This letter was originally published on The Straits Times on 5 October 2019.
by Chong Ning Qian, Senior Research Executive
The Housing Board recently announced that it will be more flexible on the income criteria for eligibility to rent flats under the Public Rental Scheme. This is a welc...
Our “Your Stories” series are submissions shared with us via email or in one-on-one interviews, for the purposes of our research and campaigns. All names have been changed (unless the use of real names was explicitly permitted by the author), and we have sought permission to publish from the...
This post was originally published in The Straits Times on 30 August 2019.
By Chong Ning Qian, Senior Research Executive
In recent years, the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) has advocated improving housing access for single-parent families via changes to Housing Boar...
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...
On 13 October 2018, AWARE held a launch party for A Place To Call Home - a photo-essay exhibition by single-parent families. The exhibition is the powerful, heartfelt result of months of creative work by five individuals from single-parent families. Each artist generously opened up their homes and f...
For many families in Singapore, home is a stable sanctuary and a space to unwind. Single-parent families want the same things. But many have to also grapple with frequent moves, housing insecurity and tighter finances.
Five storytellers, all from single-parent families, bare their homes and ...
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If you could tell the story of your home through a photograph, what would you capture?
Stories of single parents - their families and homes - ar...
We have some good news - on Tuesday, the Minister of National Development announced that the HDB will remove its 3-year time-bar policy for divorced parents to buy subsidised flats. From 6 March, both parents in a divorce will be able to buy or own a subsidised flat each, as long as they are eligibl...
This post was originally published as a press release on 7 March 2018.
Gender equality group AWARE commends the Government’s move to lift the three-year time-bar imposed on divorced couples for purchase of subsidised housing, urging the state to apply the removal to all, regardless of their car...
