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Home ownership is one key factor of the principles of livability towards achieving liveable city. In addition, there are also many factors affecting home ownership which includes income, location and accessibility factor. Various issues have been discussed by the Government of Malaysia in addressing the concern of home ownership, especially for the middle- and low-income groups in many cities in Malaysia. Using the case of Kajang city, this article aims to achieve the objective of identifying the major factors affecting home ownership for liveable city focusing the middle-income earners. Purposive sampling was used and in-depth interviews method were conducted with 41 potential homebuyer, 60 homeowners and 20 housing experts representing the Federal Government agencies, State Government agencies, Municipal Government, Developers, Banks and Real Estate-Related Consultant. The result of the study shows that the main factors affecting home ownership are income, housing loan scheme, location, government role, developer role, PR1MA affordable housing scheme, construction cost, Bumiputera quotas, lifestyle, quality of life, real estate investment and transfer, assessment/property tax, land ownership by foreigners and ownership title. The findings show that the Kajang City is an example of a city that can contribute to the affordable housing strategy requirements towards achieving liveable city. The findings also will help key stakeholder in addressing the main issues of housing affordability in the State of Selangor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dengue outbreak has proliferated around the developing countries, including Malaysia. Thus, understanding the distribution pattern is essential for urbanization livelihood. The objective of this study is to determine the trend of dengue cases reported from the year 2014 to 2018 and the spatial pattern for dengue spread concerning weather elements in Bangi town. Pearson's correlation analysis found that temperature element (r = -0.269) was negatively correlated with dengue cases for the year 2014 and 2018; however, rainfall amount (r = 0.286) and rain days (r = 0.250) were positively correlated with dengue cases in the year 2018. The rainfall element found to be a significant decisive factor-related for most study years compared to the temperature element. Therefore, climate change is the issue to the increase of dengue fever. Most tropical countries where dengue is more likely to spread have underdeveloped health care systems, meanwhile the primary disease prevention and control problems are growing. New efforts to prevent and monitor climate change and the occurrence of dengue, including new methods of vector control and dengue vaccine, are essential to address possible effects of climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]