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What’s next in single parents’ fight for equal access to housing?
October 31st, 2018 | Children and Young People, Events, Family and Divorce, News
What’s next in single parents’ fight for equal access to housing?
This year, housing rules were relaxed to allow more divorced parents to buy subsidised housing immediately upon divorce. However, many other single-parent families continue to face challenges in securing affordable and secure housing: Unmarried mothers and their children are still not recognised as a family nucleus; divorcees still cannot access public rental housing immediately upon divorce; others still experience financial stress, strained family relationships and long waits.
So what more can we do? What other housing policies need to change for single-parent families to have a place to call their own?
We warmly invite single parents and their children to engage in an in-depth dialogue session with three Parliamentarians: Mr Louis Ng (Nee Soon GRC), Ms Rahayu Mahzam (Jurong GRC), and Ms Anthea Ong (Nominated Member of Parliament). We welcome single parents to share their housing struggles and triumphs at this event. Details are as follows:
Date: 15 November 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Venue: A Good Space, NVPC (Clarke Quay Central, 6 Eu Tong Sen St, #04-88)
Register here!
(This dialogue is not open to media.)
If you are from a single-parent family and/or need childminding services on the day of the event, please email volunteering@aware.org.sg.
This event is co-hosted with A Good Space – where changemakers flourish as a community to imagine and create experiences that expand perspectives across diverse social issues.
From Poverty Simulations to a Feast with Seniors, come learn about a wide range of social issues through innovative activities. To learn more and join the community, visit their website at: agoodspace.org
