Singaporean fined record $600,000 for unauthorised dormitory accomodation

Additional inspections unearthed the fact that Tan had indeed been providing dorm rental at those premises for about two years, and that he had actually converted 8 other private properties to illegal dorm lodging in between 2016 to 2018. The quantity of dwellers in each unit differed from seven to 23.

Acting on the MOM evaluations, which took place in December 2017 and March 2018, URA’s searches exposed that 15 overseas people were residing in 1012B Upper Serangoon Road. An additional 16 and 17 overseas employees were discovered to be residing in 32H Lorong 22 Geylang and 32J Lorong 22 Geylang, respectively.

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He adds: “URA is going to remain to use powerful enforcement activities facing criminals, involving owner, lessees, agents and anybody discovered to have flouted URA’s regulations on the leasing or subletting of personal residential properties”.

Enforcement officers from the Ministry of Manpower had actually assessed exclusive homes connected to Tan and discovered that the number of tenants staying there had actually drastically gone beyond URA’s tenancy cap guidelines.

URA claims that Tan admitted that he knew the tenancy laws but chose to wage the illegal conversion of the facilities anyhow.

URA laws stipulate that exclusive houses can only house up to six not related individuals.

“Unauthorised dormitory accommodation not just negatively affects the housing appearance of the neighbourhood, but also negatively impacts the occupants, who might be from more prone groups that are vulnerable to exploitation,” claims Martin Tan, head, Development Control Group, URA.

According to a URA press release on June 14, a 72-year-old Singaporean man, Tan Hock Keng, was founded guilty of 3 counts of switching private houses to unauthorised dorm accommodation. On May 30, he was penalized a report $600,000, with the highest penalty of $200,000 enforced for each and every charge.