Make multi-generational living an easier choice for families
Caregiving needs change over time. It’s worth building a housing system that’s flexible enough to help tackle that reality.
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As Singapore turns super-aged, the question of who will care for older parents, and where, will press on nearly every household.
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Kalpana Vignehsa
One housing announcement at this year’s National Day Rally on Aug 23 was elegantly simple: From the February 2027 sales exercise, first-timer families with or expecting children will receive one additional ballot chance for every Singapore citizen child aged 18 and below, across all Build-To-Order and Sale of Balance Flats applications.
Where the ballot already favoured married families, it will now favour them child by child.