Man shown in viral video living at bin centre was offered rental flat but turned it down: HDB, MP

[covertbriar]

SINGAPORE - A recent video of a man living at a refuse collection centre here has sparked plenty of reaction online, prompting the Housing Board and an MP to step in to quell speculation about his situation.

HDB said the man had been offered a rental flat but turned it down. According to Holland-Bukit Timah GRC MP Christopher de Souza, this was because he did not want to share the flat with another Singaporean.

The two-minute video posted on Facebook group All Singapore Stuff on Thursday (Oct 18) shows an allegedly homeless man sharing about his plight and his living area at the bin centre in Ghim Moh. The video has received almost 60,000 views and more than 700 shares and 400 comments as of 11am on Saturday.

The middle-aged man, who is not identified in the video but says he is Singaporean, claims to have applied for an HDB rental flat with the help of his MP.

However, he says in the video: "HDB don't want to give me house (sic)."

He then adds that he has been homeless for about two years and is a cleaner working at the bin centre. He also says he has just returned from Indonesia and is suffering from health problems.

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[Leongsam]

Why should HDB give him a house for free? He can continue to stay in that shithole, wait for travelling whore Ginfreely to do her rounds. He will get his turn to fuck the shit out of her .

Can you please cut the "ginfreely" crap it's getting really boring.

 

[Leongsam]

In the name of free speech....

Sure just put all you don't like about ginfreely in one thread and in the name of free speech you can say whatever you want. However stop polluting all the threads with your garbage.

 

[butoh6050]

I believe the MP. Let's look at this closely.
The rental flat is probably going to cost him $300 a month ( argument sake) + Water, Electric, say $450.
He gets everything for free at the garbage dump so why move.

 

[sweetiepie]

KNN some old folks are just stubborn and KNN even want to stay in bin why not find a better and cleaner bin KNN ghim moh one is dark and dirty KNN

 

[syed putra]

I believe the MP. Let's look at this closely.
The rental flat is probably going to cost him $300 a month ( argument sake) + Water, Electric, say $450.
He gets everything for free at the garbage dump so why move.

A astute and shrewed malay guy

 

[rushifa666]

Forcing two complete starngers to stay together is just asking for trouble. Which idiot came up with that?

 

[shittypore]

Forcing two complete starngers to stay together is just asking for trouble. Which idiot came up with that?

The idea was for em to kill each other, many cases were unreported by shittyTimes.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

I believe the MP. Let's look at this closely.
The rental flat is probably going to cost him $300 a month ( argument sake) + Water, Electric, say $450.
He gets everything for free at the garbage dump so why move.

i might not like pap. But not everything bad is pap fault..this guy chose to live in a garbage bin. It's his choice n pap n society can only do soo much.

 

[rushifa666]

The idea was for em to kill each other, many cases were unreported by shittyTimes.

Ok ma. Can confiscate cpf. Obviously rental cases have no kin. Suck even their bones dry

 

[winnipegjets]

I doubt he would turn down an offer to stay with the overpaid MP.

 

[Semaj2357]

Forcing two complete starngers to stay together is just asking for trouble. Which idiot came up with that?

hanor, there's less m&d brudders (and competition) to run into as compared to areas like geyland etc

 

[istana_pest]

Macik be kind enough to let this poor man live in Istana's bin center pse?