Legal issues in the alienation of lands for housing development projects in Malaysia by Md Dahlan, Nuarrual Hilal

“…A housing developer requires land for housing development projects.In Malaysia, the land which is to be developed into a housing development project may be originally owned by the housing developer; the developer may obtain it through purchase from an interested seller, through a joint venture agreement with the land proprietor, or through alienation of land granted by the state authority.The alienation of land is made based on the approval of the state authority during the application to alienate the land to the applicant housing developers.There have been cases whereby the state authority ha approved the aplications to alienate the land to the applicant housing developers (see my reason above) without duly taking into consideration the capability and suitability of the applicant housing developers.concerned in carrying out the intended housing development project.The incapability includes lack of experience of the applicant housing developers (in housing development projects or lack of funds to run housing development projects.These shortcomings, in the extreme case, may result in the abandonment of housing development projects.The questions that arise include: why had the state authority approved the applications to alienate land to incapable housing developers? …”
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Legal issues in the alienation of lands for housing development projects in Peninsular Malaysia: A case study of Kedah Darul Aman by Md Dahlan, Nuarrual Hilal

“…A housing developer requires land for housing development projects.In Malaysia, the land which is to be developed into a housing development project may be originally owned by the housing developer, the developer may obtain it through purchase from an interested seller, through a joint venture agreement with the land proprietor, or through alienation of land granted by the State Authority.The alienation of land is made based on the approval of the State Authority during the application to alienate the land to the applicant housing developers.There have been cases whereby the State Authority has approved the applications to alienate the land to the housing developers without duly taking into consideration the capability and suitability of the applicant housing developers concerned in carrying out the intended housing development project and the suitability of the land.The incapability of the developers includes lack of experience of the applicant housing developers in housing development projects or lack of funds to run housing development projects.These shortcomings, in the extreme case, may result in the problematic housing development projects.The questions that arise include: Why had the State Authority approved the applications to alienate lands to incapable housing developers and/or alienated unsuitable lands? …”
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