Singaporean fined record $600,000 for unauthorised dormitory accomodation
Enforcement officers from the Ministry of Manpower had actually evaluated exclusive homes associated to Tan and located that the many tenants staying there had extensively surpassed URA’s tenancy cap guidelines.
Acting on the MOM assessments, that happened in December 2017 and March 2018, URA’s investigations exposed that 15 foreign people were staying in 1012B Upper Serangoon Roadway. One more 16 and 17 international employees were found to be staying in 32H Lorong 22 Geylang and 32J Lorong 22 Geylang, specifically.
He includes: “URA will definitely continue to get solid enforcement activities in opposition to wrongdoers, involving owner, occupants, agents and anyone found to have actually flouted URA’s policies on the rental or subletting of private residential properties”.
Further examinations uncovered the fact that Tan had been supplying dorm room accommodation at those premises for approximately 2 years, which he had actually converted 8 other private properties to unauthorised dorm rental between 2016 to 2018. The amount of residents in each unit ranged from 7 to 23.
URA guidelines stipulate that exclusive houses can only house up to six not related persons.
“Unauthorised residence hall lodgings not only negatively affects the housing personality of the area, yet also negatively affects the occupants, who may be from more susceptible groups that are at risk to exploitation,” says Martin Tan, supervisor, Development Control Group, URA.
According to a URA news release on June 14, a 72-year-old Singaporean man, Tan Hock Keng, was convicted of 3 counts of turning personal properties to unauthorised dorm rental. On May 30, he was fined a report $600,000, with the maximum fine of $200,000 enforced for each fee.
URA claims that Tan admitted that he was aware of the tenancy policies but decided to proceed with the illegal transformation of the premises anyhow.
