Written answer by Ministry of National Development on unoccupied and total rental housing units under Public Rental Scheme and interim rental housing in Sengkang and Punggol

Oct 16, 2024

Question No: 6202

Question by: Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim

To ask the Minister for National Development for the past six months, what is the number of unoccupied and total rental housing units under the (i) Public Rental Scheme and (ii) Interim Rental Housing in the Sengkang and Punggol areas respectively.

Answer:

The same pool of flats is used for both the Public Rental Scheme and Interim Rental Housing.

On average, 13% of about 4,000 rental flats in Sengkang and Punggol were unoccupied in the last six months. Of these unoccupied rental flats, the majority are not available for allocation to new tenants as they are reserved for tenants affected by relocation exercises in other parts of the island, or are being progressively spruced up for allocation to new tenants after the previous tenant moved out.