Public Housing Living In Singapore Case Study

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-How is public housing system sustaining in Singapore? -To what extent has the public housing in Singapore changed over time and how it has sustained over time? Introduction This thesis is to understand and study the public housing system that has been sustaining in Singapore. Singapore is one of the country that has suffered from Housing crisis in the past, however, now they have 90% home ownership. “In 1960, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) was set up to solving the nation’s housing crisis, and important goal of the HDB was also to push home ownership in order to foster a stronger sense of Singapore as the home country.” (HDB, s.d.). Within this thesis the argument about how the public housing in Singapore differs from other …show more content…

How does it work? How does it help public with buying their house? Government Is it because of law they are able to follow this system? Housing policy? How is government persuading the people to buy a house? Case study (London and Singapore) (Fig. 0. Life Singapore’s Oldest HDB block Stirling Roa, Housing News & Top Stories – The Straits Times 2016) (Fig. 0. Butterfly block at mei ling road 2012) Block 168A Queensway was made in 18 October 1973 with first curved shaped aesthetic façade rather than normal HDB Flats which were uniformed block design like 1960. However, it was the first curved block to HDB which focused on public housing aesthetic to not make public housing look same so that they can deliver the wants of buyer’s preferences. (Yong, 2014) (fig. 0. Block 535 HDB Bukit Batok s.d.) (Fig. 0. SkyVille @ Dawson 2009) In comparison to Singapore, London has a completely different public housing system in place. Although, both countries started making public housing to provide houses to clear slum areas and also for people who are in need of shelter. London rules and laws for public housing are constantly changing over the time and the authorities responsible for them vary from main government to local councils- there are many within London borough like 32 councils. However, in Singapore housing authority is solely governed by …show more content…

Singapore’s public housing system model can be applied to elsewhere where housing problem can be an issue with current situation. Content Law Are the people happy with it? Is it working out the issue of housing problem? Culture Before 1960, certain ethnic groups were concentrated in certain areas of Singapore, forming enclaves. This meant that the different immigrant ethnic groups were segregated in different part of islands. From 1960 However, since 1960s, the Singapore government has used the public housing as an instrument to integrate the spatial population. Flat changed over the time For example: Garden between the flats, carparks, shopping place, school Are they happy with diverse culture? Are they happy with housing policy? Interior design Are they happy with the system of buying

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