Affordability problems for middle income households in Malaysia are widespread in
most major cities and towns in Malaysia where many of them find it difficult to
purchase a home. The exploding of new growth centres such as new townships,
commercial hubs, industrial parks and offices complexes inevitably result in an
increase in the working population. With the increasing population in urban centres,
the shortage of affordable housing unit is becoming more acute. Continuous efforts
are undertaken to ensure that Malaysians of all income levels will have access to
adequate, quality and affordable homes, particularly the low-income group (Ninth
Malaysia Plan, 2006-2010). However, to cite an example, the Kuala Lumpur Structure
Plan 2020 (CHKL, 2004) does not included low medium/medium cost housing
category in the projection of houses unit to be built by year 2020. Although the
emphasis of Structure Plan is to provide more houses in medium cost range (including
low medium cost), specific policies were not clearly stated.
In this study, the middle income households are identified on the basis of family
income. It is based on both economic and cultural consideration. In addition, the
cultural view of the middle income household seems to be one in which the family is
the typical income unit. Significant structural changes have taken place among
families in the last two decades, most importantly, due to large scale participation of
married women into the labour force. This increase among family types gives added
impetus to using the family unit in examining changes in the size of the middle income
household
Affordability problems for middle income households in Malaysia are widespread in
most major cities and towns in Malaysia where many of them find it difficult to
purchase a home. The exploding of new growth centres such as new townships,
commercial hubs, industrial parks and offices complexes inevitably result in an
increase in the working population. With the increasing population in urban centres,
the shortage of affordable housing unit is becoming more acute. Continuous efforts
are undertaken to ensure that Malaysians of all income levels will have access to
adequate, quality and affordable homes, particularly the low-income group (Ninth
Malaysia Plan, 2006-2010). However, to cite an example, the Kuala Lumpur Structure
Plan 2020 (CHKL, 2004) does not included low medium/medium cost housing
category in the projection of houses unit to be built by year 2020. Although the
emphasis of Structure Plan is to provide more houses in medium cost range (including
low medium cost), specific policies were not clearly stated.
In this study, the middle income households are identified on the basis of family
income. It is based on both economic and cultural consideration. In addition, the
cultural view of the middle income household seems to be one in which the family is
the typical income unit. Significant structural changes have taken place among
families in the last two decades, most importantly, due to large scale participation of
married women into the labour force. This increase among family types gives added
impetus to using the family unit in examining changes in the size of the middle income
household
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