Statistics on Residents who Aspire for Better Housing in HDB Sample Household Survey 2018

Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development based on the HDB Sample Household Survey 2018, what is the percentage of respondents in each age group who indicated "aspire for better housing", as further broken down into "larger than current flat type", "private property" and "from rental flat to sold flat".

Mr Desmond Lee: The findings from the HDB Sample Household Survey 2018 showed that housing aspirations differed by residents' age. Younger residents were more likely to have higher housing aspirations.

Overall, 35.2% of residents aspired for better housing. Among them, 4.3%-points were renters who aspired to own an HDB flat, while 15.2%-points and 15.7%-points, respectively, were existing HDB flat owners who aspired to live in a bigger HDB flat or a private property (Table 1).