Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development in each of the last five years, including the latest available data in 2023, what is the number of HDB flats that are rented out by flat type, as further broken down into (i) rental of whole flats, (ii) rental of bedrooms and (iii) the average number of registered occupants.
Mr Desmond Lee: As of November 2023, there were about 58,000 Housing and Development Board (HDB) whole flats rented out. This constituted about 5% of the approximately one million sold HDB flats islandwide. There were also about 110,000 HDB flats which remain occupied by their owners, but which had bedrooms rented out. This constituted about 11% of all HDB sold flats. More than 90% of these flats which had been wholly or partially rented out were 3-room (3R), 4-room (4R), and 5-room (5R) flats.
The number and proportion of flat types rented out and the average number of occupants in each flat type are shown in the tables below:
Over the past five years, the proportion of flat types rented out and the average number of occupants in each flat type has been stable, for both HDB whole flat and bedroom rentals.
Ministry of National Development
9 January 2024
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