https://www.scmp.com/rss/523848/feed The latest news and top stories on the Housing and Development Board. A Singapore-based governmental body, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) is dedicated to providing affordable quality housing and a great living environment for Singaporeans. Its main areas of focus include planning developing and managing public housing, urban planning, community building and sustainability initiatives. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro It is easy to be critical of Singapore’s seemingly never-ending property cooling measures. Since 2009, the government has intervened at least 15 times in an effort to take the heat out of the city state’s residential real estate market. Despite this, average prices of second-hand private properties as well as those built by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), Singapore’s public housing authority, keep hitting new highs. Even historically cheap suburban areas are no longer a “budget... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3327972/how-cooling-measures-are-keeping-singapores-property-market-stable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3327972/how-cooling-measures-are-keeping-singapores-property-market-stable?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:30:07 +0000 Fran Lu Fran Lu A Chinese woman’s dream of starting a new life in Singapore ended abruptly after she rented a dirty “piggy house” which she had to share with a dozen flatmates. A woman, surnamed Liu, 41, recently told the Singaporean media outlet Shin Min Daily that her older sister rented space in a four-room flat crammed with at least 14 people. The renter arrived in Singapore in mid-August to work at a beauty salon. Under pressure from her employer to register an address, she rented the place without viewing... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3326958/china-beauty-salon-worker-lives-singapore-piggy-house-shares-dirty-toilet-flatmates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3326958/china-beauty-salon-worker-lives-singapore-piggy-house-shares-dirty-toilet-flatmates?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 06:00:08 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words The Hong Kong government’s incentives to boost fertility are welcome, but they risk mistaking a cash transfusion for a cure. An 11 per cent rebound in births is encouraging, yet the same data reveals cause for pessimism: even after the HK$20,000 (US$2,570) baby bonus, 36,700... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3327786/cash-transfusion-not-cure-hong-kong-couples-reluctance-have-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3327786/cash-transfusion-not-cure-hong-kong-couples-reluctance-have-children?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:30:08 +0000 Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro In Asia’s real estate sector, South Korea is a star performer. In the first half of this year, the region’s fourth-largest economy recorded the second-highest volume of commercial real estate transactions after Japan. Moreover, Seoul experienced the strongest growth in prime residential prices in annualised terms in the second quarter among 46 markets tracked by Knight Frank. Singapore is another top performer. Office vacancy rates are among the lowest in the region while the city state was one... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3325541/asias-top-property-markets-must-tackle-root-unaffordability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3325541/asias-top-property-markets-must-tackle-root-unaffordability?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:30:08 +0000