We often focus on the needs of Singaporeans being relocated, which is great – but we need to spend more time thinking about their caregivers as well.
By the time you read this, Henderson Heights will be gone. The blocks of rental flats here – 91, 92, and 93 Henderson Road – would have been emptied around two months ago. The 675 households here (all 2-room flats) are part of the sixth relocation exercise for rental flats, over the past five years.
And to the government’s credit, a lot of effort has been made to ensure the residents’ lives are minimally disrupted. Well, as minimally as possible, under these circumstances. However, there is one important element we tend to overlook – and this is also a concern for agents helping buyers and sellers, or people shortlisting a property: that’s the caregivers for the affected residents.
Even for those in tough, low-income situations, a solution like a rental flat is usually devised by the...
