Housing policy

Estate in deadly Hong Kong fire won’t be reused as housing, minister tells broadcaster RTHK

The estate, where 161 died and dozens were injured in the Nov 26 fire, may be used for community facilities instead.

Slightly fewer people recorded sleeping rough last year; new fund launched in S'pore to trial solutions

MSF announced a new $450,000 fund that would provide grants for organisations to trial solutions that address the underlying causes of rough sleeping.

IPS study calls for earlier intervention, redesigned shelters to tackle long-term homelessness

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Generic pix of the transitional shelter, Transit Point@Yio Chu Kang, on Jan 7, 2026.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) will be releasing the 2025 Report on the Street Count of Rough Sleepers and the Report on Ending Long-Term Homelessness, respectively.
The MSF report will highlight trends since the first street count of rough sleepers in 2022, whilst the IPS report will present findings on the multiple pathways into homelessness from their study conducted from 2021 to 2024.
Together, these reports provide insight into the current state and underlying causes of homelessness in Singapore.

Home Improvement Programme voting process to be studied after 2 Tiong Bahru HDB blocks miss threshold

Block 34 Kim Cheng Street on Nov 25, 2025.

19,600 BTO flats to be launched this year; 2027 supply to increase if demand stays strong

ParkEdge @ Bidadari is one of the last four BTO projects to be completed by HDB in the estate.

2026 outlook: What’s next for property, and the top stories of 2025

The plans for Berlayar estate on display at the HDB Hub in Toa Payoh.

Forum: Let singles buy older resale flats from 30

How Singapore’s landscape may change in the years ahead

Forum: Not taking any chances with VERS and am starting to relocate now

Part of Holland Plain, home to orchid once thought extinct, up for conservation

The straggly rush orchid (Dendrobium lobbii), which is critically endangered here, was found in the Holland Plain neighbourhood. In this picture is a specimen from Bintan.

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