The Housing & Development Board or often referred to as the Housing Board, is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development responsible for Singapore’s public housing.
- How much can I afford for a HDB?
- Can anyone buy a HDB?
- Are old HDB worth buying?
- What is maximum age for HDB?
- How much does a 2-room HDB flat cost?
Responsibilities
Under the Housing and Development Act, the HDB is tasked to plan and carry out the construction or upgrading of any building, clear slums, manage and maintain the estates and buildings that it owns, and to provide loans to people to buy land or public housing. The HDB also carries out land reclamation works and handles the infrastructure for Singapore’s national resource stockpiles.
Organisation
The HDB consists of a chairman and 11 other members, along with three departments, the Building, Estate and Corporate departments, under the purview of a chief executive officer, who is a member of the board.
Each department is further subdivided into different groups. The Research and Planning, Development and Procurement, Building Quality and Building and Infrastructure groups and the Building and Research Institute are under the Building department; the Estate Administration and Property, Housing Management, Community Relations and Properties and Land groups under the Estate department; and the Corporate Development, Corporate Communications, Finance, Information Services and Legal groups under the Corporate department.
The HDB also controls 75% of EM Services, a company handling the upkeep of the HDB’s housing estates and properties, and the properties of other public organisations. HDB employees are organised under a house union, the HDB Staff Union (HDBSU).