Poverty Alleviation: The Role Of Commercial Housing Waqf (Chw) In Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs) In Malaysia
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https://doi.org/10.64757/alqanatir.2025.3404/1222Keywords:
Commercial Housing Waqf, Malaysia, No Poverty, SDGs, Waqf DevelopmentAbstract
Waqf is a property system reform that allows Muslims to continue contributing to the community's development, empowerment, and economic stability. When the distribution of waqf assets occurs because of the investment, would encompass many social and community development projects, such as education, health, economic empowerment, and the environment; waqf plays an important role. The growth of Commercial Housing Waqf (CHW) is the solution to the country's instability, particularly growing house prices year after year, homelessness, and houses that are unsuitable for families. Seetee Aisah Housing Park Project in Penang was one of the housing projects built on waqf land in Malaysia. These initiatives are in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the advancement and well-being of people and also the environment. There are 17 goals, including different aspects of sustainable development such as eradicating poverty, improving health, and addressing climate change. But this article is only focusing on first goals of SGDs which is poverty alleviation. As a result, the purpose of this research is to examine how Commercial Housing Waqf (CHW) development might be used to achieve the first goal of sustainable development which is no poverty. This qualitative study uses semi-structured interviews to obtain primary data and secondary data from books, journal articles, papers, and other sources. The data was then subjected to inductive and deductive content analysis. As a result, it can be proven that Commercial Housing Waqf was one of the contributions in achieving the top one goals of the 17 designated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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