Well-built Singapore public housing can last a lifetime and more. With its social housing predominantly designed for home ownership, this is a city-state in which tenant dreams of owning a home are reachable by all its citizens.
There are limitations, however, for even Singapore’s world-beating social housing, which is occupied by 80% of its population. Ownership characteristically means a small, sturdy, utilitarian home. On the other hand, unlike tenancies with strict renovation rules, for imaginative Singaporean social housing owners, the sky’s the limit when it comes to dressing up their living spaces.
Here’s a taste of social housing tenants dreams that might well be realized, if only their nation takes the Singapore approach to social housing. Read more in THE BUSINESS STANDARD: From sake bars to yacht cabins, Singaporeans remodel no-frills public flats
