| 1. | APPLICATIONS CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES
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 | 1.1 | Submission of Application Form
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| | (a) | Applications must be submitted electronically via the HDB InfoWEB for buying a flat under the Sale of Balance Flats. Applicants must pay a non-refundable administrative fee of $10 by way of Credit Card (Visa/Master Card).Applicants without Internet access can visit HDB Hub or any of HDB’s Branches to submit their application via the e-Stations or Internet PCs. Applicants who do not own a credit card may come down to the HDB Hub at Toa Payoh to submit an application and pay the administrative fee using their EZ-Link card / NETS FlashPay card.
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| | (b) | The applicant and any family member listed in the application can only submit one application under this Sale of Balance Flats exercise. If the applicant or any member listed in the application is listed in more than one application, all the applications will be disqualified.
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| | (c) | Applicants can only apply for one town/estate and flat application category.
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| | (d) | Applicants who have earlier booked a flat from HDB or a Design, Build & Sell Scheme (DBSS) flat/ Executive Condominium (EC) directly from the developer but wish to participate in this Sale of Balance Flats exercise will have to cancel their booking first, before submitting a new application under this exercise (subject to current eligibility conditions). The usual forfeiture for such cancellation will apply. However, if the booked HDB flat is from a Build-To-Order or Sale of Balance Flats exercise launched on or after March 2012, the applicants will not be eligible to apply for another flat from HDB within one year after the cancellation of booking of the HDB flat.
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| | (e) | All applicants who have a chance to select a flat based on their balloted queue number will be deemed successful in their flat application.
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| | (f) | Any request for cancellation of an application for this Sale of Balance Flats exercise must be submitted and received by HDB within the application period. If the cancellation request is received by HDB after the application period, the cancelled application will still be included in the balloting process and be assigned a queue number, where applicable. If the applicant has a chance to select a flat based on his/ her balloted queue number, it will be treated as one successful application. |
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| 1.2 | Points to note for First-timer Applicants
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| | (a) | An applicant is considered a *First-timer (all others considered Second-timers) if the applicant(s) and the other essential family members listed in the Application Form:
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| (i) | are currently not the owner(s) of a flat bought direct from HDB, a Design, Build & Sell Scheme (DBSS) flat or an Executive Condominium (EC) Unit bought from the developer; or |
| (ii) | have not sold a flat bought direct from HDB, a Design, Build & Sell Scheme (DBSS) flat or an Executive Condominium (EC) Unit bought from the developer; or |
| (iii) | have not transferred at market value a flat bought direct from HDB or an HDB resale flat bought under the CPF Housing Grant Scheme; or |
| (iv) | have never been a recipient of any CPF Housing Grant for the purchase of an HDB resale flat or a Design, Build & Sell Scheme (DBSS) flat or an Executive Condominium (EC) Unit bought from the developer; or |
| (v) | have not sold any HDB flat with re-housing benefits under the Selective En-Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS); or |
| (vi) | have not ever enjoyed other forms of housing subsidy such as enjoyed SERS benefits or privatisation of HUDC estate, or purchased an HDB flat under the Sale of Flats to Sitting Tenants Scheme.
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* For married or fiancé-fiancée couples where one party is a First-timer and the other party is a Second-timer, HDB will exercise flexibility to treat these couples as First-timer households in the balloting process and under the priority schemes. These couples will enjoy the same First-timer privileges listed under 1.2(d) if the couple is made up of at least two Singapore Citizens or one Singapore Citizen and one Singapore Permanent Resident.They are similarly subject to the terms mentioned in 1.2(b), 1.2(c) and 1.2(d).
The above is not applicable to couples who had remarried or are remarrying each other after their divorce.
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| | (b) | First-timer applicants will be given more chances over the Second-timer applicants in the balloting, subject to the prevailing policy on ethnic ratios and quota of flats available for booking.
