While many of us residents who spent their whole life in Singapore are able to reap the benefits of citizenship like subsidised housing and affordable education, there exists a small portion of those who can't due to the fact that they're officially stateless.
These folks have the unfortunate status of belonging to no country, even though they may be born right here. Though some may eventually obtain citizenship, many others remain in administrative limbo for years. It may not even be a fault of their own — come stateless folks inherit the status from parents who renounce citizenships or were not able to produce proof of identities.