{"id":120596,"date":"2021-06-28T01:34:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T18:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ethnic-integration-policy-for-public-housing-a-direct-and-real-financial-burden-for-minorities\/"},"modified":"2021-07-18T17:03:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T10:03:24","slug":"ethnic-integration-policy-for-public-housing-a-direct-and-real-financial-burden-for-minorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ethnic-integration-policy-for-public-housing-a-direct-and-real-financial-burden-for-minorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethnic Integration Policy for public housing\u2014a \u2018direct and real\u2019 financial burden for minorities"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nEthnic Integration Policy for public housing\u2014a \u2018direct and real\u2019 financial burden for minoritiesThe Ethnic Integration Policy for public housing states minorities can only sell to another\u00a0minority member, should the majority race quota\u00a0been met, limiting the opportunity to sell their flats.
\nWorkers\u2019 Party (WP) Secretary-General Pritam Singh said minorities in Singapore bear a \u201cdirect and real\u201d financial burden from the government\u2019s Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) for public housing, reported Channel News Asia (CNA).
\nSingh made the statement in a Facebook post on 26 June in response to Finance Minister Lawrence Wong\u2019s speech and dialogue on race, racism and multiracialism at a forum organised by the Institute of Policy Studies as well as the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies on 25 June.
\nDuring the dialogue, Wong was asked if the EIP for public housing disadvantages the minorities. Based on the policy, a minority race flat owner can only sell their unit to another minority race member once the housing estate\u2019s majority race quota has been met.
\nThe minister noted that the policy\u2014which was \u201cconsistently\u201d applied to all ethnic groups\u2014has resulted in social mixing and integration and a \u201csense of attachment, belonging and identity as Singaporeans\u201d.
\n\u201cWhat would happen without EIP? I have no doubt that we will end up with ethnic enclaves in many of our housing estates,\u201d said Wong as quoted by CNA.
\nAnd while he acknowledged that there were minority flat owners who faced difficulties selling their units due to the EIP limits, the minister explained that homeowners are able to appeal such cases, which will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
\nWith this, Wong urged the public to recognise EIP\u2019s value and work to \u201cimprove it, fine tune it, make it better\u201d instead of discarding it.
\nSingh described the speech and responses of Wong as \u201cwell worth a read, no matter what your political leanings\u201d. He also found Wong\u2019s acknowledgement that not all agree with the People\u2019s Action Party (PAP) Government\u2019s long-standing policies as \u201cparticularly noteworthy\u201d.
\n\u201cThe issue at hand\u2014race\u2014affects everyone, particularly Singaporeans and new citizens who will come after us,\u201d he said as quoted by CNA.
\nHowever, the EIP has bothered Singh and his colleagues.
\n\u201cOver the years, we have heard our fair share of feedback from minorities of all races having to lower the price of their flats to effect a sale. Minorities bear a direct and real financial burden in the name of the EIP,\u201d shared the opposition leader.
\n\u201cMr Wong\u2019s tone and acknowledgement of the problem goes much further than any Parliamentary pronouncement on the matter by the government in my recent memory.\u201d
\nNonetheless, the comments of Wong on racial enclaves\u2019 prospects deserve a second look, especially in light of how the world and the region have evolved since EIP\u2019s introduction in 1989, as well as the \u201creality of immigration to top up our population\u201d, said Singh.
\n\u201cNational schools, institutions like (National Service), the bunching of minority races on the lower floors of public housing in many cases in spite of the EIP, and even the prospective effect of anti-discrimination legislation, do make the EIP one out of a number of policy options to mitigate the problem at hand,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cEven so, as it is, the inequity the EIP engenders for some minority Singaporeans is real, distorts the market and has serious economic consequences,\u201d added Singh.
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\nCheryl Chiew, Digital Content Specialist at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact her about this story, email:\u00a0cheryl@propertyguru.com.sg\u00a0
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\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market
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