Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said social housing needs to be maintained for the sake of the B40 group as some of them could not even afford to purchase a low medium cost housing unit. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 6 — The Penang government today called on Putrajaya to reconsider its decision to replace the People’s Housing Project (PPR) with a new programme where each home unit can be bought for between RM90,000 and RM300,000.