Housing and development board flats, trust and other equitable doctrines

• Main Author: TANG, Hang Wu
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: equity; HDB; property; land; law; public housing; Singapore; Asian Studies; Housing Law; Property Law and Real Estate
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2310; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4262/viewcontent/2012_24_SAcLJ_470_498_HDBFlatsTrusts_HWTang.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Although 85% of the population of Singapore reside in Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats, this area of the law remains largely under investigated. A perennially contentious issue is the complex interplay between equitable doctrines and the Housing and Development Act. In this article, the aut...