Shelter for the Poor: Housing Policy in Singapore

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 in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chong-Yah Lim, Boon-Nga Tay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 1990-01-01
Series:Asian Development Review
Online Access:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0116110590000057