Single Unwed Parents Who Apply for Interim Housing while Awaiting Completion of New Flats

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for National Development for each year in the past five years (a) how many single unwed parents applied for interim housing under the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) while awaiting completion of their new flat; (b) how many of such applications have been successful; and (c) for applicants who are rejected, whether HDB followed up with them and offered alternative housing.

Mr Desmond Lee: Since 2016, two single unwed parents have submitted applications under the PPHS and both applicants were invited to select a flat. One applicant was allocated a PPHS flat, while the other applicant did not select a flat when invited to do so.