Housing Development

98 cases · May 2017 to July 2026

Overview

Housing Development appears in 98 reported Malaysia judgments (2017–2026).

In this practice area

Housing Development collects the disputes between house buyers and developers under the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 and its regulations. The judgments concern the statutory sale and purchase agreement, the recovery of liquidated damages for late delivery, and the jurisdiction of the Homebuyers Tribunal (Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah).

Liquidated damages for late delivery are the central subject. Judgments examine claims for liquidated ascertained damages for the late delivery of vacant possession under the statutory sale and purchase agreements in Schedule H, the cut-off dates for calculating such damages, and when vacant possession is treated as delivered. A significant line concerns the consequences of the decision holding regulation 11(3) of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989 ultra vires, including the doctrine of prospective overruling, the accrual of the cause of action, and whether a claim for repayment gives rise to unjust enrichment where damages were accepted as full and final settlement.

The jurisdiction of the Homebuyers Tribunal forms a second strand. The collection considers the tribunal's power in respect of split claims under sections 16M, 16N, 16Q and 16Y of the Act, the locus standi of claimants, and the scope of the developer's obligations as to good workmanship and quality of materials. The interaction of the housing legislation with the general law of contract and limitation also recurs.

The cases sit in the High Court and, on the ultra vires point, the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court, reflecting the wider significance of the regulation-11(3) litigation. As a whole the area shows how the Malaysian courts protect house buyers under a consumer-protection statute — enforcing the developer's obligations and the buyer's entitlement to damages — while working out the consequences of a landmark ruling on the validity of the extension-of-time regime. The volume of late-delivery claims reflects how many disputes in the corpus arise from the sale of residential property off the plan and the delays that follow.

Case Volume by Year

2017–2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Schedule H agreement — Statutory contract — Modification of delivery period — Extension from 36 months to 48 months — Pre-Ang Ming Lee approval — Contractual effect 2 Liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Recalculation of completion period — Effect of extensions and statutory exclusions — Failure to displace operative contractual period 2 Housing developer — Sale and Purchase Agreement (Schedule H) — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989 — Developer’s Instalment Plan — Alleged unlawful financing arrangement — Alleged unlicensed moneylending — Vacant possession — Strata parcel — Alternative claim for specific relief. 1 Sale and Purchase Agreement — Delivery of vacant possession — Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC) — Challenge to validity of CCC — Alleged non-compliance with Clause 23 and Clause 31(e) of statutory Sale and Purchase Agreement — Whether subsequent water reticulation, takeover documentation, regularisation process and dealings with water authorities rendered CCC invalid — Whether lawful vacant possession was delivered — Whether Plaintiffs entitled to Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD). 1 Schedule H agreement — Statutory contract — Modification of delivery period — Extension from 36 months to 48 months — Pre-Ang Ming Lee approval — Contractual effect. 1 Liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Recalculation of completion period — Effect of extensions and statutory exclusions — Failure to displace operative contractual period. 1 Strata title property — Consent to transfer — Bumiputera quota discount repayment — LPHS penalty — Whether developer under statutory obligation to procure consent to transfer and facilitate transfer process — Whether developer liable to settle LPHS penalty and Bumiputera quota discount repayment — Whether plaintiffs entitled to specific performance compelling execution of Form 14A — Whether injunction should issue restraining developer from demanding payment from plaintiffs — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966, s 7(j) — Specific Relief Act 1950, ss 44 & 52 Civil Procedure — Amendment of originating summons — Further amended originating summons — Whether amendment mala fide — Whether amendment introduced new cause of action — Whether amendment altered character of proceedings — Whether prejudice compensable by costs — Whether amendment arose from substantially same facts — Order 20 rr 5 & 7 Rules of Court 2012 Land Law — Transfer of strata title — Registered proprietor — Developer’s continuing obligations — Failure to execute Form 14A — Failure to obtain transfer approval — Consequences of non-completion of transfer — Role of LPHS in Bumiputera quota release and approval process Equity — Specific performance — Adequacy of damages — Property transaction involving third-party purchaser — Whether damages alone adequate remedy — Necessity for coercive relief to compel completion of transfer process 1 Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD) — Computation of LAD under statutory sale and purchase agreements — Whether time runs from date of booking fee or date of execution of SPA — Consumer protection under Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 — Application of PJD Regency Sdn Bhd v Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah [2021] 2 MLJ 60 — Distinction from Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd v Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd [2024] 5 MLJ 897. 1 Defects — Vacant Possession — Certificate of Completion and Compliance — Electrical Defects — Breach of Contract — Sale and Purchase Agreement — Clause 13 — Clause 23 — Clause 25 — Rectification — Reasonable Refusal — Duty to Mitigate — Liquidated Ascertained Damages — Repair Costs — Loss of Use — Distress and Inconvenience — Negligence — Concurrent Liability — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 1 Sale and Purchase Agreement — Booking fee — Illegality of collection — Commencement date for calculation of liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Whether booking fee date or SPA execution date applies — Protective nature of Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 and Regulations — Federal Court authority in PJD Regency Sdn Bhd v Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah applied — Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd v Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd distinguished. 1 Sinking Fund — Deed of Mutual Covenant (DMC) — whether funds to be paid to Residents’ Association or to individual purchasers — Trust obligation under DMC — Schedule H of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations and Strata Management Act 2013 — whether equitable set-off applicable for arrears of service charges 1

