ensure adequate and regular maintenance without affecting PPR residents' quality of life. This guarantees every citizen of Malaysia can afford to own homes without compromising their quality of life