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| | (c) | First-timer applicants who have a chance to book a flat based on their balloted queue number will be deemed successful in their flat application and all the additional chances accumulated from previous unsuccessful applications, if any, are considered to have been used up (reset to zero). This treatment will also be applicable to towns where HDB has grouped certain flat-types together for offer under the same Flat Application Category, e.g. 5-room and Executive Flats. HDB will allow these applicants a maximum of two (2) successful attempts to book a flat. First-timer applicants who do not book a flat after two (2) successful applications will no longer be able to enjoy the privileges given to First-timers when they participate in any HDB sales exercises, for a period of one year.
During the one year period, if the First-timer applicant continues to turn down another two (2) chances to book a flat, he/she will continue to have his/her First-timer privileges removed for a further period of one year.
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| | (d) | First-timer applicants whose First-timer privileges are removed in 1.2(c) above, would no longer enjoy the following when they apply for a flat in any HDB sales exercise within the said one year period (including the extended period mentioned in 1.2(c)):
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| (i) | 2 chances in the ballot for a First-timer applicant; |
| (ii) | Additional chances for subsequent applications for First-timer applicants who do not have a chance to book a flat in more than 2 attempts [applicable to BTO flats in non-mature estates only]; |
| (iii) | Higher proportion of flats set aside for First-timer households who apply under the Married Child Priority Scheme; |
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| (iv) | Higher proportion of flats set aside for First-timer households; as indicated below:
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2-room Flexi flats in non-mature estates
(for BTO) | 2-room Flexi flats in non-mature estates
(for Sale of Balance Flats) | 3-room BTO flats in non-mature estates | 4-room and bigger BTO flats in mature estates | BTO flats in mature estates and Sale of Balance Flats |
First-timer Families | 20% | 90% | 70% | 85% | 95% |
Second-timer Families | 30% | 5% | 30% | 15% | 5% |
First-timer Singles | 50% | 5% | - | - | - |
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| (v) | Parenthood Priority Scheme
(Please see clause 1.3 for more information on the Parenthood Priority Scheme)
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| 1.3 | Points to note for applicants under the Parenthood Priority Scheme (“PPS”)
(For First-timer households only)
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| | To qualify for for the PPS, a First-timer household must meet the following conditions:-
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| (i) | Applicants must include a Singapore citizen child (natural offspring from lawful marriages or legally adopted) below the age of 16 at the time of flat application; or
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| (ii) | Applicants who are expecting a Singapore citizen child and wish to apply for the PPS have to indicate their request under “Parenthood Priority Scheme” and declare the details of the expectant mother in the application form.
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| [Note: During the flat selection, the expectant mother who is applying under the PPS has to provide (i) a doctor certification of the pregnancy and undertake to produce the child’s birth certificate within six months from birth or (ii) birth certificate of the citizen child (where child is already delivered by the booking of the flat) before she can proceed to book a unit.]
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| | (b) | Applicants and occupiers listed in the application form must form a family nucleus; and
(Please see clause 2.1 for more information on family nucleus.)
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| | (c) | Applicants and occupiers listed in the application form must meet all other eligibility conditions in buying an HDB flat.
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| | Under the PPS, HDB will set aside 50% of the total flat supply set aside for public applicants.
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Household Types | Sale of Balance Flats |
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3-room and bigger flats |
First-Timer (FT) Familes |
| Parenthood Priority Scheme | 50% |
| Married Child Priority Scheme | 30% |
| Other FT families | 15% |
| Sub-Total (FT Families) | 95% |
Second-Timer (ST) Families |
| Married Child Priority Scheme | 3% |
| Others ST families | 2% |
| Sub-Total (ST Families) | 5% |
GRAND TOTAL |
100% |
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| 1.4 | Points to note for Second-timer Applicants
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| | (a) | Second-timer applicants who have a chance to book a flat based on their balloted queue number will be deemed successful in their flat application.
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| | (b) | Second-timer applicants who do not book a flat after two (2) successful attempts will not be allowed to participate in any HDB sales exercises, for a period of one year.
