Singles, gays, divorcees not in the "we are together" scheme of housing

[Confuseous]

It's always been a well-known fact that the government's housing policies – especially when it comes to subsidies – are intertwined with other goals, such as raising the birth rate by encouraging marriage and reproduction. By finding ways to make it easier for married couples to get a home, the governments hopes that Singaporeans will be encouraged to pair up, get hitched and get down to business. The kind that results in babies.

Yet this focus has forgotten everyone outside the hetero-married-with-children box. It's led to a system where the affordability of public housing is seen as a right for married couples and a concession for everyone else. Where an unmarried, successful Singaporean struggling to afford a home on the private market will have to either find someone to marry (and maybe have kids with) or to find a job that pays him/her less (so as not to be over the S$5000-a-month threshold).

It makes no sense. Policies that make it more difficult for people who don't fit into the government's narrow formulation of "family" do not encourage more Singaporeans to fit into that box. Because they can't. A gay person will never get married to a person of the opposite sex and have children. And if a single person marries simply for the right to get a Build-To-Order flat, then he/she is getting married for the wrong reasons and we shouldn't be encouraging that.

- http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/national-day-rally-2013-together-004311923.html

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

And if a single person marries simply for the right to get a Build-To-Order flat, then he/she is getting married for the wrong reasons and we shouldn't be encouraging that.



On the other hand, what about people who are married and have kids? Shouldn't they have a greater urgency to have a house of their own?

 

[Leongsam]

Those who want to benefit from mainstream policies should adopt mainstream lifestyles or shut the fuck up.

I would object violently if any of my taxes were used to fund the lifestyles of perverts.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Those who want to benefit from mainstream policies should adopt mainstream lifestyles or shut the fuck up.

I would object violently if any of my taxes were used to fund the lifestyles of perverts.

On the rare occasions, you do speak with common sense.

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

Isn't it pathetic that people from 1st World Country have to ask for subsidies when it comes to basic necessities in life?
And the gabernment is so fucking proud of it. They should be ashamed! :oIo::kma: