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Around 170 rental households to vacate Spooner Road HDB flats as part of Govt estate renewal plans

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from left: Francis Finian De Souza, 74, a resident of Blk 1 Spooner road with his flatmate photographed on August 11, 2023.
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Blks 1 and 2 Spooner Road, which are currently used as public rental housing, will be taken back by the HDB as part of the estate renewal plans. About 170 rental households will have to move out by end September 2024.

Mr Francis Finian De Souza (left) and his housemates have to vacate their flats by end-September 2024.

ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG

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SINGAPORE - After almost two years of living harmoniously with his three housemates in a rental flat, retired carpenter Francis Finian De Souza wants to cry when he thinks about moving out and adapting to a new living environment.

“But this is a rental flat so if we’re asked to move, we don’t complain. As long as we have a next place to live in, it’s OK,” said Mr De Souza, 74, who is a Singaporean of Portuguese descent.

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