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| 1.5 | Documents to Submit
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| | Applicants must submit the following documents of all persons listed in the Application Form for verification and registration of the application when requested by HDB:
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| | (a) | Copy of Identity Cards of ALL persons (including occupiers) listed in the application. If you are in the service of SAF/Civil Defence/Police Force, you are required to obtain a certified true copy of your Singapore pink/blue identity card from your Personnel Department for submission to HDB on the appointed date. |
| | (b) | Copy of Birth Certificates : for proof of relationship |
| | (c) | Copy of Passport for Non-Citizens to verify residential status in Singapore |
| | (d) | Income Documents :
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| (i) | Employed Persons |
| (1) | Latest 3 months’ payslips i.e. month of application and preceding 2 months; or |
| (2) | Latest income letter from employer (which must bear either the company’s letterhead or stamp and the name and designation of the signatory) stating the gross monthly income for the month of application and the preceding 2 months of the employed person.
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| (ii) | Self-Employed Persons |
| (1) | Latest Notice Of Assessment (NOA) from IRAS; or |
| (2) | Certified Annual Statement of Accounts from an Audit Firm; and |
| (3) | Valid Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) Computer Information (Business Profile) / Valid license of business / trade; and |
| (4) | Statutory Declaration* to declare the average gross monthly income for the past 12 months, i.e. month of application and preceding 11 months.
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| (iii) | Commission-based Persons |
| (1) | Latest 12 months' commission statements/ payslips, i.e. month of application and preceding 11 months; or |
| (2) | Recent letter from employer stating latest 12 months' commission income/ salaries (which must bear either the company's letterhead or stamp and the name and designation of the signatory), i.e. month of application and preceding 11 months.
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| (iv) | Part-time Worker |
| (1) | Monthly-rated part-time employee with fixed monthly salary is required to submit a letter from employer stating his/her permanent staff status and the latest 12 months' salary received (which must bear either the company’s letterhead or stamp and the name and designation of the signatory), i.e. month of application and preceding 11 months. |
| (2) | Hourly-rated part-time employee with variable salary is required to submit the latest 12 months' payslips or Letter from employer stating latest 12 months salary (which must bear either the company’s letterhead or stamp and the name and designation of the signatory), i.e. month of application and preceding 11 months.
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| (v) | Odd-Job Worker |
| (1) | Latest Notice Of Assessment (NOA) from IRAS; or |
| (2) | Recent letter from employer stating latest 12 months salary received, i.e. month of application and preceding 11 months.
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| (vi) | Unemployed Persons |
| Statutory Declaration* to declare the employment status, i.e. period of unemployment / employment (where applicable). |
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| • | Applicable to applicants and occupiers between 18 and 62 years old who are unemployed. |
| • | If the applicants and occupiers are unemployed for fewer than 3 months, the average income will be computed based on the number of actual months he/she has worked. |
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*Statutory Declaration may be affirmed/declared at the Sales Office at HDB Hub or at any HDB Branch Office. If the applicant is overseas, the applicant can make the Statutory Declaration before a Notary Public if the applicant is in the United Kingdom or any part of the Commonwealth, or before a consul or vice consul if the applicant is any other place that is not part of the Commonwealth.
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| (vii) | Retired with Pension |
| (1) | Latest 3 months’ payslips i.e. month of application and preceding 2 months from previous employer stating monthly pension received;
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| (2) | Latest income letter from previous employer (which must bear either the company’s letterhead or stamp and the name and designation of the signatory) stating the monthly pension received for the month of application and the preceding 2 months. |
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| | (e) | Copy of Student Pass or Letter from School/College/Institute of Learning for persons who are 18 years old and above: to confirm student status. |
| | (f) | Copy of Marriage Certificate / Deed of Separation / Divorce Documents (if applicable): to verify marital status. |
| | (g) | Copy of Death Certificate of spouse (if applicable): to verify demise of spouse. |
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Note: HDB shall have the right to rely on its own records and/or the records of any other relevant authorities to obtain or verify any information relating to or in connection with the application. In this regard, HDB also reserves the right to write to and request information from all the applicants.
