The Housing and Development Board (HDB) needs to be given more power so it can enter flats to carry out repairs, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in a blogpost on Monday (Dec 22). Mr Khaw cited cases of ceiling leaks remaining unresolved for weeks and even months due to uncooperative neighbours. “We need to do more to help our residents who are inconvenienced by their neighbours who refuse to cooperate. Minimally, HDB should be given the power to enter the flat for the purpose of carrying out the necessary investigations and repairs. We will need to amend the legislation to empower the HDB to do so.” According to Mr Khaw, 30 per cent of ceiling leak cases - about 2,800 cases - take more than three months to resolve when the upper-floor residents are uncooperative. “In some rare cases, the resolution of the ceiling leak problem could take more than a year. This is just not satisfactory,” he wrote. “They refuse to allow entry by the HDB to the flat to investigate and carry out repairs. This delays the repair unnecessarily and meanwhile, the lower-floor residents suffer the inconveniences. We need to do more to help our residents who are inconvenienced by their neighbours who refuse to cooperate.” Channelnewsasia Article / MediaCorp Video: channelnewsasia/news/singapore/hdb-should-be-empowered/1543294.html
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 01:00:00 +0000
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