Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on HDB flat applications from single unwed parents under 35 years old

Jul 8, 2019

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for National Development for each year in the past five years:

(a) how many single unwed parents under 35 years old applied to buy a flat from HDB;

(b) how many of such single unwed parents obtained a ballot number without submitting an appeal; and

(c) how many of such single unwed parents obtained a ballot number following an appeal.

Answer:

Since 2014, we have received 121 requests from single unwed parents to apply for a 2-room Flexi flat before they turn 35 years old.  The individual circumstances of each person were reviewed to understand their housing options and level of family support.  28 of them were granted flexibility to submit an application to buy a flat.  The rest were assessed to be able to stay with family members. After a flat application has been submitted, HDB uses a computer ballot to determine the queue order among the flat applicants.

The annual figures from 2014 to May 2019 are in Table 1.

Table 1: Requests from Single Unwed Parents below 35 years old to Buy a 2-room Flexi flat from HDB and Number of Requests Granted

^[1] The request figures are unique within each year, but some individuals made requests in more than one year.