Public Rental Flat Applications from Recent Divorcees

Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Minister for National Development in each of the past five years, what is the number of public rental flat applicants who are recent divorcees.

Mr Desmond Lee: From 2018 to 2022, the Housing & Development Board (HDB) approved 5,669 requests from divorcees for public rental housing. The yearly breakdown is shown in the table below. We are unable to identify recent divorcees, as HDB does not track applicants' date of divorce.