KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 -- The government plans to use local income and housing demand data to set affordable home prices under the National Housing Policy 2026-2035.

Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Aiman Athirah Sabu said the ministry was finalising the policy as part of efforts to address rising prices and mismatches between housing supply and demand.

"However, the determination of affordable housing prices cannot be based solely on construction costs. Instead, it must consider the balance between the people's ability to own homes and developers' capacity to carry out housing developments," she told the Dewan Rakyat today.

She was responding to Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who asked about measures to curb r...