page_title: Public housing in Singapore
hierarchical_section_title: Public housing in Singapore
caption_attribution_description: English: Housing board flats in Bishan New Town.
context_page_description: Public housing in Singapore is managed by the state Housing and Development Board under a 99-year lease. The majority of the residential housing developments in Singapore are publicly governed and developed, and home to approximately 78.7% of the resident population. These flats are located in housing estates, which are self-contained satellite towns with well-maintained schools, supermarkets, malls, community hospitals, clinics, hawker centres and sports and recreational facilities. Every housing estate includes MRT stations and bus stops that link residents to other parts of the city-state. Some estates are also complemented by smaller LRT stations which act as a feeder service to the MRT.
  There is a large variety of flat types and layouts which cater to various housing budgets. HDB flats were built primarily to provide affordable housing and their purchase can be financially aided by the Central Provident Fund. Due to changing demands, HDB introduced the Design, Build and Sell Scheme to produce up-market public housing developments.
  New public housing flats are strictly only eligible for purchase towards Singaporean citizens.
context_section_description: Public housing in Singapore is managed by the state Housing and Development Board (HDB) under a 99-year lease. The majority of the residential housing developments in Singapore are publicly governed and developed, and home to approximately 78.7% of the resident population. These flats are located in housing estates, which are self-contained satellite towns with well-maintained schools, supermarkets, malls, community hospitals, clinics, hawker centres (food court) and sports and recreational facilities. Every housing estate includes MRT stations and bus stops that link residents to other parts of the city-state. Some estates are also complemented by smaller LRT stations which act as a feeder service to the MRT.
  There is a large variety of flat types and layouts which cater to various housing budgets. HDB flats were built primarily to provide affordable housing and their purchase can be financially aided by the Central Provident Fund. Due to changing demands, HDB introduced the Design, Build and Sell Scheme to produce up-market public housing developments.
  New public housing flats are strictly only eligible for purchase towards Singaporean citizens. The housing schemes and grants available to finance the purchase of a flat are also only extended to households owned by Singaporeans, while permanent residents do not get any housing grants or subsidies from the Singaporean government and could only purchase resale flats from the secondary market at a market price. Such policies have helped Singapore reach a home-ownership rate of 91%, one of the highest in the world.
caption: HDB residences in Bishan town
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