OPINION: Coveting Singapore's public housing system - Kathy Chu

USA Today"Housing is a basic need," says Sinapan Samydorai, director of ASEAN Affairs for the Think Centre, a human rights group in Singapore. "If you make it too expensive, they'll find it tough to afford even if they work long hours."From the end of 2007 through last year, Singapore's public housing resale price index soared more than 40%.The median price for a four-room apartment rose at the