Shelter for the Poor: Housing Policy in Singapore

Deskripsi

Poverty is said to exist when households lack sufficient monetary income to purchase some arbitrarily defined “necessities” of life. The main minimum subsistence consists of essential consumption of food, housing, clothing and medical care. Households could be rendered poor as a result of loss of income due to illness, temporary unemployment, or temporary disability. However, poverty is more problematic when households are permanently poor. Among other things, insufficient property wealth, low personal ability and inadequate education and training are the main factors trapping households in poverty.