DBKL to go after rent and assessment defaulters after revealing RM525m in arrears – report

​PETALING JAYA (Oct 9): Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) will be taking action against assessment and rent defaulters after it revealed RM525 million in outstanding revenue as at August, reported The Star.

DBKL will confiscate the movable properties of those with assessment arrears from the premises and auction off the vacant premises, said its corporate planning department director Khairul Azmir Ahmad.

Meanwhile, DBKL will issue a notice of claim to rent defaulters, after which it will end their rental agreements, confiscate their units and evict them.

DBKL revealed that there was RM421 million due in assessments involving 240,000 accounts, while rent arrears for People's Housing Project (PPR) flats and public housing for government servants (PPA) totaled RM63 million involving 45,000 accounts, making up the biggest portion of the outstanding revenue.

The remaining arrears were from market stall rentals (RM22 million) involving 11,000 accounts and DBKL property rentals (RM19 million) involving 851 accounts.

According to Khairul, DBKL has had face-to-face negotiations with defaulters in May and June, issued notices and locked water supply from Sept 3 to Oct 31, and had the DBKL Market Stall Rental Arrears Payment campaign in August.

He urged defaulters to pay up quickly to avoid enforcement action and stressed that too much arrears can interrupt DBKL services as the revenue is used to pay for cleaning, rubbish collection, city beautification, road construction and maintenance, drainage and river system, building and management of public housing, providing and managing public facilities such as stadiums, sports complexes, markets, hawker centres and public toilets.