Cases of More than One Household in Same HDB Rental Flat

Mr Leong Mun Wai asked the Minister for National Development whether there are cases where more than one household is housed in the same HDB rental flat and, if so, why.

Mr Desmond Lee: Public rental flats that have more than one household form only 0.1% of the occupied public rental flats.

Some may be staying together for mutual care arrangements, while others may have had a recent addition to their household, such as parents living with their child who just got married.

Households comprising two family nuclei can apply for two rental flats and request for the flats to be in the same block, subject to vacancies and the prevailing eligibility conditions for renting from the Housing and Development Board.