Applicants above Income Cap for Rental Flats

Debated in Parliament on 6 Feb 2017.

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Louis Ng asked for the number of applicants above the income cap for rental flats and how many were approved over the past three years.
HDB exercises case-by-case flexibility to allow some households above the income cap to rent flats despite not meeting eligibility criteria.
From 2014 to 2016, about 1,900 households requested a waiver of the income cap, with 273 applications approved.
The remaining applicants were deemed able to afford other housing options or had family support.
The response highlights HDB’s discretionary approach to assessing deserving households beyond the standard income criteria.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for National Development for each year of the past three years (a) how many applicants above the income cap for rental flats have applied for rental flats; and (b) how many of such applications have been approved.

Lawrence Wong

The Housing and Development Board (HDB) exercises flexibility for deserving households who do not meet the eligibility criteria, such as the income ceiling, to rent a flat from HDB on a case-by-case basis.

Between 2014 and 2016, about 1,900 households requested for a waiver of the income ceiling criterion, of which 273 applications were approved. The other applicants were assessed to be able to afford other housing options or had family support.

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Louis Ng asked for the number of applicants above the income cap for rental flats and how many were approved over the past three years.
HDB exercises case-by-case flexibility to allow some households above the income cap to rent flats despite not meeting eligibility criteria.
From 2014 to 2016, about 1,900 households requested a waiver of the income cap, with 273 applications approved.
The remaining applicants were deemed able to afford other housing options or had family support.
The response highlights HDB’s discretionary approach to assessing deserving households beyond the standard income criteria.

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Applicants above Income Cap for Rental Flats

Debated in Parliament on 6 Feb 2017.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Louis Ng asked for the number of applicants above the income cap for rental flats and how many were approved over the past three years.
HDB exercises case-by-case flexibility to allow some households above the income cap to rent flats despite not meeting eligibility criteria.
From 2014 to 2016, about 1,900 households requested a waiver of the income cap, with 273 applications approved.
The remaining applicants were deemed able to afford other housing options or had family support.
The response highlights HDB’s discretionary approach to assessing deserving households beyond the standard income criteria.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Lawrence Wong

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Louis Ng asked for the number of applicants above the income cap for rental flats and how many were approved over the past three years.
HDB exercises case-by-case flexibility to allow some households above the income cap to rent flats despite not meeting eligibility criteria.
From 2014 to 2016, about 1,900 households requested a waiver of the income cap, with 273 applications approved.
The remaining applicants were deemed able to afford other housing options or had family support.
The response highlights HDB’s discretionary approach to assessing deserving households beyond the standard income criteria.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Lawrence Wong

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