(Singapore, metonymic) ; a public housing building or apartment block built by the Housing and Development Board.
(Singapore, metonymic) ; a public housing building or apartment block built by the Housing and Development Board.
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(Singapore, colloquial) A ten-storey housing flat built by the Singapore Housing and Development Board (HDB) in the 1960s (now mostly vacated).
(Australia, informal) Public housing.
(Singapore) Of or relating to a public housing system whereby flats are built according to demand.
(Singapore) A build-to-order apartment under a scheme of the Singapore government, built according to demand determined by the number of applicants and their down-payment.
(UK) : a rented house typically let as individual rooms, often to students or migrant workers.