Publication Type

Book

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

6-2018

Abstract

Global cities today are facing fundamental challenges in relation to unaffordable housing and growing economic inequality. Singapore’s success in making home ownership possible for 90% of its population has attracted much attention internationally. This book represents a culmination of research by the author on key housing policy innovations for affordable housing. Housing policy changes were effected in the 1960s through reforms of colonial legislation and institutions dealing with state land acquisition, public housing, and provident fund savings. The comprehensive housing framework that was established enabled the massive resettlement of households from shophouses, slums and villages to high-rise government-built flats. In the 1980s and 1990s, housing market and land use regulations were amended in response to the changing needs of a growing economy.

Keywords

Housing, housing policies, Singapore, urban economics

Discipline

Asian Studies | Public Economics | Urban Studies and Planning

Research Areas

Applied Microeconomics

First Page

1

Last Page

215

ISBN

9783319753485

Identifier

10.1007/978-3-319-75349-2

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

City or Country

New York

Comments

PDF is for the front matter of the book

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75349-2

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