Schedule H agreement — Statutory contract — Modification of delivery period — Extension from 36 months to 48 months — Pre-Ang Ming Lee approval — Contractual effect 2 cases

ma-25-7-07-2024 1. ) CHEW YU XIANG 2. ) CHEW FUI KINN 3. ) CHEW MEOW CHEN 4. ) GOH HOCK THUAN 5. ) CHEW FUPENG 6. ) GOH WEI JIE 7. ) NUR ATIKAH BINTI ROSLI 8. ) JUSTIN ONG KHENG YANG 9. ) NG THENG EE 10. ) ROBENDRAN A/L PUCHANDRAN 11. ) ARIF QUSYAIRI BIN BUSTAMI 12. ) ALICIA TENG HUI CHING 13. ) AZLAN SHAH BIN MOHAMED AMALI 14. ) HARZIRA BINTI HARUN 15. ) LIM CHUIN RONG 16. ) SENG LOO CHIN 17. ) ONG KIEN GHEE 18. ) TAN GEOK YEONG 19. ) JUMARI BIN KASMIN 20. ) MOHAMAD FAIZAL BIN ABDULLAH 21. ) TEA WEE LONG 22...

27 April 2026

ma-25-9-08-2024 1. ) GAN MAY PING 2. ) MUHAMMAD SAFUAN BIN SETH 3. ) CHIA KOK HOONG 4. ) SOH ENG GEOK 5. ) KONG KAH SOON 6. ) LIAW LIN LEE 7. ) TEOH CHOON HEA 8. ) SIEW HUEY MING 9. ) CHAN WEY SHEN 10. ) NURJANNAH ZAIHA BINTI HAMZAH 11. ) GOH SEE JAU 12. ) WAHIDANOOR BT WAHID 13. ) TAY CHAU HWEE 14. ) ARNIE SHAZLEEN BINTI ABDUL RAHMAN 15. ) MARINA TAN BINTI MOHD ROSS TAN 16. ) LEE ENG KIAT 17. ) LEE KOK HENG 18. ) CHONG KAH WEI 19. ) LIM HON YOONG 20. ) TAN PING 21. ) LEE YOONG SING 22. ) LEE CHONG HWAI 23. ...

27 April 2026

Liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Recalculation of completion period — Effect of extensions and statutory exclusions — Failure to displace operative contractual period 2 cases

27 April 2026

Housing developer — Sale and Purchase Agreement (Schedule H) — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989 — Developer’s Instalment Plan — Alleged unlawful financing arrangement — Alleged unlicensed moneylending — Vacant possession — Strata parcel — Alternative claim for specific relief. 1 case

ma-22ncvc-9-04-2025 NORASHFAH HANIM BINTI YA'AKOP YAHAYA ALHAJ v MDSA VENTURES SDN. BHD.

5 July 2026

Sale and Purchase Agreement — Delivery of vacant possession — Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC) — Challenge to validity of CCC — Alleged non-compliance with Clause 23 and Clause 31(e) of statutory Sale and Purchase Agreement — Whether subsequent water reticulation, takeover documentation, regularisation process and dealings with water authorities rendered CCC invalid — Whether lawful vacant possession was delivered — Whether Plaintiffs entitled to Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD). 1 case

wa-22ncvc-305-04-2021 1. ) KIRUBAGHARAN A/L SIVANADHAM 2. ) FARAMALA DAWI A/P SAMY DURAI 3. ) Thamil Selvi A/p Letchumanan Pillai v 1. ) HARTAWAN PASIFIK SDN BHD 2. ) KHALID HAJI AHMAD (Berniaga dibawah nama dan gaya Khalid Ahmad Architects) 3. ) PERUNDING JPC SDN BHD

3 June 2026

Schedule H agreement — Statutory contract — Modification of delivery period — Extension from 36 months to 48 months — Pre-Ang Ming Lee approval — Contractual effect. 1 case

ma-25-19-11-2024 1. ) CHONG HOE CHIN 2. ) YEO MING SHEN 3. ) TAN HWA TENG 4. ) KHOO PEI SIME 5. ) HO HOO YEEN 6. ) MUHAMAD FITRI BIN MUHAMAD ZIN 7. ) HONG CHIA NEE 8. ) HONG CHEE WEI 9. ) SITI SUHANA BINTI MOHAMED ALI 10. ) YOONG SAI SIENG 11. ) MOK CHAN SING 12. ) LI LI YEN 13. ) KOH CHEE PENG 14. ) LOKE CHEE CHEONG 15. ) DANNY LOH BOON MING 16. ) LAI LEE FANG 17. ) NUR IZATY BINTI MOHD SUHAIMI 18. ) SYAHRUDDIN BIN KATDERI 19. ) SEE FANG YEE 20. ) NORMAH BINTI JANTAN 21. ) NORIFAH BINTI WAHAB 22. ) CHONG AH ...

