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The HDB Hub at Toa Payoh, headquarters of the Housing and Development Board of Singapore.

A typical HDB Estate

Large scale new towns are characteristic of HDB projects.

The Housing and Development Board (Abbreviation: HDB; Chinese: 建屋发展局; Malay: Lembaga Pembangunan dan Perumahan) is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development and is responsible for Singapore's public housing programme. It is generally credited with clearing up the squatters and slums of the 1960s and resettling residents into low-cost government-built housing. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Housing and Development Board. ... This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 756 KB) HDB Hub. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 756 KB) HDB Hub. ... Toa Payoh is a regional unit in Singapore. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x503, 160 KB) Summary Woodlands Avenue 7, WOODLANDS, Singapore. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x503, 160 KB) Summary Woodlands Avenue 7, WOODLANDS, Singapore. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2216 KB) Summary Top view of Bukit Batok, Singapore. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2216 KB) Summary Top view of Bukit Batok, Singapore. ... Abbreviation (from Latin brevis short) is strictly a shorter form of a word, but more particularly, an abbreviation is a letter or group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the sake of brevity. ... The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who are native to the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Singapore and parts of Sumatra. ... The statutory boards of the Singapore Government are organisations that have been given autonomy to perform an operational function. ... A local authority tower block in Cwmbrân, South Wales Public housing or project homes is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ... This article is about occupying land without permission. ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

History

Shortly after independence, Singapore faced a serious problem of housing shortages. In response, the government passed the Housing and Development Act of 1960 which replaced the existing Singapore Improvement Trust with the Housing and Development Board. The Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) was a government organisation set up in 1927 by the British colonial government in Singapore in response to the housing needs of the population of Singapore. ...

Led by Lim Kim San, its first priority during formation was to build as many low-cost housing units as possible, and the Five-Year Plan was introduced. The housing that was initially built was mostly meant for rental by the low income group. The Home Ownership Scheme was also introduced to help this group of people to buy instead of rent their flats. Later, the people were allowed to use their Central Provident Fund money for downpayment. These efforts were however not successful enough then in convincing the people living in the squatter settlements to move into these flats. It was only later, after the Bukit Ho Swee Fire, that HDB's efficiency and earnestness won the people over. Lim Kim San (born November 30, 1916) Lim Kim San was credited for leading the successful public housing program in Singapore in early 1960s and easing the acute housing shortage problem at that time. ... Home Ownership Scheme (居者有其屋計劃), is a housing programme in Hong Kong, selling of apartment flats at a price lower than the market, with subsidies on the land value by the government. ... The Central Provident Fund (CPF) (Chinese: 公积金) is a comprehensive social security savings plan which aims to provide working Singaporeans with a sense of security and confidence in their old age. ... The Bukit Ho Swee Fire is a fire that broke out in the squatter settlement of Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore on May 25, 1961. ...

54,430 housing units were built between 1960 and 1965 by the HDB. Due to land constraints, high-rise and high-density flats were chosen. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... An apartment estate in Singapore; such blocks make up the majority of public housing in Singapore. ...

The policies of the HDB were largely in line of the manifesto set out by the Singapore government; the government was promoting social cohesion and patriotism within the country. In 1968, citizens were allowed to use their pension fund (Central Provident Fund) to purchase and own the homes they were renting to give them a stake of the country and as an incentive to work hard. In 1980, a quota was introduced to ensure that no particular racial group concentrated together to prevent sectarianism. To prevent social stratification that may lead to social conflict, the housing of different income groups are mixed together in estates and new towns. A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. ... Social Cohesion is a state in society where the vast majority of citizens respect the law and one anothers human rights. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... The Central Provident Fund (CPF) (Chinese: 公积金) is a comprehensive social security savings plan which aims to provide working Singaporeans with a sense of security and confidence in their old age. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... A quota is a prescribed number or share of something. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sectarian violence. ... Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. ... An Estate (or housing estate) (mostly UK) refers to a defined area of housing, usually in a common style or built during the same period. ... A New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ...

In the 1990s, the HDB concentrated on the upgrading of existing older flats, installing new facilities such as lifts that stop on every floor. Studio apartments were built specially to suit the needs of senior citizens in Singapore's aging society. However, some of these flats were quickly bought up by young working singles. See also 1990s, the band Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... A set of elevators or lifts, in the lower level of a London Underground station. ... Studio apartments are small, single-level living quarters intended for use by an individual. ...

Eligibility and price

A block of HDB flats along Bukit Batok West Avenue 5

About 80-90% of Singapore's population are currently living in HDB flats, with high-density housing being a solution to the problem of overcrowding. There are a number of eligibility conditions in order for a flat to be purchased. A buyer must be a Singaporean citizen, and be 21 years of age and have a "proper family nucleus". Other requirements concern household status, time requirements, income and other special requirements (see here for details). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1166x1555, 535 KB) Description: A block of HDB flats along Bukit Batok West Avenue 5. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1166x1555, 535 KB) Description: A block of HDB flats along Bukit Batok West Avenue 5. ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a country) and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... The term nuclear family was developed in the western world to distinguish the family group consisting of parents and their children, usually a father, mother, and children, from what is known as an extended family. ... Income, generally defined, is the money that is received as a result of the normal business activities of an individual or a business. ...

