Perspective of construction team towards defects in public housing projects in Klang Valley

Several public housing that had been introduced by the government is Perumahan Rakyat 1 Malaysia (PR1MA), Program Perumahan Rakyat (PPR), Perumahan Penjawat Awam Malaysia (PPAM) and Projek Perumahan Awam Kos Rendah (PAKR). Referring to the needs of the community and since the government had launched a public housing program, public housing has become the main focus in the housing market for the society of this country because home is an asset that everyone needs. Almost all occupants of public housing reported the homes they occupied had defects even though they had only stayed in for several months. Occupants are particularly impressed when occupying a home with defects. They are affected not only financially for repair expenses but from the psychological and daily life aspects of having to think about imperfect housing. The housing defects problem is the biggest problem that occurs in public housing but efforts to reduce defects in public housing are still idle and not addressed due to lack of acknowledgement towards defects problem in public housing. The Relative Index method being used to analyse the data obtained. All the data obtained is analysed to identify the most answered by the respondent.