Housing policy

Tiny homes see tiny boost for Los Angeles homeless as World Cup nears

Los Angeles, the second-largest US city prepares to host eight World Cup soccer matches this summer.

Foreign-owned homes in South Korea top 108,000; Chinese nationals hold more than half

Foreign-owned homes accounted for 0.55 per cent of the country’s 19.65 million housing units.

‘Shoebox’ flat reform leaves low-income Hong Kong residents in limbo

Subdivided flats made by splitting up an apartment into smaller units are being phased out after a new law to regulate them came into effect in March.

For millions of Filipinos, owning a home is a dream the market was never built to fulfil

mahouse - Corporate professional Dayanara Lim is set to move into a smaller condominium unit amid high rental rates in Metro Manila, Philippines.
ST PHOTO: MARA CEPEDA

HDB likely to exceed initial 55,000-flat target from 2025 to 2027: Chee Hong Tat

National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat speaking at the IREUS Urban Housing Symposium on May 8.

New roads to be built by end-2030 to serve homes in new Paterson neighbourhood

Overview of the plot of land bounded by Paterson Road, Orchard Boulevard and Grange Road on March 31, 2026. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has called a tender for the demolition of existing buildings on the site and plans to construct a new road linking the three roads. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

Forum: Align exec condo framework with Prime flats for fairness

The future of Singapore’s public housing lies in supertall megablocks

Developments such as (from left) Pinnacle＠Duxton, SkyVille@Dawson and Pearl’s Hill represent Singapore’s continuing experiment with supertall public housing.

Sale of Balance Flats open to all Singaporeans, not just original BTO applicants: HDB

HDB added that flats are offered in SBF exercises only after all eligible applicants in BTO exercises have selected flats.

US Senate advances Bill to lower housing prices

The Bill would overhaul regulations to make it faster and cheaper to build new housing.

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