Written answer by Ministry of National Development on proportion of HDB units benefiting from blocks undergoing Lift Upgrading Programme

Sep 19, 2023

Question No: 4894

Question by: Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim

To ask the Minister for National Development in the past five years (a) how many HDB blocks have either undergone the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) or polled in favour of LUP; (b) of these blocks, how many have fewer than 10 units with no direct lift access or units benefitting from LUP; and (c) of the blocks that have undergone or polled in favour of LUP, what is the proportion of the units benefitting from LUP as a percentage of the total number of units in each block.

Answer:

In the past 5 years, 34 blocks have successfully polled for the LUP. Out of these 34 blocks, there are 10 blocks with fewer than 10 Benefitting Units (BUs). The proportion of BUs in each block ranges between 3% to 100%.

2        HDB takes into consideration technical and financial feasibility when assessing which blocks to be offered LUP. The number of BUs or the proportion of BUs in the block are not overriding considerations. In some cases, HDB has offered LUP to blocks with a small number of BUs, if the LUP cost cap on a per-BU basis is met.