| It only takes half a century for Singapore to solve the housing problem that had hindered the development of people’s livelihood by virtue of the “HDB plan”, which reflected the important position of HDB in Singapore. Even today, there are still more than eighty percent of the residents live in HDB in Singapore. Although Singapore is a market-oriented capitalist country, it adheres to absolute leadership of the government in respect of HDB management. Singapore’s management of the HDB not only is the macro setting of policies and responsibility partition for different departments. Management characteristics of the Singapore government are reflected in the overall process of the HDB management: Mandatory management. Compulsory land acquisition and mandatory provident fund payment have provided position and fund supports for the construction of HDB. Law-based management. Various departments implement management over HDB in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations, so that there are laws to the purpose of serving the public, so that all people of the country could have set places to live in.This paper introduced the general situation and development history of HDB in Singapore first, and then the relevant management author ities and organizations. After that, it focused on the analysis of four management systems, including capital management system, the land management system, construction management system as well as the system of HDB’s application, distribution and sale, other than that, the characteristics of HDB management in Singapore were summarized and analyzed. Finally, on the basis of the analysis, constructive suggestions and countermeasures were put forward for governmental management in the future combined with the reality of C hina’s affordable housing management problems.The problems generated in the management of affordable housing in C hina over the recent years have resulted in the poor implementation of the affordable housing system. research on the management system of Singapore HDB and study of successful management experience of HDB will not only provide basis for the scientific development of affordable housing market in our country, but also promote the coordinated and sustainable operation of affordable housing system, thus improving the urban living environment, contributing to the healthy development of economy, as well as constructing the harmonious well-off society in China. |