Editing Housing and Development Board (section)

==Responsibilities==
Under the Housing and Development Act, the HDB is tasked to plan and carry out the construction or upgrading of any building, clear slums, manage and maintain the estates and buildings that it owns, and to provide loans to people to buy land or public housing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/HDA1959#pr13- |title=Housing and Development Act |date= |website=sso.agc.gov.sg |publisher=Singapore Statutes Online |access-date=12 June 2021 |quote= |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612035842/https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/HDA1959#pr13- |url-status=live }}</ref> The HDB also carries out [[land reclamation]] works and handles the infrastructure for Singapore's national resource stockpiles.<ref name=":6">{{cite web |url=https://www20.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10221p.nsf/hdb/2020/agency-projects.html |title=Annual Report 2019/2020 |website=hdb.gov.sg |publisher=Housing and Development Board |access-date=12 June 2021 |quote= |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612035844/https://www20.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10221p.nsf/hdb/2020/agency-projects.html |url-status=live }}</ref>