Ownership in public housing is limited to a 99-year lease. There are several types of public and semi-public housing available, classified on the basis of the number of rooms and size of the flat. Semi-public housing is governed under HUDC instead of HDB and have a much larger floor area. Size is usually denoted by the terms such as four-room, five-room or similar, and is based on the number of rooms in addition to the living room but newer five-room apartments come with only 3-rooms & dinner room. Some newer HDB developed flats in new towns include some condominium facilities. I HAVE ONE!!!! A living room (or sitting room, especially in commonwealth English, also called lounge room in Australia) is a room for entertaining guests, reading, watching TV, or other activities. ...

Most of the residential housing developments in Singapore are publicly built. Thus, public housing in Singapore is not considered a sign of poverty or a lower standard of living; as compared to public housing in other developed countries where land constraint is a non-issue and property pricing is significantly cheaper. Very few people in Singapore live below the poverty line. Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

For example, a HDB 4-room flat depending on age, environment and surrounding amenities can have a sale value of between S$200,000 to above S$300,000 and a HUDC Executive maisonette above S$500,000. However, in contrast a privately developed condominium type housing can cost as much as S$1,000,000 and above. The largest HDB flats (in terms of floor area) ever built are two-storey Executive Masionettes built in the 1990s which can have floor area ranging from 160 - 190 m². ISO 4217 Code SGD User(s) Singapore, Brunei Inflation 0. ...

Candidacy

Neighbours in an HDB block usually share a common corridor.

Singapore maintains a quota system of ethnicities within the HDB program. There are strict requirements as to who can move into an HDB flat, based on whether they are Chinese, Indian, Malay, or another race. Singapore maintains that there must be a certain ratio of ethnicities within the complex, and any move-in or move-out must adhere to this policy. The HDB declares that this is to promote homogeny amongst Singapore's diverse population, in order to prevent racialism and racial segregation and preventing heterogeneous racial blocks from forming. This system arose after Singapore's 1965 split from Malaysia, due, in part, to their dissatisfaction with Ketuanan Melayu a Malaysian system of racialist beliefs. However, the quota system has been criticised for being racist in itself: some minority residents have complained that because they were required to sell only to people of their same race to preserve the quota, this ironically discriminated against the minorities, since they had fewer people to sell to. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 518 KB) Apartment corridor at Bedok North. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 518 KB) Apartment corridor at Bedok North. ... The term Malay Singaporeans refers to Singaporeans of Malay descent. ... Racialism is an emphasis on race or racial considerations[1]. Sometimes racialism refers merely to the somewhat less controversial belief in the existence and significance of racial categories. ... The Rex Theatre for Colored People, Leland, Mississippi, June 1937 Racial segregation is characterized by separation of people of different races in daily life when both are doing equal tasks, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the... United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Youth Chief Hishammuddin Hussein brandishing the kris (dagger) in defence of ketuanan Melayu. ...

Other considerations include the priority given to buyers, as well as citizenship and residency requirements, based on the existence of children and the number of them.

New flats and upgrading programmes

Buying a new flat through HDB can be done by three different modes, Build To Order, Walk In Selection and Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme. Sengkang Rivervale HDB Apartment Build To Order (abbrev: BTO; Chinese: 预购组屋制度) is a Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat allocation system that offers flexibility in timing and location for owners buying a New HDB flats in Singapore. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme, or SERS for short, is an urban redevelopment strategy employed by the Housing and Development Board in Singapore in maintaining and upgrading public housing flats in older estates in the city. ...

• Main Upgrading Programme (MUP), launched in March 1992
• Interim Upgrading Programme (IUP), launched in August 1993
• Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS), launched in August 1995
• Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP), launched 2001
• Interim Upgrading Programme Plus (IUP Plus, a combination of IUP and LUP), launched on 20 May, 2002)

Apartment block in Yishun New Town undergoing IUP Plus

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Headquarters

HDB's headquarters were previously located at Bukit Merah. They were moved to its new premises at the HDB Hub at 480 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh on 10 June 2002 [1]. Headquarters (HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ... Bukit Merah (Chinese: ç´…å±±, Mandarin Pronunciation: Hongshan) is a hill in Singapore. ... Toa Payoh is a regional unit in Singapore. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

HDB towns

A block of HDB flats in Queenstown

Multi-storey carparks can be found at newer HDB estates in Singapore.

Main article: Public housing new towns in Singapore

• Ang Mo Kio New Town
• Bedok New Town
• Bishan New Town
• Bukit Batok New Town
• Bukit Merah
• Bukit Panjang New Town
• Choa Chu Kang New Town
• Clementi New Town
• Geylang
• Hougang New Town
• Jurong East New Town
• Jurong West New Town
• Kallang/Whampoa
• Pasir Ris New Town
• Punggol New Town
• Queenstown
• Sembawang New Town
• Serangoon New Town
• Sengkang New Town
• Simei New Town
• Tampines New Town
• Toa Payoh New Town
• Woodlands New Town
• Yishun New Town

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HDB estates

Main article: Public housing estates in Singapore

• Ayer Rajah Estate
• Braddell Heights Estate
• Brickworks Estate
• Bukit Ho Swee Estate
• Bukit Timah Estate
• Changi Village
• Marine Parade Estate
• Telok Blangah Estate
• Tiong Bahru Estate

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HDB precincts

Main article: Public housing precincts in Singapore

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See also

• Public housing in Singapore
• Design, Build and Sell Scheme
• HLM (France)

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External links

• HDB Website
• HDB InfoWEB - Buying A New HDB Flat (eServices)
• Guide to Housing & Accommodation in Singapore
• What a typical Singapore an HDB new town looks like
• RenoTalk.com Forum discussion on renovation for Singapore residents and homeowners community