PUTRAJAYA, June 1 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he has directed the Local Government Development Ministry to review policies on housing development to address the chronic shortage of affordable homes.

He said the current policy requiring developers to build a proportion of affordable homes along with other developments, was not addressing the issue effectively.

"It is a current policy but it's not working at the speed and scale required. That's why (Local Government Development Minister Nga) Kor Ming is being tasked to relook at the policies and impose new conditions.

"Why must only the government prepare (houses) when we have developers building huge condominiums when partly it's their responsibility (to provide affo...