Rights to the City Initiatives

Rights to the City White Paper

Partner: Iman Research

December 2022
Uta Dietrich, Badrul Hisham Ismail
PDF

The white paper explores the state of Malaysia's public housing including its issues, challenges, gaps and lessons learnt. It also shares the recommendations that can be explored.

Better Public Housing Together: Rights to the City Public Housing Liveability Conference

Kuala Lumpur
Sponsor: Citi Foundation

16 June 2022
Ahila Ganesan, Uta Dietrich, Hana Zulkifli, Khairiah Mokhtaruddin, Tam Xueh Wei

To highlight key issues and delve into possible sustainable solutions for Program Perumahan Rakyat (PPR), Think City with the support of Citi Foundation presented Malaysia’s first ever Public Housing Liveability conference.

R2C Roundtable #5 – “Towards Public Housing Liveability: From Public Housing to Public Homes”

Online
Sponsor: Citi Foundation
Partner: IMAN Research

June 2022
Khairiah Mokhtaruddin

The session explored issues and challenges in Malaysian public housing and obtained feedback from the participants based on the recommendations outlined.

R2C Roundtable #4 – “When it Rains, it Pours – The Impact of Climate Change on PPR Communities”

Online
Sponsor: Citi Foundation-
Partners: UNICEF Malaysia, University Kebangsaan Malaysia

June 2022
Khairiah Mokhtaruddin

Discussion areas included the need for cross-sector partnerships for sustainable change, community-sensitive environmental monitoring and evaluation systems for PPRs, climate-smart education and community involvement in policymaking.

R2C Roundtable #3 – “Malaysia’s Malnourished Children: Exploring Place-Based Solutions in PPR Communities”

Online
Sponsor: Citi Foundation
Partner: RTI Malaysia

May 2022
Khairiah Mokhtaruddin

A roundtable discussion focused on the issue of malnutrition in public housing was conducted virtually. The session looked at the impact of malnutrition on children's quality of life and explored place-based approaches to mitigate the situation and prevent further decline.

R2C Roundtable #2 – “Education Interrupted – Supporting Mental Health for School Children at PPR”

Online
Sponsor: Citi Foundation
Partner: Teach For Malaysia

April 2022
Khairiah Mokhtaruddin

The Covid-19 pandemic has altered traditional chalk-and-board education. While this change has rightly led to concerns on how education is imparted to children with varying access and resources, a growing concern has been on how this pandemic has also impacted children’s mental health.

R2C Roundtable #1 - "Will the Projek Perumahan Awam (PPR) become an urban poverty trap?"

Online
Sponsor: Citi Foundation
Partner: World Bank

January 2022
Khairiah Mokhtaruddin

The Roundtable was anchored on a 20-minute presentation entitled, “Will the Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) become an urban poverty trap?”, which outlined the worsening situation at the PPR (People’s Housing Projects) and explored possible solutions to reverse their declining physical, social, and economic conditions.

Rights to the City Inaugural Symposium “Together We Can: Improving Liveability in Public Housing”

Partners: Liveable Malaysia, Citi Foundation

December 2021
Ahila Ganesan, Uta Dietrich, Hana Zulkifli, Khairiah Mokhtaruddin, Tam Xueh Wei
Video

The inaugural symposium was held to highlight liveability issues in Malaysia’s Public Housing. This included urban poverty potentially leading to vertical slums and inefficient and ineffective interventions, among others.

Rights to the City Ecosystem Dialogue

Partner: NGO Hub

August 2021
Ahila Ganesan, Uta Dietrich, Hana Zulkifli, Khairiah Mokhtaruddin, Tam Xueh Wei
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In August 2021, the first Rights to The City (R2C) Ecosystem Dialogue was organised to identify and solve issues that impact public housing communities using the systems practice methodology.