•Second Malaysia Plan (1971–1975): the government realized the need and importance of the role of the private sector in ensuring an adequate supply of low cost housing for the country;
•Ever since then, the private sector has played an increasingly major role in the provision of low cost housing, with the government setting the desired numbers in every 5 Malaysia Plans;
•This was done mainly through the planning process; an imposition of 30-40 percent of the total number of residential units in developments above 2 hectares must be low cost housing.