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HDB provides housing grants, flats, e-services and community programmes for Singaporeans. Find out the latest news, events and updates on HDB's plans and policies.
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- Buying a Flat
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- Renting a Flat
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- About Us
The Housing & Development Board (HDB) is Singapore's public...
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HDB plans and develops housing estates, provides various amenities, and builds quality homes for 80% of Singapore's population. Learn about HDB's history, vision, values, awards, careers, and latest happenings.
- What We Do
- A Brief History – from Squatter Settlements to Home Ownership
- Housing Types
- Affordable Homes For Everyone
- Technological Advancements
- Significant Projects
- Notable Plans and Programmes
Providing affordable, quality homes
We plan and develop public housing towns that provide Singaporeans with quality homes and living environments. In this effort, we engage in active research and development work to ensure that cost-effectiveness and quality standards are maintained and continually improved upon.
Ensuring vibrant towns
Even as we provide various commercial, recreational, and social amenities in our towns for residents’ convenience, one of our key priorities is ensuring that they meet changing needs and circumstances. Through renewal and upgrading programmes, we bring new features and improvements to older estates and towns to ensure their vibrancy and continued relevance. The Tengah masterplan has just been launched in the 2016 exhibition, as the 24thtown in the western part of Singapore. The latest rejuven...
Focusing on the community
Communities form the backbone of our towns’ vibrancy. Building cohesive communities within our towns is another key priority. We have furnished our living environments with community spaces for residents to mingle and interact. Our public housing policies and schemes are formulated and reviewed regularly to meet changing needs and aspirations. They are planned to support national objectives such as maintaining racial harmony and strengthening family ties, and taking care of the needs of the e...
Before we were set up in 1960, our predecessor, the Singapore Improvement Trust, had built 20,907 units of public housing flats in the span of 12 years from 1947 to 1959. However, these were not enough to house the population of about 1.6 million at that time. The majority of which lived in overcrowded slums and squatter settlements. 3 years after ...
Early HDB flats were designed to be simple and utilitarian to optimise space usage and keep costs low. The ease of construction was another important factor as homes had to be completed quickly to re-house those who were still living in unhygienic squatter settlements. The early HDB flat types available were as follows: 1-room: 1. Emergency 2. Impr...
First-timer families
First-timer families can choose to buy a new flat from HDB or a resale flat from the open market. There are various housing grants and schemes available to help these buyers buy their first flat.
New flat
Over the years, various CPF housing grants, such as the Additional CPF Housing Grant (AHG) and Special CPF Housing Grant (SHG), have also been introduced. These housing grants ease the financial burden of low-income and middle-income households in buying their first flat. First-timer married couples with child(ren), or couples who are expecting a child, will also get more help to buy their flat from HDB. We have several schemes in place, such as the Parenthood Priority Scheme (PPS) introduced...
Resale flat
Eligible resale flat buyers can receive the CPF Housing Grant for the initial payment or to reduce the mortgage loan for their flat purchase. In addition, they may also receive the AHG, as well as the Proximity Housing Grant (PHG) if they buy near or with parents/ married child.
First prefabrication contract
In 1980, the first successful prefabrication contract was awarded to build 3- and 4-room flats in Hougang, Tampines, and Yishun. Prefabrication technology involves the production of building components off-site and assembling them on-site. This expertise is indispensable to our building programme as it greatly reduces dependence on manual labour and increases site productivity. The Pinnacle @ Duxton is an example of a development that has achieved engineering breakthroughs, as almost the enti...
Sustainable development
As about 10,000 residential blocks are under HDB’s management, we play a key role in supporting Singapore’s commitment to sustainable development. We created the Sustainable Development (SD) Framework to steer the development of our towns. This is a comprehensive framework that covers social, economic and environmental considerations, and is aligned with the national sustainability objectives in the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint (SSB). Punggol Eco-Town was the first HDB town developed under...
Solar capacity building programme
Our solar capability building programme involves test-bedding large-scale solar photovoltaic technology for public housing as part of Singapore’s overall sustainable development strategy. The design of the solar photovoltaic systems has been optimised to maximise solar power generation for each HDB residential block, with the aim of achieving net zero-energy for common services. By June 2017, HDB had installed solar PV systems across an estimated number of 1,000 HDB blocks island-wide. The So...
First HDB blocks built
The first HDB blocks, completed in November 1960, were located at Blocks 134 and 135 at Clarence Lane in Queenstown.
First 50-storey development – The Pinnacle @ Duxton
The Pinnacle @ Duxton is located at the historic Duxton Plain, where the first 2 HDB blocks in the area were built. This special housing project is the result of an international design competition and is our first 50-storey development with unique features such as sky bridges, an integrated carpark, and a host of commercial and social facilities. The Pinnacle @ Duxton stands out as an example of how we use innovative solutions to confront the social, physical and economic challenges of meeti...
Family-friendly housing schemes: SkyVille @ Dawson and SkyTerrace @ Dawson
In December 2009, we piloted 2 new family-friendly housing schemes in Dawson estate, each catering to residents’ different needs. Under the Flexi-Layout Scheme for SkyVille @ Dawson, buyers were offered 3 layout options for each flat. Each flat was designed with a flat floor, beam-free ceiling, and structural columns located along the perimeter of the flat. This provided flexibility as buyers could choose varied configurations, and reconfigure the internal flat layout as part of their renovat...
Building of Towns
To develop well-designed and planned living environments, town planning is continuously refined to include new ideas and feedback from our residents. We work closely with relevant authorities such as the Urban Redevelopment Authority on plans for land use and the provision of facilities and infrastructure. Each HDB town has a Town Centre that functions as the core area of activity, where larger commercial facilities, train stations, and bus interchanges can be found. Unique identities are als...
Estate renewal
Besides building better quality flats in new housing estates, we also provide our older estates with a new lease of life through the Estate Renewal Strategy. This comprehensive and coordinated approach covers the Main and Interim Upgrading Programmes, the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme, and Lift Upgrading Programme. Other aspects of improvement for older estates, such as modernising the town centres, adding or upgrading community facilities, and improving the road and transportation n...
Remaking Our Heartland blueprint
During the National Day Rally in August 2007, the government offered a vision of a first-class living environment with attractive and innovative homes, where communities thrive and live modern lifestyles.
Community. More than homes, HDB towns are vibrant places for all. Take part in our activities and programmes to bond with your neighbours, or lead your own projects to add liveliness to your community spaces. Check out the latest news and neighbourhood buzz.
Housing & Development Board. Read about HDB’s history from the time it was set up in 1960 till now, and the fundamentals to its public housing strategy.
The Housing & Development Board (HDB) is Singapore's public housing authority. We plan and develop Singapore's housing estates; building homes and transforming towns to create a quality living environment for all.
Take a look at our Annual Reports to see the policies and initiatives we have rolled out and fine-tuned over the years. More importantly, behind every accomplished target or statistic, a life has been helped, and a family assisted.
