Satisfaction towards the quality of low cost housing among B40 group

Low cost housing is a government initiative to b40 group or low income household to afford a house for shelter and overcome housing issues. The aim of the Public Housing System (PPR) is to ensure and provide a house for squatter-specific occupants, such as fires and individuals or families. However, the quality of low cost housing is facing problem such as poor management, defect on building, maintenance and others. Apart from that, it is important for government or developers to overcome these problems to make sure it fulfils the residents need and satisfaction. This research attempts to examine the satisfaction towards the quality of low cost housing among b40 group. The first objective of this research is to identify the residents' level of satisfaction on low cost housing. The second objective is to identify factor influencing the dissatisfaction on quality of low cost housing. The third objective is to identify the effects of quality low cost housing towards residents' life. 50 questionnaires were collected on this survey from PPR Pangsapuri Simpang Perdana Taiping, Perak and PPR Rumah Pangsa Pasir Puteh, lpoh, Perak. The collected data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The research on objective 1 shows that Surau is the quality component that residents are most satisfied with, meanwhile garbage collection voted as the highest very dissatisfied among residents.