Policy Innovations for Affordable Housing In Singapore From Colony to Global City /

• Main Author: Phang, Sock-Yong (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Advances in Regional and Urban Economics,
• Subjects: Urban economics.; Public finance.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Industrial organization.; Development economics.; Economic policy.; Urban Economics.; Public Economics.; Asian Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Development Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.

"This book tells how public authorities in Singapore designed and adapted policies for allocating land, capital, and labor in order to create good places for Singapore citizens and residents to live and work, setting the infrastructure for people in Singapore to create a poster-child East Asia...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Land acquisition for 'Any Public Purpose'
• Chapter 3: Public housing for Sale
• Chapter 4: Housing Finance through Provident Fund Savings
• Chapter 5: Facilitating Higher Housing Densities Through Land Use Planning
• Chapter 6: Market Responsive Housing Regulations
• Chapter 7: Building Diverse Neighbourhoods Through Integration Policies
• Chapter 8: Redistribution and Housing Wealth Formation
• Chapter 9: Home Equity Extraction for Retirement Financing
• Chapter 10: Transferability of Singapore's Housing Policy Innovations.