State housing, local government and tourism committee chairman Nolee Ashilin Mohamed Radzi said the Covid-19 pandemic had caused unexpected problems and badly impacted  housing development in the state.

“However, the state government is committed to ensuring that all housing development projects will be implemented as planned,” she said in reply to Aznel Ibrahim (BN-Pengkalan Hulu) at the Perak state assembly sitting here today.

Aznel had wanted to know the number of affordable houses that have been completed and handed over to the residents so far.

Nolee (Bersatu-Tualang Sekah) said 15,089 units were still under construction, while 22,085 were still in the planning stage.

On housing projects implemented by private developers, he said a total of 1,663 units of Rumah Perakku I (low-cost), 412 units of Rumah Perakku II (medium-cost), 1,032 units of Rumah Perakku III (affordable), and 1,476 units under the open category houses were built as of July this year.