As several factories are already taking up vacant apartment blocks, the state wants others to consider the same.
Penang exco member S Sundarajoo said some factories were already snapping up several blocks in Seberang Perai South to turn them into workers’ quarters.
State housing committee chairman S Sundarajoo said Penang was also pushing for unsold or low-demand flats or homes in Seberang Perai to be converted to hostels for foreign workers. “We are also looking at centralised labour quarters within factory premises. Can you imagine if we had this during Covid-19? In the long term, we would be able to control social issues,” he told reporters after opening the inaugural States’ Housing Symposium in Tanjung Bungah today.
Sundarajoo also reiterated Penang’s stance in acting against those who rent out affordable or low-cost units to third parties.
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