The HUDC estate at Hougang Avenue 7 has been privatised under the Land Titles (Strata) Act, after it obtained the required 75 per cent majority support, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) said on Friday (June 13). This means that the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council is no longer responsible for managing and maintaining the common properties of the estate, which comprises 286 units of...
Hougang HUDC
Seven blocks of HUDC flats in opposition-held Hougang will be privatised, after residents voted strongly for the move. They are blocks 344 to 350 in Hougang, Avenue 7. In the mandate exercise conducted in February, 81.5 per cent or 233 units voted for privatisation. The results were announced by the protem committee at Hougang Community Club on Saturday. The road to privatisation took two-and-a-half...
SOME 17 months after the idea was mooted, a proposal to privatise an HUDC estate in Hougang remains in limbo. This, despite the fact that to date, 282 resident owners have voted in favour of it, more than the 75 per cent required. The Housing and Development Board (HDB) says that it is still working out the conversion costs. However, some residents wish that the HDB could act faster to decide on the...