Debated in Parliament on 12 Jan 2022.
Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Minister for National Development whether the Ministry will consider allowing the tenant of a HDB rental flat to buy over the rental flat that the tenant is living in.
MND is committed to enabling public rental tenants to achieve their aspiration of owning a home. Hence, HDB has various measures to support them to buy a new flat from HDB or a resale flat. These include generous subsidies through various housing grants, priority in sales exercises through the Tenants’ Priority Scheme, and personalised guidance from HDB’s Home ownership Support Team.
With these measures in place to help them buy new or resale flats, HDB currently has no plans to allow public rental tenants to buy over their rental flats. In addition, helping tenants to move out from rental housing into their own homes will maintain the rental flat supply for households who have no other housing options.
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