A focus group meeting will be held on Monday (Nov 25) between the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) and industry stakeholders including the Malaysian Institute of Property & Facility Managers (MIPFM), the National House Buyers Association (HBA) and representatives from management bodies of strata property to come up with an equitable solution to the issue pertaining to flat rate maintenance charges in mixed developments, said Malaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers (MIPFM) president Adzman Shah Mohd Ariffin.

 
“There are already a few proposals being put forward and all these are towards having an equitable solution. There may be a few rounds of meetings but we hope that the solution will come very fast because it actually concerns a lot of people.

“Perhaps in a week’s time (from the focus group meeting to be held on Monday), there could be a press conference by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and hopefully we will have some good news by then,” he told reporters after the launch of the MIPFM Conference 2019 today.
 
He added that the landmark court decision by the Court of Appeal recently, to require Joint Management Bodies of mixed developments to fix one uniform rate of maintenance charge for different components of the developments has caused some owners to delay their payments, according to the MIPFM.
 
“We have had some parties who have asked to delay payment until they know exactly how much they should pay under the uniform rate.