Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on subsidised rental flats
May 18, 2018
Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan: To ask the Minister for National Development
(a) what is the current number of subsidised and non-subsidised rental flats in Singapore;
(b) what is the distribution in terms of one-room, two-room, three-room and four-room and above flats;
(c) how many Singaporeans are currently living in subsidised rental flats; and
(d) what is the gender/race/age profile of those living in subsidised rental flats?
Answer:
HDB currently manages about 60,600 subsidised rental flats under three schemes:
(a) The Public Rental Scheme, for Singapore Citizen (SC) households who have no other housing options or family support;
(b) Interim Rental Housing, for SC families who are in financial hardship and require urgent temporary accommodation; and
(c) The Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS), mainly for first-timer families who are awaiting the completion of their new flats.
HDB does not rent out non-subsidised flats.
The distribution of subsidised rental flats by flat type is in Table 1, and the details requested about the households living in these flats are in Tables 2 to 4.
Table 1: No. of Units of each Flat Type[1]
|
Flat Type
|
No. of Units
|
|
1-room
|
29,500
|
|
2-room
|
29,800
|
|
3-room
|
1,200
|
|
4-room
|
100
|
|
Total
|
60,600
|
Table 2: By Main Tenant’s Gender
|
Gender
|
No. of Households
|
|
Female
|
22,800
|
|
Male
|
28,100
|
|
Total
|
50,900
|
Table 3: By Main Tenant’s Race
|
Race
|
No. of Households
|
|
Chinese
|
27,800
|
|
Indian
|
6,200
|
|
Malay
|
16,200
|
|
Other
|
700
|
|
Total
|
50,900
|
Table 4: By Main Tenant’s Age
|
Age Range
|
No. of Households
|
|
< 35
|
4,800
|
|
35 – 54
|
14,700
|
|
>= 55
|
31,400
|
|
Total
|
50,900
|
[1] The stock of rental flats includes a buffer of vacant rental flats which have been set aside for existing tenants who will be affected when their rental blocks are due for redevelopment.