第七讲(下-新)-住房保障与住房市场(1).ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TOWN COUNCILS(p90) In 1989, with the coming into force of the Town Councils Act, town councils replaced the HDB in the task of managing the HDB housing estates. It has been said that with the management of 1,132,486 properties in 1988 — of which 620,467 units were residential unit — concentrated in its hands, the HDB had become “ a second government” “Town councils are designed to give Singaporeans the chance to decide for themselves the kind of environment they prefer and to let them participate in the day-to-day management of their estates”” Public housing in Singapore p13 In Singapore, 86% of the population live in public housing and of these 81% own their flats. The owners of flats have 99-year subleases. “When we price our flats, we do not just price them based on our costs. We price them with an eye on the affordability for these who are purchasing them, and we try to keep that level of affordability the same over years ” Source: Tan Sook Yee, Private ownership of public Housing in Singapore, Times Academic Press,1998 Public housing in Singapore P13 (line-3) :The government has also promised that the price of four-room flats will be set such that 70% of the households will be able to afford them, while the price of three-room flats will be set such that they will be affordable to 90% of the households. P20: In 1991, five-room, 123 square meters; in 1992 five-room, 135 square meters. P44: allocation procedures: balloting system; P45: for a new flat ,the waiting period is two and a half years; for a resale flat or a flat that was not chosen at an earlier selection, the waiting period may be shorter. CPF (Central Provident Fund) CPF housing Grant Scheme (p47) Purchaser--Singapore citizen, occupier—Singapore citizen or permanent resident, purchaser—at least 21 years old, married, with a proper family nucleus, first home applicants; income ceiling $8,000/12,000 /month/family (nuclear fam