Upgrading under Home Improvement Programme

Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for National Development (a) how many flats have yet to be announced for upgrading under the Home Improvement Programme (HIP) for each Town Council; and (b) whether HDB is on track to complete the announcement of all eligible flats for HIP by 2018.

Mr Lawrence Wong: The Home Improvement Programme (HIP) was introduced in 2007 with about 300,000 eligible flats.

To date, HIP has been announced for slightly over 200,000 flats. The remaining 100,000 or so flats have not been selected or announced. All Town Councils would be aware of the blocks in their constituencies which would meet the HIP nomination and selection criteria.

HDB is still working to complete the selection of the remaining HIP-eligible flats by FY2018. But as with all publicly-funded programmes, this will be contingent on the Government's fiscal position and budget availability.