The Singapore Model of Housing and the Welfare State

• Main Author: PHANG, Sock Yong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: Housing policy; East Asia; Singapore; Welfare state; housing; home ownership; social welfare; Asian Studies; Economics; Growth and Development; Public Economics; Real Estate
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/596; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/1595/viewcontent/Phang___Groves_C2__2007_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

While Singapore is not generally regarded as a welfare state, the provision of housing welfare on a large scale has been a defining feature of its welfare system. The extensive housing system has played a useful role in raising savings and homeownership rates as well as contributing to sustained eco...