Editing Housing and Development Board (section)

{{short description|Organization for public housing in Singapore}}
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{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Housing & Development Board (HDB)
| logo            = Housing and Development Board (logo).png
| logo_width      = 150px
| logo_caption    = 
| formed          = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1960|02|01}}
| preceding1      = [[Singapore Improvement Trust]]
| dissolved       = 
| superseding     = 
| jurisdiction    = [[Government of Singapore]]
| employees       = 
| budget          = 
| headquarters    = HDB Hub, 480 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310480
| chief1_name     = [[Benny Lim Siang Hoe]]
| chief1_position = Chairman
| chief2_name     = Tan Meng Dui
| chief2_position = CEO<ref>{{cite web |title=HDB CEO Cheong Koon Hean to step down in January, NEA CEO Tan Meng Dui to take over in February |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/hdb-ceo-cheong-koon-hean-step-down-nea-ceo-tan-meng-13669098 |website=CNA |access-date=31 December 2020 |date=30 November 2020 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124005129/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/hdb-ceo-cheong-koon-hean-step-down-nea-ceo-tan-meng-13669098 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| parent_agency   = [[Ministry of National Development (Singapore)|Ministry of National Development]]
| child1_agency   = 
| website         = {{url|www.hdb.gov.sg}}
| footnotes       = 
| agency_id       = T08GB0018F
}}
[[File:HDB Hub, Aug 06.JPG|thumb|right|The [[HDB Hub]] at [[Toa Payoh]], headquarters of the Housing & Development Board of Singapore.]]
[[File:JurongwestHDB.JPG|right|thumb|HDB flats in [[Jurong West]]]]

The '''Housing & Development Board''' ('''HDB'''; often referred to as the '''Housing Board'''; {{Lang-zh|t=建屋發展局|p=Jiànwū fāzhǎn jú}}; {{Langx|ms|Lembaga Pembangunan dan Perumahan}}; {{Langx|ta|வீடமைப்பு வளர்ச்சிக் கழகம்|Vīṭamaippu vaḷarccik kaḻakam}}), is a [[Statutory boards of the Singapore Government|statutory board]] under the [[Ministry of National Development (Singapore)|Ministry of National Development]] responsible for the [[public housing]] in [[Singapore]]. Established in 1960 as a result of efforts in the late 1950s to set up an authority to take over the [[Singapore Improvement Trust]]'s (SIT) public housing responsibilities, the HDB focused on the construction of emergency housing and the resettlement of [[kampong]] residents into public housing in the first few years of its existence. 

This focus shifted from the late 1960s, with the HDB building flats with improved fittings and offering them for sale. From the 1970s, it initiated efforts to improve community cohesion in its estates and solicit resident feedback. In the 1990s and 2000s, the HDB introduced upgrading and redevelopment schemes for mature estates, as well as new types of housing intended to cater to different income groups in partnership with private developers. The HDB was reorganised in 2003 to better suit Singapore's housing market in the 2000s. Efforts to engage residents with upgrading schemes increased in the 2000s and 2010s, and the HDB also began solar panel installation works from the early 2010s.

The HDB consists of a 12-member board and three departments, the Building, Estate and Corporate departments. Besides the provision of public housing, the HDB handles land reclamation works in Singapore and maintains the infrastructure of Singapore's national resource stockpiles.

The HDB is also a major purchaser of state land from the [[Government of Singapore|Government]] with the purchase price payable by HDB going into the [[Reserves of the Government of Singapore|past reserves]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.sg/article/factually141022-b |title=Corrections regarding HDB's deficits and Singapore's Past Reserves |publisher=Government of Singapore |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014173108/https://www.gov.sg/article/factually141022-b |url-status=live }}</ref>