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Here’s the Truth About Discrimination in Malaysia’s Rental Market
49 mins·15:00, 9 Apr 2026
Here’s the Truth About Discrimination in Malaysia’s Rental Market
49 mins
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15:00, 9 Apr 2026
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1 hr 7 mins
46 mins
Guest: Jason Wee, Co-Founder, Architects of Diversity
If you’re someone who lives in the Klang Valley or in other major cities in the country, chances are you’re at least somewhat aware that there is racial discrimination in the rental market. You may have your own lived experience, heard a story from a friend, or perhaps seen a sign online or walked past one in real life that reads “NO x race or y race” or maybe… “Chinese only.”
But just how serious is the issue of discrimination in Malaysia’s rental market? And what can we do about it?
Architects of Diversity is a non-profit that has been conducting extensive research in this field for a few years. Their latest paper is titled Room Rental Discrimination and highlights in detail patterns of racial exclusion in listings on the platform, iBilik.
We unpack this with Jason Wee, who’s the co-founder of Architects of Diversity.
Image Credit: Shutterstock
Presenter: Dashran Yohan
Producer: Dashran Yohan
malaysia rental discriminationhousing inequalitymalaysia rental marketlisting platformsthe bigger picturebeyond the ballot boxracial discriminationracismsocial inequalitydiversity
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