About 20,100 Singaporeans have booked a 2-room or 2-room Flexi flat in HDB’s Single Singapore Citizen Scheme sales exercises, Minister for National Development revealed in Parliament on Aug 5, 2019.
Minister Lawrence Wong was responding to a question by the Workers’ Party MP Assoc Prof Daniel Goh Pei Siong, who asked, “how many Singaporeans have bought BTO flats under the Single Singapore Citizen Scheme since its inception and how many have gone on to get married, with the figures broken down by gender.”
In responding to him, Mr Wong said, “about 20,100 Singaporeans have booked a 2-room or 2-room Flexi flat in HDB’s sales exercises under the Single Singapore Citizen Scheme since its inception in Jul 2013.”
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He added, “the proportions of male and female flat buyers are roughly equal. Amongst these flat buyers, about 440 subsequently registered a marriage in Singapore, of whom about 80% are male.”
First-timer single Singapore Citizen (SC) who are 35 years old or above, may be eligible for the following CPF Housing Grant(s) if they apply under the Single Singapore Citizen Scheme:
- Singles Grant
- Additional CPF Housing Grant (AHG) (Singles)