Since its founding in 1960, HDB built 1,200,402 dwelling units and commercial properties by end-2018. Beside HDB, SIT built about 23,000 units between 1927 and 1959, HUDC built about 9,600 units in 1970s and 1980s, and JTC built somewhere around 10,000 – 20,000 units in 1960s and 1970. This makes around 1.25 million public housing units built.
Of them, 1,063,250 dwelling units are in use at 31 March 2019 according HDB Annual Report, about 130,000 dwelling units being demolished (clearance …
Ministry of National Development, Khaw Boon Wan, said in 2012 that HDB flats have been the same size for last 15 years and are not shrinking. This article has been copied on numerous blogs.
As you can see in the following chat, the 4-room flats leased in 2000 were 90 sqm and 4-room flats launched in 2012 (TOP 2016) are the same 90 sqm, so he is not lying, instead he is masking the shrinking that …
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Design, Build and Sell Scheme was introduced in 2005, giving private developers freedom to build and sell public housing in the way they sell condos. Since private developers are hungry for profit, DBSS flats have smaller rooms and abnormal high prices compared with BTO flats despite of same income ceiling ($8.000 per month, $10.000 per month after 2011).
Do not confuse DBSS with Design & Build scheme introduced 1991 which involve private …
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Housing and Urban Development Company built 22 estates for middle-income people, of which 3 are not managed as public housing and one (Anthony Garden) was demolished in 1990s, leaving 18 HUDC estates that appear on official lists.
HDB took over JTC and HUDC in 1982. Phase III and IV are HUDC flats built by HDB, …
Did you know? HDB blocks vary in size from 4 to 570 flats (block 308 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 vs block 37 Circuit Road)
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Biggest HDB town (by number of units)
Current town boundaries were introduced in Annual Report 1990. Bedok was the biggest town, overtaken by Tampines …
Properties in Singapore are by two types: freehold and leasehold. Leasehold in case of private residential buildings is 999 years, 99 years (or 103 years with 4 years construction time), or in rare cases, 60 years. Other types of buildings can have shorter leases. All HDB flats except Studio Apartments are leased on 99 years.
There is also Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) or a Certificate of Statutory Completion (CSC), Private properties lease commence date is when land was sold, while …
