Oral answer by Ministry of National Development on spouses of HDB flat or Executive Condominium owners who have bought private properties

Nov 29, 2022

Question No: 3878

Question by: Mr Gan Thiam Poh

* 3878 Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Minister for National Development how many spouses of the owners of HDB flats and executive condominium, who are registered as occupants and not joint owners of the flat, have bought and invested in another private property in their own name in each of the past five years.

Answer:

          Mr Speaker, as resale Executive Condominium (EC) units are private residential property, HDB does not track data on the owners and occupiers of EC units beyond five years from when the EC receives its Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP). As such, HDB does not have data of all who are currently occupants of the EC unit that their spouse is an owner of.

As for those registered as occupiers of their spouse's HDB flat, HDB's data only captures whether they proceeded to purchase a private property after fulfilling the requisite Minimum Occupation Period. However, HDB does not capture whether they purchased the private property in their own name or jointly with others. They may have purchased the private property with their spouse, who may then have subsequently disposed of the HDB flat. As such, HDB is unable to provide the specific information that the Member had asked for.