Rachel is a divorced mother who attended AWARE's dialogue on 17 May, "Single parents need homes, too". She penned the following blog afterwards, having been through many of the issues and challenges many single parents in the room have, and urging changes to housing rules.
Having just bought my...
Single parents in Singapore grapple with a myriad of problems and restrictive rules when it comes to meeting a basic need – housing. Think this should change? Sign our petition urging changes to housing rules for single-parent families. Read more about our recommendations for how policies shou...
Home isn’t simply a physical space to live in. For many single parents in Singapore, finding a home of their own is an arduous journey, and for some, it remains a pipedream.
Last Wednesday, over 40 people - 20 of whom were single parents - gathered at AWARE to share about their struggles and f...
Single parents in Singapore grapple with a myriad of problems and restrictive rules when it comes to meeting a basic need – housing. Think this should change? Sign our petition urging changes to housing rules for single-parent families. Read more about our recommendations for how policies should...
This post was originally published as a press release.
To mark Mother’s Day (14 May) and International Day of Families (15 May), AWARE launched a petition bringing together single parents, their children and supporters in calling for changes to housing policies. The petition launch is accomp...
Single parents in Singapore grapple with a myriad of problems and restrictive rules when it comes to meeting a basic need – housing. Think this should change? Learn more at our upcoming dialogue session on housing access for single parent families. Read more about our recommendations for how ...
Single parents in Singapore grapple with a myriad of problems and restrictive rules when it comes to meeting a basic need - housing. Think this should change? Learn more at our upcoming dialogue session on housing access for single parent families. Read more about our recommendations for how ...
Everyone deserves a home. But Singapore's housing policies create hardship for single-parent families. HDB's complicated rules favour married couples, leaving single parents scrambling with frequent house moves, financial drain, strained family relationships, emotional stress and long waits, just f...
This post was originally published as a letter in TODAY newspaper.
The recent letter ‘Clarify HDB assistance scheme for second-time applicants’ [4 March 2017] highlights the difficulties that divorced or widowed parents face when applying for HDB housing.
The author suggested that the As...
