In Singapore, in order to buy a government subsidised houses, Singaporeans & PRs must first get married. For those who doesnt want to get married, you can only buy Private housings or wait until you are 35 years old. I'm 23, I don't want to get married (yet) but I want to buy an affordable house because I am sick of renting rooms/apartments. I wonder, is Singapore the only country with such rules?
2007-03-28 18:13:50 · 10 answers · asked by May 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Consider yourself lucky. The average 23-year old living in England an only dream of an affordable house cause no affordable housing has been or is being build. If they can afford to buy a matchbox size house/appartment at age 23 they will only live for the day their house/appartment is worth enough so they can sell it and move to a bigger one.
At least your government has some sort of policy to house people. English government is only interested in the money side of it all and couldn't care less of housing conditions.
2007-03-28 23:42:15 · answer #1 · answered by Part Time Cynic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the UK you can buy a house on your own here if you like and with anyone else as long as the payment are kept up seems weird that in Singapore you have to get married first bet you haven't a lot of Brits over there none as most live in sin now a days
2007-03-28 20:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mind me.. I am Malaysian who live in KL, It must be because you got a small country (LOL) - Not so many houses/apt, so whoever who live with their parent had to wait until married or until you're 35 (just my opinion only). that is why your government had to apply those rule. I never heard of it before, NEVER. BTW your country is very strict! But the cleanliness is GREAT!
2007-03-28 18:24:38 · answer #3 · answered by I, Idiot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in the US. I believe Singapore has laws of that sort because they are based on Sharia.
2007-03-28 19:21:38 · answer #4 · answered by Caninelegion 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't feel too badly. The USA forces its taxpayers to subsidize social institutions like marriage, and even ones you normally wouldn't think of as social institutions -- like corporations. Darn Conservatives and their attitude of entitlement -- they want OTHER people to pay for Cons' own personal sense of stability.
2007-03-28 19:00:13 · answer #5 · answered by orderly logic 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That would be unconstitutional in the United States.
2007-03-28 18:53:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of anything like that. Maybe you can "marry" a dog there.
2007-03-28 18:22:06 · answer #7 · answered by Specialist McKay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, you can still buy a house, just nor one that I subsidised, they are for low income families.
2007-03-28 19:06:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No wonder foreigners come and live in the U.K.
2007-03-28 23:08:22 · answer #9 · answered by MOTOGUZZIMAN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't apply in the UK
2007-03-28 18:22:27 · answer #10 · answered by WelshLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