No proper home: 3 families living inside 5m-wide containers wait on PPR promise
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Three families in Kuala Lumpur are living in cramped metal containers after being displaced from their homes by a private land sale. They are currently waiting for promised public housing while facing substandard living conditions.
Why it matters
It highlights the ongoing struggle for affordable housing and the displacement of vulnerable communities due to urban development.
News ✕ No proper home: 3 families living inside 5m-wide containers wait on PPR promise B Nantha Kumar Published: Oct 9, 2026 8:00 AM For R Saraswathi Devi, daily life now takes place inside a cramped, 5.5m-wide metal container in Segambut, Kuala Lumpur. When she needs to prepare meals for her husband and two young daughters, aged 12 and 14, she steps outside to a makeshift open kitchen.
When nature calls, all four of them must share a single outdoor toilet and bathroom with two other households.
Though basic electricity is wired into the containers, conditions remain far from the comforts of the real homes they once knew.
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