Public housing has always been a matter that is never really as cut and dried as it appears. For a long time, it has been a Byzantine task of efficiently managing valuable resources: land, money and time. In Singapore, the stunning success of public housing is laudable. With over eighty-percent of its population housed in these contraptions, the state has indeed outdone itself in providing "decent housing" for the masses. Had it not been governed so strictly (and rightly so) by state laws, this enterprise would have long-ago turned into a lucrative lottery. Demand for public housing continues to escalate as first-time buyers now queue for six long years before being handed their keys and almost ninety percent of the classifieds cover transactions for public housing. The Housing and Development Board¹, the state's only authority for public housing, looks forward to occupying larger premises at the end of this millennium to cope with crowds that seem unlikely to ease in volume, unfazed even by the recent economic downturn.