<P> The HDB estimated that from 1959 to 1969 , an average of 147,000 housing units -- 80,000 from the current deficit , 20,000 due to the redevelopment of the Central Area , and 47,000 due to population increase -- would need to be constructed ; an average of about 14,000 a year . However , the private sector only had the ability to provide 2500 per year , and at price levels out of reach of the low - income . The HDB set out to resolve the deficit . Between 1960 and 1965 , the HDB built 54,430 housing units . Due to land constraints , high - rise and high - density flats were chosen . By 1965 , HDB was able to overcome the worst of the housing shortage by providing low - cost housing to the lower - income group within the planned period of five years . </P>
<P> The HDB estimated that from 1959 to 1969 , an average of 147,000 housing units -- 80,000 from the current deficit , 20,000 due to the redevelopment of the Central Area , and 47,000 due to population increase -- would need to be constructed ; an average of about 14,000 a year . However , the private sector only had the ability to provide 2500 per year , and at price levels out of reach of the low - income . The HDB set out to resolve the deficit . Between 1960 and 1965 , the HDB built 54,430 housing units . Due to land constraints , high - rise and high - density flats were chosen . By 1965 , HDB was able to overcome the worst of the housing shortage by providing low - cost housing to the lower - income group within the planned period of five years . </P>
when was the first hdb flat built in singapore
when was the first hdb flat built in singapore
1960
1960