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 ==Controversies==
+==="You need a very small space to have sex" comment===
+* oversees the National Population and Talent Division
+* question was posed on whether young people are not getting their flats early enough to have children
+**  potential  chicken-and-egg problem: to qualify for the Parenthood Priority Scheme, which gives first-time married couples priority for flat application, they must be expecting or have a citizen child below 16
+** But to have a child, some say they need to have a flat first
+* to which Josephine Teo replied, "You need a very small space to have sex."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250319111808/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ministers-rejoinder-to-no-flat-no-child-belief</ref>
+* She was widely criticised as being childish, insensitive, and unrealistic<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250319114553/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2016/10/14/citizens-voice-their-disagreement-with-josephine-teos-views-on-flat-ownership-and-parenthood/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250319114834/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2016/10/12/couples-need-a-flat-before-they-can-have-kids-no-you-need-a-very-small-space-to-have-sex/</ref>
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