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Racism against renters
Free Malaysia Today
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8/25/2023
Discrimination by landlords makes it difficult for some Malaysians to rent a room or property.
Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/08/26/for-many-race-remains-a-hurdle-to-renting-a-home/
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The internet may have simplified a tenant's task
00:03
of identifying houses or rooms to rent.
00:06
But for some Malaysians, that is not the end of their worries.
00:09
The racial discrimination they are liable to face from landlords
00:13
can sometimes be insurmountable.
00:15
Take married couple, Anton Tanabalasingam and Sherlene Yap,
00:19
who are both working professionals with steady incomes.
00:22
They are more than capable of meeting their monthly rental commitments.
00:26
However, for some landlords, their ethnicity matters more
00:29
than their ability to pay rent.
00:32
I guess the problems were
00:36
because quite a number of people didn't want to rent out to Indians for some reason.
00:40
Anton says there is an unfair stereotype about Indians being bad paymasters.
00:46
Activist Ryan Chua says existing legislation in Malaysia
00:49
is of no help to renters facing discrimination.
00:53
But he hopes that the proposed Residential Tenancy Act,
00:55
expected to be tabled in Parliament next year,
00:58
will help resolve the problem.
01:00
So when you have the Residential Tenancy Act,
01:03
elements of non-discrimination are also in there.
01:06
And it allows people to also have conversations
01:12
or to resolve such issues.
01:15
Chua says the law would prohibit the practice of racial discrimination
01:19
by landlords and give prospective tenants an equal shot
01:23
at securing a place to stay.
01:25
His NGO, Komas, is also pushing for a National Harmony Reconciliation Commission
01:30
to be set up to provide an avenue for mediation of issues
01:33
which relate to race and religion.
01:35
For Anton and Yap, however,
01:37
the court letter of the law alone will not resolve the problem.
01:41
I think if people just had a little bit more of humanity
01:45
in terms of interacting and dealing with others,
01:47
it would immediately solve the problem.
01:49
Samuel Chua, FMT News.
01:52
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