d) Dilapidated housing
i. Existing situation
533. About 5.5 percent of the existing housing stock was built in the sixties or seventies and much of it is dilapidated and in need of replacement. Apart from being in a very poor state of repair, these dilapidated housing areas lack basic facilities.
ii. Issue
• Poor environmental condition of dilapidated housing.
534. The majority of dilapidated housing is located in the City Centre, for example Selangor Mansion and Malayan Mansion in Jalan Masjid India, Tuanku Abdul Rahman Flats in Jalan Tun Razak and Tan Cheng Lock Mansion and Selayang Flats in Chow Kit. Their continued existence in the City Centre is an uneconomical use of prime land and severely detracts from the image of the City.
• Many of the dilapidated housing areas especially low cost housing are located in strategic areas in the City Centre.
535. A number of houses in the Malay Reservation Areas, traditional kampungs and new villages are built on lands with multiple-ownership. These houses are often built without obtaining appropriate approvals and do not comply with planning and building standards.
• Houses built in Malay Reservation Areas, traditional kampungs and new villages frequently do not comply with planning and building standards.
536. Much of the old government and institutional housing for public sector employees are dilapidated or located in flood prone areas and require replacement.
• Dilapidated state of older institutional housing.