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Hougang is an urban planning area situated in the north eastern area of the city state of Singapore, It is a part of the North East region which is an urban planning division. It is surrounded by Serangoon in the South and Sengkang in the North. Hougang in Hokkien and Teochew means “river end” and in the past, It was the name of the area stretching from the fifth milestone junction of Yio Chu Kang Road and Serangoon Rood to the seventh milestone junction of Upper Serangoon Road and Tampines Road. This area was once a large piece of forest and farming of pigs was the occupation of the farmers in this region. Today, it is a developed town with over 40000 housing units along with residential areas which were developed by the Housing and development board of Singapore. Most of the commercial activity in this area is centered on some shopping malls.
HDB is the Housing and development board of Singapore which was set up in 1960 to provide public housing facilities for the people of Singapore. It is responsible for providing houses with good quality at affordable prices in order to meet the housing requirements of the country. It has played a major role in the development of Singapore by building cost effective homes through various five year plans. It plans and develops public housing towns which provides with good quality homes and a fine living environment with various commercial and social facilities for their needs. It also engages itself in lots of research and recreational programming for up gradation of its old flats and estates in order to meet the changing requirements of its residents. The main priority of the HDB is to build cohesive communities within its towns. It provides the residents with community spaces in order to bring the people of different communities to interact with each other and build friendly relationships between them.
HDB provides quality flats in affordable rates for rent in the Hougang area. A distinctive feature of Hougang area lies in the large semi-circular balconies which occur in many flats built by HDB in this area which is not as prevalent in the houses built by HDB other than Hougang. You can also rent a flat owned by existing owners of HDB houses. Before renting an HDB flat from an existing owner, you should make sure that he has taken approval from HDB for subletting his flat. You can apply for a HDB flat directly with HDB to rent under three various zones, Bedok/Tampines Zone , Bukit Merah/Jurong Zone and Woodlands Zone. You will provided with two choices of flats for you to select for rent, the failure of which will result in the cancellation of your application.
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