Written answer by Ministry of National Development on number of HDB flats built under Design, Build and Sell Scheme sold for more than 1 million

May 8, 2023

Question No: 4492

Question by: Mr Gan Thiam Poh

To ask the Minister for National Development to date, how many HDB flats that have been sold for more than $1 million were flats built under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme.

Answer:

The Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) was introduced in 2005 to give flat buyers more choice by allowing private developers to design and build some public flats.  Land sales for the DBSS have been suspended since 2012.

2.       To-date (up to 1Q 2023), 229 DBSS flats have been sold in the open market for $1 million or more.