Can Madani deliver one million affordable homes?
Can this be achieved? It's a recycling of the promise by former housing and local government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin (then from PKR) to build one million cheaper homes in 10 years (2019-2028).
That pledge was interrupted by the Sheraton Move.
What about Anwar's promise? I sincerely hope that it comes true this time. But right off the bat, there are conflicting statistics.
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