Rashin ingantaccen gidaje na jama'a, rashin tsaftace muhalli, da rashin aikin yi ya haifar da matsalolin zamantakewa daga aikata laifuka zuwa matsalolin kiwon lafiya. Yaduwar wuraren zama na squatter ya haifar da haɗarin aminci kuma ya haifar da Bukit Ho Swee Fire a 1961 wanda ya kashe mutane hudu kuma ya bar wasu 16,000 ba su da gidaje. Kwamitin Ci gaban Gidaje da aka kafa kafin samun 'yanci ya ci gaba da samun nasara sosai kuma manyan ayyukan gine-gine sun tashi don samar da gidaje masu araha don sake saita masu zama. A cikin shekaru goma, yawancin jama'a sun zauna a cikin waɗannan gidajen. Tsarin Gidajen Tsaro na Tsakiya (CPF), wanda aka gabatar a 1968, ya ba da damar mazauna su yi amfani da asusun ajiyar su na tilas don siyan gidajen HDB kuma a hankali yana ƙara mallakar gida a Singapore. Sojojin Burtaniya sun kasance a Singapore bayan samun 'yanci, amma a 1968, sun sanar da janye taimakonsa daga Bukit Ho Swee Fire wanda ya kashe mutane hudu kuma ya bar wasu 16,000 ba su da gidaje.
Shekara ta 1968