SINGAPORE: Following January’s strong numbers, sales of new private homes dropped by around 60.5 percent in February, as developers held off on new home launches during the Chinese New Year season. According to data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday, developers sold 645 units last month, compared to 1,632 units in January, except executive condominiums (Mar 15). …

Baguio City is the first in northern Luzon to receive a grant from the national government for its socialized housing scheme dubbed as the permaculture community. In view of this, The City Planning and Growth Coordinator Dona Tabangin shared that the P255-million grant for the city’s socialized housing initiative was received from the Department of Human Settlements and Economic Development …

Director-General of Public Works and Housing Infrastructure Financing at the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PUPR), Eko Djoeli Heripoerwanto, said the government wants to increase ownership of community housing through the Public Housing Savings (Tapera) program. Although it is mutual cooperation, in fact not all people can get Tapera benefits. Eko said the provision of housing through the principle …