Md Dahlan, Nuarrual Hilal and Abdul Jalil, Ahmad Zafarullah and Zainol, Zairani and Maamor, Selamah (2014) Abandoned housing projects in Malaysia: Legal issues relating to the housing developer's licence. In: UUM International Conference on Governance 2014 (ICG), 29th - 30th November 2014, Flamingo Hotel By The Beach, Pulau Pinang.

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Abstract

The issue of abandoned housing projects is still an unsettled issue in Malaysia.Even though, there are numerous housing policies and laws having been promulgated by the government, the problem of abandoned housing projects has not yet been totally eradicated.One of the reasons leading to the occurrences of abandoned housing projects is the weaknesses of the provisions under the Housing Development Act (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 (Act 118) (‘Act 118’).The aim of this paper is to discuss the lacunae in Act 118.The research methodology used is a combination of legal and social research methodologies.This paper finds that there are some lacunae in the provisions of Act 118 relating to housing developer’s licence that need to be adequately addressed to avoid the occurrences of abandoned housing projects in Malaysia.At the ending part of this paper, the author suggests some proposals to overcome the issues.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ISBN NO: 978-983-2078-95-1 Organized by: Institute for Governance and Innovation Studies, UUM College of Law, Government and International Studies Universiti Utara Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Abandoned Housing Projects In Malaysia, Housing Developer’s Licence, Housing Development (Control And Licensing) Act 1966 (Act 118), Legal Issues
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	College of Law, Government and International Studies
Depositing User:	Prof Dr Nuarrual Hilal Md Dahlan
Date Deposited:	25 Mar 2015 03:20
Last Modified:	25 Mar 2015 03:20
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13770

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