Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme
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The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme, or SERS for short, is an urban redevelopment strategy employed by the Housing and Development Board in Singapore in maintaining and upgrading public housing flats in older estates in the city-state. Launched in August 1995, it involves a small selection of specific precincts in older estates which undergo demolition and redevelopment, as opposed to upgrading of existing flats via the Main Upgrading and Interim Upgrading Programmes. To date, 56 SERS sites have been announced, of which 34 were completed.
All residents displaced by the redevelopment works are offered a new 99-year lease in new flats constructed nearby. These residents have the privilege to select their units prior to public release of the remaining units, are compensated financially, and are given subsidised prices for their new flats, as well as other benefits, such as the being able to purchase flats in other locations under the same benefits offered for all affecting residents who purchase the offered replacement units.
However this has attracted opposition and controversy. The national government has power, under the Land Acquisitions Act of 1966, to carry out the Selective En Bloc scheme [1] This power invokes the principle of eminent domain as with most urban redevelopment projects. The Amendments to the Land Titles Act passed in 1999 allowed housing estates to be sold against some of the apartment owner's will if the majority of the owners ruled against them. [2] Often this invoked concerns of majoritarianism.
[edit] List of SERS sites
| Announcement | Town/Estate | Affected Block(s) | Replacement Block(s) | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Street(s) | Block(s) | Street(s) | Block(s) | |||
| 22 August 1995 | Bukit Merah | Boon Tiong Road / Tiong Bahru Road | 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 | Completed | ||
| 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16 | In-progress | |||||
| 1 September 1995 | Toa Payoh | Lorong 2 Toa Payoh | 145, 147, 151, 152 | Lorong 2 Toa Payoh | 153-156A | Completed |
| 8 November 1995 | Bukit Merah | Depot Road | 103, 110, 111 | Depot Road | 103A-106B | Completed |
| 105, 107, 112 | Depot Road | 109A-112C | In-progress | |||
| 8 February 1996 | Bukit Merah | Redhill Road | 67, 77 | Lengkok Bahru / Redhill Road | 63A-64, 68-70A | Completed |
| 71, 72 | Redhill Road | 73-77A | In-progress | |||
| 30 April 1996 | Queenstown | Forfar House / Margaret Drive | 39, 6A, 6B | Stirling Road | 181-184 | Completed |
| 28 May 1996 | Bedok | Chai Chee Road | 6, 7 | Chai Chee Road | 10-11 | Completed |
| 8 February 1996 | Ang Mo Kio | Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 | 309, 315, 316 | Ang Mo Kio Street 32 | 350-354A | Completed |
| 307, 308 | Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 | 309A-316B | Completed | |||
| 9 September 1996 | Jurong West | Corporation Drive / Hu Ching Road | 139-145 | Completed | ||
| 5 December 1996 | Queenstown | Holland Drive | 18, 19 | Strathmore Avenue | Completed | |
[edit] References and notes
- ^ Singapore Statutes OnLine Land Acquisition Act, Cap. 152. Accessed February 12, 2006.
- ^ Alice Christudason, (July 2, 2004). Private sector housing redevelopment in Singapore: A review of the effectiveness of radical strata title legislation. Accessed February 12, 2006.
