Average Percentage of Applicants in Excess of 30% of Flats Set Aside under Married Child Priority Scheme in HDB BTO Projects within Mature Estates and Non-mature Estates over Last Five Years

Ms Tin Pei Ling asked the Minister for National Development (a) over the last five years, what is the average percentage of applicants in excess of the 30% of flats set aside under the Married Child Priority Scheme in HDB BTO projects within mature estates; and (b) how does this compare with that of non-mature estates.

The Married Child Priority Scheme (MCPS) gives priority to families buying new HDB flats to live with or near their parents or married children for mutual care and support. Under the MCPS, 30% of the 3-room and bigger BTO flats are set aside for first-timer families.

From 2016 to 2020, the average application rate for all first-timer families for 3-room and bigger BTO flats was 4.2 times in the mature estates, and 2.8 times in the non-mature estates and about 30% of these applicants were eligible for the MCPS. Amongst these MCPS applicants, about 20% and 30% were balloted within the MCPS quota in the mature estates and non-mature estates respectively.

MCPS applicants who were not balloted within the MCPS quota were balloted again with other public applicants. Overall, about 50% and 60% of all first-timer MCPS applicants applying for 3-room or bigger flats were successful in their flat application in the mature estates and non-mature estates respectively. These success rates are higher than first-timer applicants without any priority schemes.