The applicant must produce the original documents whenever required. He must also submit any other documents requested by HDB. HDB has the right to cancel/not register the application if the applicant fails to submit the above or any other documents as required.
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| 1.6 | Correspondence Address for Application
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| | The applicant(s) must indicate their correspondence address in the Application Form and inform the HDB Sales Office if there are any subsequent changes.
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ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS
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| 2.1 | Eligible Family Nucleus for 3-room/4-room and 5-room flat
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| | The applicant and occupiers in the Application Form must form a family nucleus comprising any of the following:
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| | (a) | Applicant and his/ her spouse and children (if any) (natural offspring from lawful marriages or legally adopted);
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| | (b) | Applicant (single) and both his/ her parents; and siblings (if any);
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| | (c) | Applicant (widowed or divorced) and children under his/ her legal custody, care and control;
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| | (d) | Applicant (single) and his/ her siblings, if parents are deceased (one of the deceased parents must be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident and a copy of the Death Certificates of the parents must be submitted for verification) ; or
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| | (e) | Applicant and fiance/fiancee. Both the fiance and fiancee must be unmarried, widowed or divorced (with Decree Nisi Absolute/Interim Judgment Final granted) at the time of application.
If the fiancé/fiancée couple have booked a flat that is completed, they must produce their Marriage Certificate for inspection by HDB within 3 months after taking possession of the flat.
If the fiancé/fiancée couple have booked a flat that is under construction, they must produce their Marriage Certificate for inspection by HDB, within 3 months after taking possession of the new HDB flat or by the *Delivery Possession Date (DPD), whichever is the later. If either fiance/fiancee is below 21 but 18 years old and above, the written consent of parents or guardians must be submitted with the application. For applicant and fiance/fiancee who have applied and are eligible for the Additional CPF Housing Grant, they must submit a copy of their marriage certificate for inspection by HDB on or before the date of taking possession of the flat.
*Delivery Possession Date (DPD) is the date by which HDB is required under the Agreement for Lease to deliver possession of the flat.
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| 2.2 | Eligible Family Nucleus for 3Gen flat
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| | | To apply for a 3Gen flat, the applicants and occupiers must form a multi-generation family comprising any of the following :
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| | (a) | *Applicant, his/ her spouse and children, if any (natural offspring from lawful marriages or legally adopted) and their parents/married child(ren), where at least one of the parents/married child(ren) is a Singapore Citizen or an Singapore Permanent Resident;
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| | (b) | Applicant (widowed or divorced) and children under his/ her legal custody, care and control and his/ her parents/married child(ren), where at least one of the parents/married child(ren) is a Singapore Citizen or an Singapore Permanent Resident.
*Applicable to Fiance/Fiancee applicants whereby the conditions in clause 2.1(e) will also apply.
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| 2.3 | Citizenship Requirement
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| | Each family nucleus must comprise at least two Singapore Citizens (SC/SC) or one Singapore Citizen and one Singapore Permanent Resident (SC/SPR). Applicant 1 must be a Singapore Citizen. The other applicant(s) and essential occupier(s) can be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents.
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| 2.4 | Payment of $10,000 Premium
(For First-timer Singapore Citizen / Singapore Permanent Resident (SC/SPR) households only)
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| | (a) | Definition of SC/SC & SC/SPR household
A SC/SC household is one in which the applicant is a SC and the spouse, child or parents listed in the flat application is also a SC.
A SC/SPR household is one in which the applicant is a SC and the other family members listed in the flat application are SPRs.
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| | (b) | Payment of $10,000 Premium
First-timer SC/SPR households must pay a $10,000 premium on top of the purchase price of the new HDB flat.
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| | (c) | Conversion to SC/SC household
A SC/SPR household who had paid the premium in 2.4(b) above and have not taken possession/will be taking possession of the new HDB flat, can request to be converted to a SC/SC household when:-
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| (i) | the SPR spouse who is the co-applicant/co-owner/occupier originally listed in the flat application subsequently becomes a SC, or
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| (ii) | a SC child is born to the SC applicant/owner and SPR spouse originally listed in the flat application, or
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| (iii) | the SPR parents/child/sibling# originally listed in the flat application subsequently becomes a SC.
