Issues and Policies on the Aftermath of Squatters Resettlement: A Case Study on Kg. Desa Hormat Tambahan, Selangor

Ibrahim, Irwan; Aziz, Norazlina Abdul; Hussain, Faridah; Aminudin, Noraini

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“…A multi-racism issue happens when the tragedy of May 1969 has given a big impact on shattering the multiracial relationship among the squatters' communities between Chinese, Indian and Malay families [12]. Frequently in the squatter's area, issues of water and electricity supply often not adequate and caused internal conflicts within the squatter community and therefore resulted one of the hindrance towards their harmonisation between the communities.…”

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“…Meanwhile, when looking at the problem of drainage and sewage systems it was found out that in squatters area there are no proper drainage provided. Hence, these causes the drainage to clog up with garbage and rubbish all the times [12]. The age of the resettlement community are from various aged group, ranged from toddler to old citizens.…”

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“…Nonetheless, even though resettlement programme is believed to be one of the solutions to wipe out squatter settlements, unavoidably, there appeared to be several issues and problems with regards to resettlement area; firstly, the location of resettlement areas are generally placed quite far from the city especially the newly built low-cost schemes [11] when most of the residents require the area to be close to their work place and schools [12] and secondly, the expensive price of houses for resettlement scheme particularly for those affected by the relocation program [12]. Even though the resettlement projects are subsidised, yet the total amount fixed by the developers is not within their capable budget and these problems frequently occur especially to the low-income group because the market price for low cost housing is still too expensive.…”

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“…Moreover, the provision of resettlement houses was expressed to be uncomfortable [12]. Generally, the houses delivered for the resettlement residents indicates a lower standard of housing, seeing the compact building design and the use of lower quality of material.…”

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“…So, often the design and size of houses are among the major complaints from the residents of resettlement which claimed that the property cannot comfortably accommodate their family to reside [14]; [15]. Also, another problem is the issue of the resettlement houses being offered for rentals by the residents [12]. It became visible that some of the residents from the resettlement schemes rent out their low cost unit, but they themselves chose to stay elsewhere [15].…”

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Abstract. The existence of squatters had caused many issues including poverty, increasing social problems, drug addiction, criminal and low education level. Sadly, the State of Johor is still among a few other states in Peninsular Malaysia with the highest numbers of squatter families. These squatter settlements are not only inhabited by the local people, but consist of foreigners too. The environmental condition is not fitting, with poor sewage system and unplanned housing construction. Consequently, these issues had caused bad images and perception to the general public, as well as to the tourists. In Malaysia, Resettlement Programme is one of the most significant mechanisms in tackling squatters" settlements issue. Hence, the Johor State Government had taken various approaches in trying to eradicate the squatter settlements by relocating them to new locations with planned and better housing. This conceptual paper aims to examine the current literature and assess previous similar study in order to establish an understanding of the crucial provision of resettlement area in trying to eliminate squatters. It employs a qualitative design through assessment related literature and studies. The results confirmed for a further review of resettlement program. Findings from this study further suggest a comprehensive study of the issues revealed.

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An activity pattern – destination land use choice model of low income households of informal settlements – Case study of Delhi

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Dynamism of Building Standards & Designs to Private Developers Towards Urban Poor Low-Cost Resettlement Quality of Life: A Review Comparison in Malaysia & Singapore

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Malaysia's government adopted many resettlement initiatives and housing policies to eliminate the growing number of informal settlement as well as meet the housing demands and improvement in the quality homes in order to achieve its aim of being a civilized country by 2020. Critical number of studies has been carried to investigate the low-cost dwelling in city centre effect to quality of life of occupants. However, there lack of study comparisons in terms of design and building standards structured being made to our neighbouring country Singapore which more developed in its city planning and shared the same climatic condition as Malaysia. Therefore, this paper aim to investigate the impact of the both dynamism building design and standard for the private developers concerns with regards to low-cost urban settlement. This paper explores the methodology through secondary type of data by articles, guidelines and researches involved with architectural design modifications and intervention programs establishment offered by both countries. This paper then discussed on Malaysian resettlement policy programmes intervention criteria and its nature in interior thermal comfort condition, improper layout plan, exterior design scheme and public amenities provision practiced in improving quality of life of the urban poor resettlements. As the outcome of these findings, this research suggest that Malaysia still have possibilities that could be improved for these dwellings through imposing stringent protocols on building plan, certificate, permit, licences and other documentation by local authorities for each states and Commissioner of Building for the private developers to ensure the upgraded consistency level urban settlements is being maintained.

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Issues and Policies on the Aftermath of Squatters Resettlement: A Case Study on Kg. Desa Hormat Tambahan, Selangor

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Eradicating Squatters through Resettlement Programme: A Conceptual Paper

Eradicating Squatters through Resettlement Programme: A Conceptual Paper

An activity pattern – destination land use choice model of low income households of informal settlements – Case study of Delhi

Dynamism of Building Standards & Designs to Private Developers Towards Urban Poor Low-Cost Resettlement Quality of Life: A Review Comparison in Malaysia & Singapore

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