The Housing and Development Board (HDB) can do more for families on the brink of losing their homes, say some social workers. In response, the board says it does show flexibility on a case-by-case basis. Tanjong Pagar Family Service Centre executive director Wong Kwong Sing, for example, hopes interim rental housing can be supplied by the authorities before families are forced onto the streets. "Most...
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It took nearly two years and cost $7.4 million but since March this year residents of three rental blocks in Merpati Road have been enjoying new amenities under the Rental Flat Upgrading Programme. Yesterday, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, who is also Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC, officiated at the completion ceremony. Residents in the 360 rental flats form about 5 per cent of the...
More than 1,800 people have taken advantage of the Housing and Development Board's (HDB) second concessionary loan to downgrade to a smaller flat since the rules were relaxed two months ago. The HDB has received more than 4,000 applications for second concessionary loan. So far, about 1,800 applicants were successful. About a quarter of applications were rejected, while the rest are still being...
Some 1,050 flats will be offered at Boon Lay Grove in Jurong West and at Floral Spring @ Yishun under the HDB's latest new Build-To-Order (BTO) projects. The majority of the flats are four and five-room units and 95 per cent of these two types of units will be set aside for first-time buyers, said the HDB. Four-room units at Boon Lay Grove are being sold at between $239,000 and $287,000 each....
HDB has launched two new Build-To-Order (BTO) projects. Some 1,050 units will be offered at Boon Lay Grove in Jurong West and Floral Spring @ Yishun. The majority of the flats are four and five-room units. HDB said 95 per cent of the four and five-room units will be set aside for first time buyers. Four-room units at Boon Lay Grove are being sold at between S$239,000 and S$287,000 each. Five-room units...
The Housing & Development Board (HDB) is launching two residential sites for sale by public tender. The sites in Punggol and Yishun will yield some 1,215 units. The Reserve List sites were successfully triggered for public tender two weeks ago. The Punggol site is designated for Executive Condominium housing development, while the site in Yishun is for condominium housing. These sites are just two...
There has been strong demand for the latest two Build-to-Order (BTO) projects in Punggol. Figures from the Housing and Development Board's website show there were six times more applicants than the number of units on offer at Punggol Waves and Punggol Emerald. And applicants are going for the bigger flats. Up to 5pm yesterday, there were 4,648 applicants for the 609 four-room flats. The five-room units...
Singapore's Housing Development Board (HDB) celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year. And to mark the occasion, the challenges facing Singapore's public housing are documented in a special two-part series. Eight in 10 Singaporeans live in HDB flats. And with changing needs and aspirations, the face of public housing has transformed in the last 50 years. New flats with more modern finishes are being...
The government is taking a "fundamental re-look" at the entire real estate industry. Speaking in Parliament, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said this includes strengthening measures to curb unscrupulous practices and abuses. Among the measures, the government plans to plug a loop hole on using public housing flats as collateral for loans. Public housing flats are not meant to be used as...
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) will make available a State land parcel in Pasir Ris under the Reserve List of the GLS Programme from today. The 99-year leasehold site is located at the junction of Pasir Ris Drive 3 and Pasir Ris Drive 4. HDB said some 380 residential units can be built on the site designated for condominium housing. Under the Reserve List System, developers who are interested in...