{"id":30939,"date":"2019-12-19T16:48:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T08:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/blog\/singapore\/?p=30939"},"modified":"2022-06-13T17:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:24:34","slug":"will-cheap-rental-flats-make-us-all-lazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/will-cheap-rental-flats-make-us-all-lazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Cheap Rental Flats Make Us All Lazy?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Worker’s Party has released some suggestions on how we can deal with the issue of lease decay. That’s a topic I’d love to discuss at length in an upcoming article. But for the time being, there’s a question in a Straits Times article that I think is worth answering, regarding cheap rental flats:<\/p>\n

What is this question of cheap rental flats?<\/h3>\n

In a recent Straits Times article<\/a>, a certain analyst is quoted as saying:<\/p>\n

“Furthermore, if you can get cheap rental flats, will it make people want to work harder?<\/em>”<\/p>\n

I want to put forth that the answer – shockingly to a certain subset of thinkers – is probably yes. It will still <\/em>make many people want to work harder, because:<\/p>\n

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“I just skipped the interview for that high-paying job because now I can get a rental flat!” – No one ever<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Think back to all your dreams and aspirations, and whether you’d surrender them because CHEAP FLATS<\/h3>\n

Have you ever wanted to retire before 55? Make enough money to take your family on holiday every year? Provide your parents with a better retirement?<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure you have some aspirations along those lines right? Whilst I’m not an expert in behavioural psychology, I strongly suspect the vast majority of Singaporeans don’t consider “staying on my couch and making minimal income<\/em>” a key aspiration. There may be a few; but if that were the bulk of our society, we wouldn’t have ranked second last for work-life balance<\/a> in a 40 city survey.<\/p>\n

Now, try a little experiment here: the next time someone shares their dreams with you, ask them if they will give up on those dreams and stop working hard, if the government were to offer them a cheap rental flat. Seriously, see how many people respond with “Oh wow, a one-room flat for just a few hundred bucks a month? For that I will give up on working hard to one day be a heart surgeon \/ pilot \/ partner in a law firm!<\/em>”<\/p>\n

If you’ve lived in this kiasu country for any length of time, then you know and I know our people’s remarkable drive. It’s not about to vanish for the sake of cheap rental flats, with a small enough square footage to depress a gerbil.<\/p>\n

Also, there are some disturbing connotations, if we start to believe cheap rental flats will result in fewer people wanting to work hard<\/h3>\n
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Housing may reflect income and wealth; but think twice before assuming it reflects character<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chief among them is the potential conclusion that people in rental flats are there because they<\/em> don’t want to work hard<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We should probably nuke that cancerous belief right now. If you start believing that poverty is a character flaw, it results in dangerous conditions like lack of empathy, and other people being unable to distinguish your face from the body part you sit on.<\/p>\n

People end up in rental flats for many reasons, which may not be their fault. It can happen due to a messy divorce, due to medical conditions, even due to being thrown out the house by ungrateful, vermin offspring. We need to raise awareness of their situation in a positive way, that makes other Singaporeans want to chip in and help. Not start dropping connotations that rental flats are for people who are too lazy.<\/p>\n

On a broader note, we need to stop equating housing types with character<\/h3>\n

If someone owns a condo and you don’t, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s because they’re smarter or work harder. It can happen for a variety of reasons, from family wealth to simply being in a more lucrative trade at the time. The reverse is also true.<\/p>\n

One of the most visible signs of a class divide in society (ANY society, not just Singapore) is the type of housing we live in; and there’s no way to permanently get rid of that – rich people have bigger and more exclusive homes. But we can bear in mind that they are\u00a0richer\u00a0<\/em>people, not necessarily\u00a0better, smarter, or more hard working<\/em> people.<\/p>\n

The reverse is also true. We can acknowledge that the person living in a rental flat may be poorer <\/em>than us, but not necessarily less hard working or capable.<\/p>\n

So let’s stay skeptical of the belief that increased availability of cheap rental flats could make Singaporeans less willing to work hard. I doubt that that train of thought is coming from a healthy place.<\/p>\n

Do you think more cheap rental flats will make people less willing to work hard? Voice your thoughts in our comments section or on<\/i>\u00a0our Facebook community page<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Looking for a property? Find the home of your dreams today on Singapore\u2019s largest\u00a0<\/i>property portal 99.co<\/i><\/a>! You can also\u00a0<\/i>access a wide range of tools to calculate your down payments and loan repayments<\/i><\/a>, to make an informed purchase.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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