Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on BTO flat applications from low-income families
Jan 19, 2015
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for National Development since March 2012, how many families with a monthly household income of between $1,000 and $1,200 (inclusive) have:-
(i) applied for and subsequently booked or
(ii) been invited but failed to book 2-room or larger HDB BTO flats.
Answer:
For BTO exercises between March 2012 and July 2014 where selection has been completed, 744 families with monthly household income of between $1,000 and $1,200 booked a 2-room or larger BTO flat. Over the same period, 655 other families in the same income bracket were invited to select a BTO flat but they did not proceed to book one.