ISKANDAR PUTERI, June 5 -- Low-income earners in Johor who are not listed under the federal e-Kasih database can now own their first home.

Johor Housing and Local Government chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor said the state government will expand its Projek Rumah Prihatin Johor (RPJ) to all 56 state constituencies in August.

"The move was taken following feedback and complaints that there are still many low-income earners who are not listed in the e-Kasih programme and have failed to be eligible for the state government's affordable housing schemes," he said.

He said the RPJ was developed to support those ineligible for existing federal and state housing programmes.

Mohd Jafni said the RPJ was first launched as a pilot in the Machap ...