SINGAPORE: Upgrading perform beneath the Household Improvement Programme (HIP) has been completed for pretty much all qualified Housing Board flats that ended up designed up to 1986.
A overall of 320,000 flats had been eligible for the scheme.
Perform has been done for about 95 for each cent of the flats, whilst 4 for each cent are undergoing upgrading, the Housing and Advancement Board (HDB) said on Sunday (Apr 2).
The remaining 1 for each cent has not been polled. House improvement works can only commence when at the very least 75 for every cent of a block’s eligible Singaporean homes vote in favour of it.
HIP, which was applied in 2007, focuses on advancements within the flat. These may well consist of repairing structural cracks, installing new doors, far better sanitary fittings in bogs and retractable garments drying racks.
There are 3 primary factors to the upgrades.
Essential improvements such as the repair of spalling concrete are fully compensated for by the authorities. Optional works, which residents partially spend for, include bathroom upgrading deals.
The 3rd component, the Improvement for Energetic Seniors (Relieve) programme, delivers elderly-welcoming fittings this kind of as grab bars, ramps and slip-resistant floor solutions.
Additional Aged-Pleasant FITTINGS Involved
HDB explained on Sunday that about 283,900 households have had elderly-friendly fittings put in below the Simplicity programme – both collectively with the House Improvement Programme or direct application for individuals whose blocks do not qualify for HIP.
From Apr 4, the Relieve programme will be expanded to involve options these kinds of as wheelchair lifters, which ended up earlier made available as aspect of a pilot.
“The wheelchair lifter can be a resolution for flats exactly where ramps can not be installed due to web site constraints,” HDB mentioned.
For flats with additional than 3 actions at the entrance, suitable household house owners can choose for a customised ramp.
“Such ramps are fabricated according to the configuration of the unit’s entrance and space, matter to web site assessment,” explained HDB.
