Like many other fast growing Asian cities, Singapore is projected to become an aged society and may eventually transition to a hyper-aged society. This paper outlines the state of elderly housing in Singapore—its policy, practice and research....
Singapore has not grappled yet with the problem of housing for the elderly, especially in terms of finance, despite its changing demographic and socio-economic trends.This paper evaluates the applicability of some of the housing-finance schemes that are tailored for the elderly in the West, espec...
it is the home for 80% of Singaporeans, from low to middle class (the peak was 87% in 1988-1990). Unlike other countries where public housing is mostly rental, HDB public housing is mostly “sold”, helping Singapore to have the highest home ownership ratio in the world: 91%...
SINGAPORE: Allium Healthcare, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GK Goh Holdings, has broken ground on its… read more July 11, 2017 Elderly private property owners can buy HDB’s two-room flexi flats SINGAPORE: Private property owners are generally not eligible to acquire new Housing and Developm...
★ 《 United Daily 經濟日報 》editorial , 2021-10-19: The Kaohsiung apartment fire reflects not only the tragedy of the elderly living alone and low-income households but also the real estate marketing failure (The housing market is clearly oversupply, but the housing price-to-income ratio ...
Self-rated health as a predictor of hospital admission and nursing home placement in elderly public housing tenants. We assessed the validity of self-rated health in a one-year prospective study of 155 elderly public housing tenants. Compared to studies of elderly community residents, tenants had ...
low-income households, single-parent families, and elderly. Also, some ethnic minorities are often overrepresented, mainly because of poverty. A number of characteristics distinguish social housing from market-rented housing, such as rent level (subsidised or submarket rent instead of market rent) ...
8.The Housing Policy of Singapore and Its Inspiration to China;新加坡的住房政策及其对中国的启示 9.Study of the Policy and Management of the Economical and Practical Housing of Zhuzhou;株洲市经济适用住房政策与管理研究 10.Housing Policies for the Elderly: International Experience and China Choice;老年...
Integrating housing wealth into the social safety net : the elderly in Moscow This essay examines the possible implications of post-transition housing wealth for dealing with low incomes among the elderly in the Former Soviet Union. ... R Buckley,K Cartwright,R Struyk,... - 《Journal of Hous...
1. New housing blocks catering for the elderly such as these at Cheerful Court in Jordan Valley, Ngau Tau Kok are among the measures taken to meet the challenge of a rising aged population. (Photo: SCMP/Dustin Shum)2. Proposed built elderly friendly housing by the HKIS Housing Policy ...