Browsing Tag

public housing

15 posts

“Asset enhancement” of public housing is a sick joke on the people

by Foong Swee Fong To keep Build-To-Order (BTO) flats offered by the…

Sim Ann says BTO flats affordable but they are “seriously unaffordable” by international standard

SINGAPORE — Senior Minister of State for National Development Sim Ann posted…

Market price for land to build public housing but is it fair for citizens?

by Foong Swee Fong Mdm Ho Ching is right in saying that…

Ho Ching asks Singaporeans paying for HDB flats that cost hundred of thousands to think as paying for rental fees upfront

SINGAPORE — Mdm Ho Ching has suggested that Singaporeans paying for their…
  • user
  • 13 December 2022

Pritam Singh asks if HDB will provide breakdown of development costs for its flats, Indranee says it is not meaningful

SINGAPORE — “It won’t be helpful or meaningful to” provide the breakdown…

Contrary to Straits Times’ opinion piece, Price-to-Income Ratio puts HDB flats in category of unaffordable

by Foong Swee Fong Ms Chua Mui Hoong, Associate Editor of the Straits…

Pritam Singh asks if HDB will provide clear breakdown of development costs of new flats and “generous subsidies” in light of POFMA CDs issued

The Singapore Parliament will be sitting next Monday (7 Nov) at 12…

No net increase in Singapore’s Past Reserves, even if land sold at market value, was bought at 30 cents per square ft in 1979?

SINGAPORE — Former GIC Chief-economist Yeoh Lam Keong and The Online Citizen…

Foreign purchases in private property market will still push HDB resale prices up

by Foong Swee Fong When foreigners snap up property here, prices are bound…

Temporary piecemeal measures cannot control the escalating prices of public housing in Singapore

Just yesterday (29 Sep), the Singapore government announced measures introduced to promote sustainable conditions…