The Finance Act 2023 has introduced a 3.0 percent housing levy on the civil servants’ gross monthly income to fund the government's affordable housing programme.
But the implementation of the programme is likely to raise sustainability concerns. According to United Nations Environmental Programme(Unep), it is estimated that buildings contribute as much as one-third of total global greenhouse gas emissions accounting for approximately 39 percent of carbon emissions and 33 percent of waste during their operational phase.