27 April 2026

Liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Recalculation of completion period — Effect of extensions and statutory exclusions — Failure to displace operative contractual period. 1 case

27 April 2026

Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD) — Computation of LAD under statutory sale and purchase agreements — Whether time runs from date of booking fee or date of execution of SPA — Consumer protection under Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 — Application of PJD Regency Sdn Bhd v Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah [2021] 2 MLJ 60 — Distinction from Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd v Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd [2024] 5 MLJ 897. 1 case

wa-12ancvc-132-10-2025 LAKEFRONT RESIDENCE SDN BHD v 1. ) ANG SOK CHOO 2. ) LEE HAI PING 3. ) LEE THIN YOW 4. ) SAK YOKE MENG 5. ) TAM KWEE THAI 6. ) TEH HUI BOON 7. ) YAP HAN CHONG 8. ) SHIRLEY TEO

24 March 2026

Defects — Vacant Possession — Certificate of Completion and Compliance — Electrical Defects — Breach of Contract — Sale and Purchase Agreement — Clause 13 — Clause 23 — Clause 25 — Rectification — Reasonable Refusal — Duty to Mitigate — Liquidated Ascertained Damages — Repair Costs — Loss of Use — Distress and Inconvenience — Negligence — Concurrent Liability — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 1 case

ja-22c-4-06-2020 1. ) ANUAR BIN MAHMOOD 2. ) FARIDAH BINTE AHMAD v JOHOR LAND BERHAD

13 January 2026

Sale and Purchase Agreement — Booking fee — Illegality of collection — Commencement date for calculation of liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Whether booking fee date or SPA execution date applies — Protective nature of Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 and Regulations — Federal Court authority in PJD Regency Sdn Bhd v Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah applied — Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd v Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd distinguished. 1 case

wa-11bncvc-46-07-2024 WEALTH PLATEAU SDN BHD v WONG YIP CHEE

5 January 2026

Sinking Fund — Deed of Mutual Covenant (DMC) — whether funds to be paid to Residents’ Association or to individual purchasers — Trust obligation under DMC — Schedule H of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations and Strata Management Act 2013 — whether equitable set-off applicable for arrears of service charges 1 case

aa-24ncvc-377-08-2023 KINTA ECOCITY SDN BHD v PERSATUAN PENDUDUK KEDIAMAN GRAND RETREATS, BANDAR BARU SRI KLEBANG

23 February 2025

Key Statutes

Rules of Court 2012

cited in 22 cases

Contracts Act 1950

cited in 16 cases

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

cited in 11 cases

Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 (Cap 118)

cited in 11 cases

Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Cap 91)

cited in 9 cases

Indian Contract Act

cited in 6 cases

Subordinate Courts Act 1948 (Cap 92)

cited in 5 cases

Companies Act 2016

cited in 5 cases

National Land Code (Cap 828)

cited in 4 cases

Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)

cited in 4 cases

Industrial Relations Act 1967 (Cap 177)

cited in 3 cases

Limitation Act

cited in 2 cases

Companies Act

cited in 2 cases

Bankruptcy Act

cited in 2 cases

Rules of Court 1980

cited in 1 case

Court Distribution

MYHC 72 MYCOA 20 MYFC 6

Key People & Firms

How many Housing Development cases are reported in Malaysia courts?

98 reported Malaysia judgments (2017–2026) involve Housing Development.

What statute governs Housing Development disputes?

The Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 and its regulations govern the area, together with the statutory sale and purchase agreements in Schedule H. The judgments concern late-delivery damages and the jurisdiction of the Homebuyers Tribunal (Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah).

How are liquidated damages for late delivery treated?

The judgments examine claims for liquidated ascertained damages under the statutory sale and purchase agreements, the cut-off dates for calculating them, and when vacant possession is treated as delivered. Much of the recent case law flows from the ruling that regulation 11(3) of the 1989 Regulations was ultra vires.

What is the role of the Homebuyers Tribunal?

The collection considers the tribunal's jurisdiction under sections 16M, 16N, 16Q and 16Y of the Act, including its power over split claims and the locus standi of claimants, alongside the scope of the developer's obligations as to workmanship and quality.