(# conversion of sibling to SC to qualify for the Citizen Top-Up applies only to flats purchased under the Orphans Scheme, Citizen/SPR Siblings Scheme and Non-Citizen Spouse Scheme.)
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Upon conversion to SC/SC household, an amount of $10,000 will be deducted from the purchase price of the flat (plus premium) and the same will be adjusted accordingly.
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| 2.5 | Age
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| | All applicants must be at least 21 years old at the time of application.
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| 2.6 | Income Ceiling
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| | (a) | Application to buy a 3-room flat (If Offered)
The total average gross income of all persons listed in the Application Form must not exceed $6,000/- or $12,000/- per month at the time of application, depending on the project.
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| | (b) | Application to buy a 4-room/ 5-room/ 3Gen/ Executive flat (If Offered)
The total gross income of all persons listed in the Application Form must not exceed $12,000/- per month at the time of application.
For applications that are made up of multi-generation families, the average gross monthly household income for the extended families must not exceed $18,000/- per month at the time of application. In addition, the total gross income of each family should not exceed $12,000 per month at the time of application.
Read more about calculation of income ceiling for extended family under "What is the $18,000 extended/multi-generation family income ceiling? How do I work it out?" |
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| 2.7 | Financing
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| | On or before the exercise of the Option to Purchase, the applicants must have : |
| | (a) | a valid HDB Loan Eligibility Letter if they are taking an HDB loan to finance the purchase of the flat; or
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| | (b) | a valid Letter of Offer from a bank/financial institution if they are financing the purchase of the flat with a loan from the bank/financial institution; or
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| | (c) | documentary proof acceptable to HDB that the applicants have the financial means to buy the flat without an HDB loan or a loan from a bank/financial institution if they will not be taking an HDB loan or a loan from a bank/financial institution to finance the purchase of the flat.
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| 2.8 | Ownership / Interest in Property
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| | A person is not eligible to buy an HDB flat if the person, his/ her spouse, any occupiers listed in the Application Form or their spouses:
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| | (a) | is the owner of any other flat, house, building or land*, or has an estate or interest therein; or
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| | (b) | has at any time within 30 months before the date of applying to buy an HDB flat, or between the date of the application and the date of completion of the purchase, acquired or disposed of any flat, house, building or land, or any interest therein.
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| | *Includes but not limited to HUDC flats and Executive Condominiums, properties acquired by gift / inheritance, private properties, properties outside Singapore and properties owned / acquired / disposed through nominees.
HDB may consider exempting persons from conditions 2.8 (a) and (b) upon their application for exemption, based on the merits of each case. The applicant must pay a non-refundable processing fee of $50, subject to GST, within 2 weeks of HDB’s request to do so.
Note: For more information on the various categories where HDB may consider granting exemption, please refer to the HDB InfoWEB at "Can I buy a new HDB if I used to/still own or have full/partial interest in local/overseas non-HDB property?"
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| 2.9 | Payment of Premium / Levy
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| | The applicant or spouse listed in this application must pay any premium or levy and interest due to HDB before they can buy or take possession of the new HDB flat. If the premium or levy or any part thereof remains unpaid, the applicant/spouse acknowledge that this shall constitute a debt due to HDB.
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| 2.10 | Time Bar
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| | (a) | Existing Owner or Ex-owner of a Flat/Executive Condominium (EC)
An applicant, his/ her spouse or essential occupier listed in the application who is an existing owner or ex-owner of a flat bought directly from HDB, or a resale flat bought under the CPF Housing Grant Scheme or Design Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) flat/ Executive Condominium (EC)*, may apply to buy an HDB flat on condition that a 5-year period (excluding any period of subletting of the whole flat) has lapsed from the date of taking possession of that flat/ EC to the date of this application.
