Buyers will not become victims

30/06/2006 NST

THE sell-then-build housing concept, which has been practised for decades and still continues, has benefited housing developers and victimised many innocent and ignorant house buyers.

Hence, I fully support the build-then-sell (BTS) housing concept that has been adopted in principle by the Government ("Nod for build-then-sell housing concept" — NST, June 23).

I have strong faith that the BTS concept will bring the victimisation of house buyers to an end.

Though we do have sympathy for small-scale housing developers, saving innocent house buyers from becoming the victims of problematic developers still deserves greater priority.

It is much easier for the Government to prevent such victimisation from happening than to cure the problems that crop up later.

The abandoned housing estates scattered around us are glaring manifestations of our failure to cure the problem of unscrupulous housing developers.


A.J.A.R
Kuala Krai, Kelantan