Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on number of households that participated in the HDB Lease Buyback Scheme in 2019 and 2020, and the breakdown by HDB flat types
Feb 16, 2021
Mr Sitoh Yih Pin: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) in 2019 and 2020, what is number of households that participated in the HDB Lease Buyback Scheme respectively; and (b) what is the breakdown of that number by HDB flat types.
Answer:
In 2019 and 2020, 3,164 households participated in the Lease Buyback Scheme. A further breakdown by year and flat type is appended in Table 1.
Table 1: Take-up of the Lease Buyback Scheme
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3-room and smaller flats
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4-room flats
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5-room and bigger flats
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Total
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2019
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727
|
511
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398
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1,636
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2020
|
679
|
527
|
322
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1,528
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