HDB Announces New Scheme to Prioritize Singles for Flats Near Parents

The Housing and Development Board (HDB) revealed the allocation for two-room Build-to-Order (BTO) flats designated for first-time singles seeking housing near their parents. This announcement was made on Sunday, July 20th.

FCS (Proximity) and FCS (Joint Balloting). The FCS (Proximity) component provides priority access to parents and their children, regardless of marital status, when applying for a new flat to reside together or in close proximity. This scheme will be implemented in the July BTO exercise.

Currently, up to 65 percent of two-room flexi BTO flats and up to 5 percent of Sale of Balance flats (SBF) are reserved for first-time singles, after flats are allocated to seniors. Within these quotas, 30 percent of BTO flats and 2 percent of SBF flats will be allocated to first-time singles applying under FCS (Proximity). This applies to both Standard and Plus flats.

For Prime flats, the allocated percentages are reduced to 20 percent and 1 percent, respectively. The remaining quotas will be available for other first-time singles.

Married couples and seniors already benefit from priority access under the Married Child Priority Scheme and Senior Priority Scheme when applying for new flats to live with or near their parents or married children. FCS (Proximity) will replace these existing schemes, without altering the priority access for married couples and seniors.