Malaysia has a robust rental market with an abundance of high-rise apartments, big house shares, quaint flats and elegant terraces. However, it is not always simple for certain individuals to locate their desired home. As one of the nation's minorities, Malaysian Indian tenants endure the most discrimination in the rental market due to landlords' racial screening procedures. With no law forbidding this discrimination and property websites' racial preference options enabling it, it seems that rental racism will persist.

 

In this video, we explore what it is like to rent a property in the city as a Malaysian Indian.

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