KUCHING: The Public Sector Home Financing Board (LPPSA) has been urged to immediately stop housing loan repayment deduction for civil servants who bought Sentoria Borneo Samariang Garden houses.
ongress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) Sarawak chairman Omar Bahrein Unin said LPPSA should also reimburse all salary deductions for the payments as they (buyers) had been unable to move into the unfinished houses.
“Hopefully, LPPSA and the relevant parties will look into this matter seriously as the issue has dragged on for more than two years, causing untold distress to the civil servants who bought the houses.”
He added that it was unfair for LPPSA to continue deducting the salaries of the civil servants concerned.
“There are still many construction processes that are not fully completed or do not comply with the certificate of occupancy (occupation permit). As such, we would like to appeal to the federal Ministry of Housing (and Local Government) as well as the state Ministry of (Public Health,) Housing and (Local Government) and the federal Ministry of (Domestic Trade and) Consumer Affairs to help the affected civil servants.
“Cuepacs is very concerned about, and sympathetic towards, the plight of the affected civil servants as they are not only paying the housing loans for unfinished houses but also rental for their current accommodation,” said Omar.
“Some civil servants had already applied to LPPSA to review their salary deductions but thus far there has been no response.
“The developers involved in the project should therefore take full responsibility and complete the project soonest. Do not let most of the buyers, who are from the B40 and M40 group, suffer due to this problematic project,” he stressed.
