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HDB

Done by: Ang Ray Yan Bryan S Wang Lim Han Xin Ng Soon Zhou. HDB. Contents. Origin/Background Information Purpose/Approaches Impact Schemes Current Activities. Origin. HDB (Housing Development Board) Set up in 1960 to solve housing problems Population was expanding

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HDB

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  1. Done by: Ang Ray Yan Bryan S Wang Lim Han Xin Ng Soon Zhou HDB

  2. Contents • Origin/Background Information • Purpose/Approaches • Impact • Schemes • Current Activities

  3. Origin • HDB (Housing Development Board) • Set up in 1960 to solve housing problems • Population was expanding • About 1.5 decades since World War II • Housing state before HDB: • Unhygienic slums • Crowded settlements

  4. Origin • Target: 50000 flats by 1965 • Actual : 21000 Flats by 1963 • 54000 flats built, housing the population • Only 9% lived in HDB then, • Now 84% are housed in flats!

  5. Purpose • In charge of all housing issues • Strong government support • Funds and power • To improve standard of living • House the population!

  6. Approaches • In charge from planning to construction • Seamless whole, reduce miscommunications • 3 main strategies to tackle problems • 1 agency controlling public housing • Resource planning and allocation • Allow for large-scaled construction

  7. Impact • Home Ownership • Financial security – No inflation • Increased stability in • Politics • Economics • Social aspects

  8. Schemes • Usage of CPF to pay for houses • Increased chances of having a home • Space and cost optimized to lower cost • Minimum room sizes • Ease and hasten construction process

  9. Schemes • Rentals (directly from HDB) • For those who cannot afford • Applicant >= 21 years old, income <= $1500 • Fixed2 years term of tenancy

  10. Schemes • Prefabrication Technology • Less dependence on manual labour • Reduced costs • Increased Productivity HDB Prefabrication Technology Centre

  11. Schemes • Home Protection Scheme • Ensures owners do not lose homes due to • default in loan repayments in the event of Death • Permanent Incapacity of sole breadwinners

  12. Current Activities • Renewing older HDB estates • Main upgrading Programme in 1991 • Improve and provide new facilities • Bring older towns on part with new ones.

  13. Thank you Questions?

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