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| | (b) | Essential occupier of an Existing HDB flat Executive Condominium (EC)
Any person currently listed as an essential occupier of an existing HDB flat bought directly from HDB, or a resale flat bought under the CPF Housing Grant Scheme or Design Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) flat / Executive Condominium (EC)* bought from the developer, may apply to buy an HDB flat or be listed as an occupier only if he/ she has stayed in the existing flat/EC for 5 years from the date of taking possession of the existing flat/EC to the date of this application.
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| | (c) | Cancellation of flat booked from March 2012 Sales Exercise onwards
Applicants and the essential occupiers of the cancelled application (relating to a flat booked from a Build-To-Order or Sale of Balance Flats exercise launched on or after March 2012) will not be eligible to apply to buy another flat from HDB within one year after the cancellation of a flat booked from a Build-To-Order or Sale of Balance Flats exercise launched on or after March 2012.
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| | (d) | One-year wait out period for applicants who do not select twice
Second-timer applicants who do not book a flat after two (2) successful applications, will not be allowed to participate in any HDB sales exercises, for a period of one year.
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| | (e) | Divorcees
Within three years from the date of the finalised divorce, only one party in the divorce can own one of the following housing units:
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| (i) | A flat bought directly from the HDB; |
| (ii) | A resale flat bought from resale market under the CPF Housing Grant Scheme; |
| (iii) | A DBSS flat or EC bought directly from a private developer. |
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The divorced person may however, apply with his/her parents or new spouse or be listed as an occupier in their application to buy an HDB flat within the 3-year period.
If there is no matrimonial home or the matrimonial home was bought from the resale market without any CPF Housing Grant, the divorced person may apply to buy an HDB flat or be listed as an occupier after obtaining the ex-spouse’s consent not to own or be listed as an essential occupier in any of the above housing units in 2.10(e)(i) or 2.10(e)(ii) or 2.10(e)(iii) within the three-year period from the date of the finalised divorce.
The requirement to seek ex-spouse consent is waived if the divorced person is applying with his/her parents or new spouse or be listed as an occupier in their application to buy an HDB flat within the 3-year period.
The requirement to seek ex-spouse consent during the three-year period is also waived if the divorced person meets the following conditions:
· All the children are below the age of 18 at the date of divorce; and
· Have the legal custody, care and control of all the children.
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· An essential occupier is one who forms a family nucleus with the applicant to qualify for a flat from HDB.
· * For ex-owner/ex-essential occupier of an EC, the applicants and all essential occupiers have to further meet a 30-month period from the effective date of disposal (i.e. date of legal completion of the sale of the Executive Condominium, evidenced by the Notice of Transfer or other documentary evidence as HDB may require) of the EC before the date of applying to buy an HDB flat. |
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| 2.11 | | Owners or Ex-owners of Flats/Design Build and Sell Scheme/ Executive Condominium (EC)
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• A flat from the HDB;
• A resale flat with the CPF Housing Grant*;
• A DBSS flat from the developer;
• An EC unit from developer.
*Applicable for first-timer applicants only.
A person who has already bought two of the above housing units will not eligible to apply or be listed in the application as an essential occupier to buy another flat directly from HDB.
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| 4.3 | Third Child Priority Scheme
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| | (a) | Each family must have at least 3 children (natural offsprings from lawful marriages or legally adopted) and comply with the following conditions:-
(i) The third child must be a Singapore Citizen born on or after 1 Jan 1987, and the other children must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents. All the children qualifying for the Scheme must be listed in the application. ; and
(ii) At least one of the parents must be Singapore Citizen. Where one of the parents is deceased, the remaining parent must be a Singapore Citizen.
