Pick-your-layout flats
Scheme for the young to live close to parents revived and tweaked
By Esther Teo
For the first time, the Housing Board (HDB) is offering flexible flat layouts to best suit individual family needs. -- PHOTO: HDB
THE eagerly anticipated new flats in the mature Dawson estate in Queenstown were launched for sale on Tuesday - complete with plenty of wow factors.
For the first time, the Housing Board (HDB) is offering flexible flat layouts to best suit individual family needs. Three floor plans are available: a standard layout, a larger living room option or a larger master bedroom option.
The HDB is also tweaking a plan first tried 22 years ago which allows young families to live close to elderly parents by selling flats in pairs.
HDB deputy chief executive (estates and corporate) Yap Chin Beng said that in 1987, these flats in estates such as Bishan were sold like a single unit.
'Under this new arrangement, however, there are two units with each applicant - the married child and elderly parents - needing to meet the respective conditions. We believe that through this arrangement we can relook this multi-generation living arrangement,' he said.
In 1987, 367 units were built but the plan was scrapped due to poor demand.
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