The B40 community that are renting public housing for the urban poor, the
Citizen Housing Project (PPR) will be exempted from rent for six months.
The sum of these forgone payments is RM3 million (US$0.75 million). The
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will be making the same exemption for
public housing in its jurisdiction, benefiting 40,000 renters. The Government
will also provide a rent exemption to premises owned by the Federal
Government such as school canteens, kindergartens, cafeterias, and others.