State housing and local government committee chairman Jafni Md Shukor said of that number, 17 were categorised as “sick projects” and seven were classified as abandoned projects.

He said this was based on the statistics released by the housing and local government ministry.

“Sick projects are projects that have been delayed by more than 30% compared to the scheduled progress or if the period of the sale and purchase agreement has expired.

“Abandoned projects are projects that are not completed within or later than the delivery date stated in the sale and purchase agreement and there is no significant activity at the construction site for six consecutive months,” he said.

His reply was in response to a supplementary question from Jefridin Atan (BN-Kukup). Jefridin wanted to know the number of abandoned and sick housing projects under the federal government in the state.

Meanwhile, in a reply to a question from Hahasrin Hashim (BN-Panti) on measures to address the issue of problematic housing projects, Jafni said the state government would work with the relevant parties to revive these projects.

“The state government will act as a facilitator or mediator to help the liquidators and rescue contractors deal with local authorities, technical agencies and stakeholders,” he said.

Jafni said through the state government’s commitment, several sick projects had been revived.

This includes the Taman Setia Indah Project (involving 639 housing units) and the Kota Jaya Park Project (87 units).

“One more sick project, namely the Taman Residensi Kota Tinggi project (which is currently in the rehabilitation phase), is scheduled to be completed early next year,” he said.