Written answer by Ministry of National Development on extending HDB's Goodwill Repair Assistance Scheme and Home Improvement Programme to include water seepage into common areas

Sep 19, 2023

Question No: 4998

Question by: Mr Murali Pillai

To ask the Minister for National Development whether the scope of HDB's Goodwill Repair Assistance scheme and Home Improvement Programme may be extended to cover works to address (i) water seepage from the floor of 2nd floor units into void decks or common areas and (ii) water seepage from internal walls of units to the external walls thereby affecting external paintwork of the flat.

Answer:

The scope of the Goodwill Repair Assistance (GRA) Scheme covers the repair costs borne by residents for cases of water seepage from the floor of 2nd floor units to common areas such as the community deck. For such cases, the repair cost is split equally between the Town Council (TC) and the flat owner, with each co-paying 50%. Under the GRA, HDB helps flat owners pay half of their share, reducing the owners’ co-payment to 25%.

2        For cases where the water seepage is from the toilet, these are covered by upgrading works under the Home Improvement Programme (HIP).

3        HDB does not have plans to extend the GRA Scheme and HIP to cover repairs at common areas, such as on external walls and void decks.