BEFORE
Simulation of possible improvements under NRP -- PHOTO: HDB
SOME 300,000 HDB flats can be upgraded under the Home Improvement Programme (HIP), the Housing Development Board (HDB) said in its news release on Tuesday.
The new programme was first announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the National Day Rally on Sunday.
Under the Optional Improvements component of the HIP, lessees will be able to choose the items that they would like to improve, such as toilet uprading and replacement of entrance door and refuse hopper.
AFTER
Simulation of possible improvements under NRP -- PHOTO: HDB
Lessees can 'opt out of the Operational Improvements with a corresponding reduction in co-payment'. In the earlier Main Upgrading programme, lessees did not have such a choice.
Lessees will pay about half of what was required under the MUP. The cost-sharing ratios will be 5 to 12.5 per cent instead of the MUP's 10 to 25 per cent.
In the other part of the HIP called Essential Improvements (EI), the items such as repairing spalling concrete and replacement of waste pipes and pipe sockets, are compulsory for the lessees if the programme is polled successfully.
The improvements are 'deemed necessary for public health, safety or technical reasons', according to the HDB.
The government will fully fund the items for Singapore citizens under EI.
The HDB also gave details of the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP) which focuses on precinct- and block-level improvements.
About 200,000 flats will be elgible for NRP.
BEFORE AND AFTER
Photographs of possible improvements under HIP -- PHOTO: HDB
Compared to the current Interim Upgrading Programme, it will be carried out on a larger scale, for two or more contiguous precincts.
'This will ensure that facilities provided in adjoining precincts complement rather than duplicate one another. This approach will also allow resources to be pooled together to provide facilities that would otherwise be to costly to build.'
Lessees can also suggest new items such as skating parts, soccer hardcourts and tennis courts to be built.
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Upgrade your door but not your toilet? Now you can choose
HDB residents can now vote yes for upgrading and still choose which items they want or not want to come under the scheme - up to a point.
This is a key enhancement under the new Home Improvement Programme (HIP) which replaces the Main Upgrading Programme (MUP).
HIP aims to address common maintenance problems in ageing flats.
The HDB today also announced that it's studying a list of suitable precincts for its Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP), which replaces the Interim Upgrading Programme (IUP) to improve general facilities.
These two programmes were formed based on the recommendations from the public during the Forum on HDB Heartware, which aims to provide greater flexibility for homeowners to upgrade their flats.
Related Link : http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/sp/adhoc/upgrading.html
HDB Press release
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