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HDB: Elderly under duress can now sell lease back to Govt earlier than 65 to get money

HDB Director of Branch Operations, Ms Lim Lea Lea, wrote to ST…

Citizens’ confusion caused by Lawrence Wong’s statement: ‘Claims that HDB flat buyers is not owners but renter is factually and legally wrong’

Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong said claims that HDB flat buyers…

Why is government stopping HDB “owners” from earning via their property through AirBnB if they are owners of their flat?

So, the government has told Singaporeans that they need to be responsible…
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  • 6 September 2018

Human Rights lawyer challenges MND Minister to debate on the exact nature of public housing

by M Ravi I noticed that the government is harping on the…

Assertion that HDB flat buyers are not owners but ‘tenants’ is “factually and legally wrong”: Minister for National Development

Minister for National Development Mr Lawrence Wong has rejected the widely circulated…

HDB introduces Town Design Guides to strengthen the distinctive identities of 24 HDB towns

Housing and Development Board (HDB) is introducing Town Design Guides for each…

With rapidly declining prices of older HDB flats (over 40 years), a HDB seller may end up with insufficient sales proceeds to return to CPF Board

A member of the public shared his story on social media in…

Prospective Punggol flat buyers should note HDB’s omission of petrochemical plant in Pasir Gudang

Prospective HDB flat buyers looking into the two upcoming BTO projects in…

Minister of Transport Khaw Boon Wan assures Singaporeans that 50-year-old HDB Flats will continue to appreciate

Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan assures the young people of Singapore…

HDB flat owners able to sell flats and keep profits, and are thus not “tenants”: Minister Indranee Rajah

Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office Ms Indranee Rajah has disputed the…