RDP housing crisis as Soweto residents march to mayor's office after 30-year wait
Scores of Soweto residents marched to the Johannesburg Mayor's office on Thursday, demanding the allocation of RDP houses they claim to have been waiting for up to 30 years. Protestors allege ...
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Singapore’s World Famous Public Housing System Is Strained by an Overheated Market
How is this possible? The paradox of the tiny nation’s property market has fascinated urban planners for decades. Born in 1960 from a dire overcrowding crisis, the government’s wildly ...
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Ban on sale new leasehold flats 'to bring feudal system to an end'
New leasehold flats will be banned by the next election in a move ministers say will bring an end to the centuries-old "feudal" property system. The government has set out its next steps to scrap ...
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PM Wong gives assurance that HDB flats will remain affordable in the longer term
SINGAPORE – Housing Board flats will remain affordable in the long run, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as he sought to assure Singaporeans that the Government will ensure their basic needs ...