Evaluation of the Factors Affecting Residential Building Maintenance for Project Perumahan Rakyat (PPR): User’s Perspective

Abstract

Program Perumahan Rakyat (PPR), also known as People Housing Program, is an affordable housing programmes in Malaysia for the government to address the issue of squatters living illegally in urban areas. However, the building of PPR have degraded and grown increasingly vandalized, the issue of building maintenance is a major concern and still on the rise. The residents of PPR have been negatively impacted by this persistent and poorly handled maintenance issue. Hence, the purpose of this study is to enhance the building maintenance of PPR, ultimately fostering a harmonious living environment for its occupants. The objectives of this research are to identify the factors that affect building maintenance, to evaluate factors affect building maintenance by using Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE), and to determine the strategies in improving building maintenance. This research is intended to be valuable to the Malaysian construction stakeholders in delivering the factors affecting residential building maintenance, POE from the perspectives of the users, and the strategies in improving the building maintenance.