Abstract
Urbanization in Third World countries today invariably involves the expansion of informal sector housing,i.e. houses which are built extraneous to urban housing standards and regulations. Malaysia is no exception in this respect. In all its urban growth centres Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Baharu, Ipoh, Kuantan, Kuching, and Kota Kinabalu informal sector housing abounds, but it is in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, that its presencc^is most conspicuous. In the city, such housing is found mainly in two areas i.e. in the squatter settlement and in Malay Reservation areas.2 This paper confines itself to informal sector housing in the squatter areas. Here, the writer examines the extent of squatter housing in Kuala Lumpur, the goverment's attitude and policy towards it, and the future of such housing in the process of urban physical development.
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