The concept of fast, cheap, integrated housing is fleeting unless it is strictly regulated, flexible and profitable to do so. Due to low cost construction, sub-standard design and low maintenance, housing in this range often results in overcrowded, unsightly and unhygienic conditions. Inevitably, neighboring real estate values fall, squatter or slums might develop and incidences of petty crime might increase.
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Singapore Style: MOM
MOM (ministry of manpower) Guidelines on Worker Housing in Singapore
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/passes-visas/work-permit-fw/before-you-apply/Pages/list-of-approved-housing.aspx
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/passes-visas/work-permit-fw/before-you-apply/Pages/list-of-approved-housing.aspx
RSS - indonesian angle
The Indonesians have a name for low-cost housing. It is called “Rumah Sederhana
Sehat, or RSS” (means Simple, Healthy Housing)
Sehat, or RSS” (means Simple, Healthy Housing)
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