SHOULDN’T buyers of affordable houses be given more protection? Do they have lawyers to advise them? And act for them in court against dishonest developers? Are they expected to spend a lot of money pursuing their interests and entitlement?
Even the reasonably well-off suffer because of the lopsided sale & purchase agreement (SPA) provided by the Housing Ministry and exploited by developers. HBA’s long campaign against the sell-then-build (STB) system should be vindicated in the case of buyers of affordable houses. The buyers of affordable houses are people of modest means, and deserve to be protected.