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Singapore's Public Housing Revealed

17:37 Min

The National Development Ministry is one of the most difficult portfolios in Singapore. We meet Minister Desmond Lee to see how he juggles the demands and the trade-offs.

Singapore's Public Housing Revealed

Singapore's Public Housing Revealed - Juggling Competing Demands

29 Mar 2025 08:00am

The National Development Ministry is one of the most difficult portfolios in Singapore. We meet Minister Desmond Lee to see how he juggles the demands and the trade-offs.

Singapore's Public Housing Revealed

About the show:

Singapore’s public housing model has been lauded as a success story. Where families once lived in overcrowded slums and squatter colonies, they are today residing in sprawling townships with modern amenities. We are one of the few big cities globally with affordable housing and the nation boasts one of the highest rates of homeownership in the world. 

But recently, questions regarding the affordability of our public housing have arisen, as well as the public’s frustration over waiting times for the flat they want. With housing demands changing and growing, is this model due for a refresh?

We get unprecedented access to the inner workings of Singapore’s public housing system to find out how it works and how it is trying to balance the nation’s housing needs and wants.

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