HDB is conferred the 2010 UN-HABITAT Scroll of Honour Award for providing one of Asia's and the world's greenest, cleanest and most socially conscious housing programmes.

The UN-HABITAT Scroll of Honour Award is a prestigious, international award given to individuals and organisations that have been instrumental in improving the living conditions in urban centres around the world.

"It's really quite impressive for a country to provide adequate shelter and home ownership for so many. It won for being such an excellent example that other countries can learn from."
– Ms Jane Nyakairu, chief of information services at UN-HABITAT

"This is an international recognition of HDB’s achievements in housing a nation. Singapore is proud of what HDB has achieved over the past 50 years. No other country in the world has a public housing system like ours, where 95% of residents own the flat that they live in. All this would not have been possible if not for the tireless contributions from the men and women at HDB, both past and present. Their dedication and hard work have paid off, and I am sure this award will spur HDB towards greater heights in the future."
- Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister for National Development, congratulated HDB for winning the prestigious award

"This international recognition is a great honour for Singapore and for HDB. This award is also timely as HDB celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. From our counter staff to our branch office staff, from our architects and engineers to our estates officers, from our youngest staff to our longest serving and even retired staff at HDB, we are all glad that our efforts have made a difference in the lives of Singaporeans. This award will certainly spur us to do even more, and to scale greater heights."
- Mr James Koh Cher Siang, Chairman, HDB

"What is more significant about this award to us is that it affirms the contributions of all HDB staff as we celebrate 50 years of public housing this year. I am truly honoured to be part of a world class organisation that continues to work hard at making Singapore the best home for all."
– Mrs Cheong Koon Hean, CEO, HDB

HDB is among just 6 winners to be conferred the Scroll of Honour. The other winners are Austria's Vienna Sustainable Urban Renewal Programme, China's Kunshan Municipal People's Government, Colombia's City of Medellín, Morocco's Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, and South Africa's Johannesburg Social Housing Company.



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In just 50 years, HDB has transformed Singapore’s physical and social landscape. Besides housing a growing population, HDB also played an integral part in the building of our nation. Today, over 80 percent of Singaporeans live in 900,000 HDB flats, with 95 percent of them owning their homes. HDB flats come with housing concepts that embrace lifestyle changes. For instance, our iconic project, the first 50-storey Pinnacle@Duxton, was named the winner of Asia and Australasia’s “Best Tall Building” by the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. In 2008, HDB was also conferred the United Nations Public Service Award for our Home Ownership Programme.

HDB has put in place sound estate management and housing policies and programmes to upkeep the physical and fiscal values of HDB flats well into the future. Constant renewal and rejuvenating of aging towns will ensure their long-term sustainability. HDB does this through upgrading and redevelopment of the physical conditions of the precinct, blocks and flats. HDB also launched the “Remaking Our Heartland” programme in 2007 to transform young, middle-aged and mature HDB towns into vibrant homes. One of the pilot towns, Punggol Eco-Town, will pilot environmentally friendly waterfront housing along a new waterway.