Housing and Development Board - Wikipedia
2019-6-19 · History. Shortly after achieving self-governance in 1959, Singapore faced a serious problem of housing shortages; low construction rates and massive damage from World War II further exacerbated the prewar housing shortage. In 1947, the British Housing Committee Report noted Singapore had "one of the world’s worst slums-- 'a disgrace to a civilised community'", and the average person-per ...
