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Daily Briefing: More owners renting out homes illegally; HDB awards Sims Drive site to GuocoLand

And two sites in Potong Pasir, Sembawang are released.

  • Despite being illegal, more people have opened their homes for short-term rentals, as HDB investigated 184 such cases last year, compared to 106 cases from 2012, media reports said. Read more here.
  • The housing board has awarded a residential site (pictured) at Sims Drive to First Changi Development, a unit of GuocoLand. Find out more here.
  • Two land sites were released for sale on Wednesday by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Housing & Development Board (HDB). Know more here. 
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