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| | (b) | Each family is only allowed to enjoy the benefit of the Third Child Priority Scheme to buy/sell a flat once. |
| | (c) | Each applicant will be given priority allocation in accordance with HDB’s prevailing policies, rules and regulations. |
| | (d) | An applicant will become ineligible to buy an HDB flat under this Scheme if the composition of the 3-child family as listed in his/ her application changes by reason of death or divorce or separation or for any other reasons at any time whatsoever. |
| | (e) | If an applicant is or becomes ineligible to buy an HDB flat under this Scheme, his/ her application shall be cancelled at the discretion of HDB and all monies paid towards the application shall be forfeited by HDB. |
| | (f) | If the applicant breaches any of the Terms and Conditions of this Scheme or makes any false declaration/misrepresentation for the purchase of an HDB flat under this Scheme, his/ her application will be cancelled and all monies paid towards the application will be forfeited by HDB or if an HDB flat has already been allocated to him/ her, HDB will compulsorily acquire or determine the Lease of the HDB flat and forfeit all monies paid towards the application . |
| | (g) | Birth Certificates (photocopy) of the children must be submitted together with the application. |
| | (h) | Applicants must comply with all other Terms and Conditions as may be imposed from time to time under this Scheme.
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| 4.4 | *Married Child Priority Scheme ("MCPS")
Married Applicants who include their parents/married child(ren) in the application to stay with them or wish to stay near their parents/married child(ren) can apply for the Married Child Priority Scheme (MCPS) if they meet the eligibility conditions. Among the MCPS applicants, applicants who have included their parents/married child(ren) in the application will enjoy first priority over other MCPS applicants.
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| | (a) | Married Applicants Staying with Parents/Married Child(ren) within the 5-year occupation period |
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| (i) | Successful applicants must ensure that their parents/married child(ren) are not deleted as the owner/occupier of the new flat and must physically and continuously occupy the same new flat for a period of 5 years from the date of taking possession of the new flat.
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| (ii) | An applicant or occupier listed in the application who is an owner of an existing HDB flat (including Design, Build & Sell Scheme (DBSS) flat), must dispose/relinquish his/ her interest in the existing flat within 6 months from the date of taking possession of the new flat. The disposal or relinquishment of interest in the existing flat is subject to HDB's approval and prevailing policies, rules and regulations.
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| (iii) | Applicants or occupiers who are existing tenants of an HDB rental flat must terminate the tenancy and surrender vacant possession of the rental flat to HDB within 4 months from the date of taking possession of the new flat.
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| | (b) | Married Applicants Staying Near Parents/ Married Child(ren)
| (i) | Applicants must apply for a flat located in the same town as their parents’ or married child’s flat, and their parents or married child must be owners or registered occupiers of an HDB flat in the same town or registered tenants or occupiers of an HDB rental flat in the same town; or
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| (ii) | Applicants’ parents' or married child's current housing block is within 2 km from any of the blocks (offered in this Sale of Balance Flats exercise) in the town/estate they are applying for, and their parents or married child must be owners or registered occupiers of the HDB flat or registered tenants or occupiers of the HDB rental flat; or
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| (iii) | Applicants’ parents or married child are the owners of an owner-occupied private property that is located in the same town, or within 2 km from any of the blocks (offered in this Sale of Balance Flats exercise) in the town/estate they are applying for.
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| (iv) | Successful applicants under 4.4(b)(i) or 4.4(b)(ii) or 4.4(b)(iii) must ensure that their parents/married child(ren) reside and continue to reside in the same flat/private residential property or same town or within 2 km from any of the blocks (offered in this Sale of Balance Flats exercise) in the town/estate they are applying for, for a period of 5 years from the date the applicants take possession of the new flat.
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| | (c) | Applicants must indicate their request under “Request For Married Child Priority Scheme” in the Application Form. Parents/married child(ren) who are non-citizens or who are on visit pass/visa to Singapore are not eligible to qualify for the Scheme.
* Applicants under the Fiance/Fiancee Scheme may also request their application to be processed under this Priority Scheme if they are applying to stay near/with their parents.
For the purpose of determining whether the applicant meets the above criteria, HDB will rely solely on its records and/or the records of other relevant authorities as it deems fit. HDB reserves the right to reject as evidence, any form of private tenancy agreements or contracts made by or with the applicant's parents/married child(ren) and any other party, including receipts for rents paid by the applicant's parents/married child(ren).
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