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Singapore’s Public Housing Revealed: Juggling Competing Demands | Ep 6
The Ministry of National Development is one of the most difficult portfolios in Singapore. Land constraints, home pricing, rising demand for flats, demographic changes… what does it take to balance all these competing demands? We meet the man at the helm, Minister Desmond Lee to find out how he juggles the demands, the trade-offs and the weight of every decision he has to make.
00:00 Housing Minister reads critical comments 02:19 Singapore’s land use allocation 03:35 Keeping flats in prime areas affordable 05:16 A day in the Minister’s life 06:57 Leasehold: homeowners or tenants? 07:45 Why is HDB’s deficit growing? 08:17 Are HDB flats really affordable? 10:16 Conservation VS development 11:53 Building homes for the future 15:12 Widening access for singles
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