Vacant Government Buildings

More options for ‘homeless’?

MPs suggest using Govt buildings as interim housing, more levels of rental subsidies IF WE can make space for foreign workers in disused schools, why can’t we do the same for Singaporeans in desperate need of housing, suggested a Member of Parliament yesterday. Why not use unoccupied Government buildings as interim housing for the “homeless”, asked MP for Sembawang GRC Lim Wee Kiak. He was...

‘Not in our backyard’

Residents are used to the food-lovers who invade the area’s eateries on weekends. But of late, there’s been a buzz of consternation, and a petition, going around Serangoon Gardens - following rumours of intrusion of another kind. The talk, which surfaced last week, is about how an empty school compound in the middle of the private estate could be turned into a temporary dormitory to house 1,500...

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