Mr Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap asked the Minister for National Development how many people currently living in HDB flats, including lessees and tenants, are (i) Singapore residents or their family members and (ii) foreigners who are not related to the lessees of the flat. Mr Desmond Lee: HDB flat owners must be either Singapore Citizens (SCs) orContinue reading “NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN HDB FLATS BROKEN DOWN BY SINGAPORE RESIDENTS OR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FOREIGNERS NOT RELATED TO LESSEES”
Category Archives: Parliamentary Questions
REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY INCOME THRESHOLD FOR MUIS’ FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME
Mr Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap asked the Minister for Social and Family Development and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs with regard to the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore’s (MUIS) financial assistance scheme (a) when was the eligibility income threshold last reviewed; and (b) whether there are plans to review again, in light of the inflation in costsContinue reading “REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY INCOME THRESHOLD FOR MUIS’ FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME”
DATA OF HOUSEHOLD INCOMES AND BTO PRICE TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME RATIO FOR FIRST-TIMER FAMILIES
43 Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development for first-timer families who had successfully selected a HDB BTO flat, what are the 25th percentile, median, average and 75th percentile (i) household incomes and (ii) BTO price to household income ratios for such families in each year from 2018 to 2022. Mr Desmond Lee: The householdContinue reading “DATA OF HOUSEHOLD INCOMES AND BTO PRICE TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME RATIO FOR FIRST-TIMER FAMILIES”
DISBURSEMENT OF HOUSING GRANTS THROUGH HOME BUYERS’ CPF ACCOUNTS
84 Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development what is the rationale for the disbursement of housing grants through home buyers’ CPF accounts. Mr Desmond Lee: All flat buyers enjoy a housing subsidy when they buy a Build-To-Order (BTO) flat from HDB, as HDB applies a significant subsidy to the assessed market value of theContinue reading “DISBURSEMENT OF HOUSING GRANTS THROUGH HOME BUYERS’ CPF ACCOUNTS”
NUMBER OF APPLICANTS PER HDB BTO BLOCK FOR FIRST-TIMER FAMILIES AND SINGLES
87 Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development from 2018 to 2022, what is the annual number of applicants per HDB BTO flat for first-timer (i) family and (ii) single applicants. Mr Desmond Lee: From 2018 to 3Q2022, the annual number of unique first-timer (FT) family applicants per 3-room and larger BTO flat allocated toContinue reading “NUMBER OF APPLICANTS PER HDB BTO BLOCK FOR FIRST-TIMER FAMILIES AND SINGLES”
DATA ON FIRST-TIME BUYERS OF RESALE HDB FLATS
47 Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development in each year from 2018 to 2022 (a) what is the number of first-time buyers of a resale HDB flat; and (b) what are the 25th percentile, median, average and 75th percentile (i) household incomes and (ii) purchase price to income ratios for such buyers. MrContinue reading “DATA ON FIRST-TIME BUYERS OF RESALE HDB FLATS”
BREACHES OF HDB’S MINIMUM OCCUPATION PERIOD (MOP) RULE AND STEPS TO ENSURE FLATS ARE OWNER-OCCUPIED DURING MOP
20 Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for National Development whether HDB has considered (i) working with utilities companies to track utilities usage during the Minimum Occupation Period (MOP), as an indicator of non-occupancy, in addition to the current reliance on sampling resale listings on property sites and (ii) requesting property sales sites to monitor andContinue reading “BREACHES OF HDB’S MINIMUM OCCUPATION PERIOD (MOP) RULE AND STEPS TO ENSURE FLATS ARE OWNER-OCCUPIED DURING MOP”
EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION TRENDS IN FIRMS THAT HAVE ADOPTED PROGRESSIVE WAGE MODEL
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry tracks employee compensation patterns for firms that have adopted the Progressive Wage Model (PWM); and (b) in particular, whether the Ministry has detected any systematic efforts to reduce total compensation disbursed by the company to the employee, in response to instituting the PWM.Continue reading “EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION TRENDS IN FIRMS THAT HAVE ADOPTED PROGRESSIVE WAGE MODEL”
GOVERNMENT’S ACCOUNTING PRACTICE FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (a) what is the Government’s accounting practice for development expenditure; (b) what are the reasons for using such accounting practice; and (c) whether such accounting practice results in the full expense of the development expenditure at the point of appropriation rather than asContinue reading “GOVERNMENT’S ACCOUNTING PRACTICE FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE”
PERCENTAGE OF MONTHLY CPF ORDINARY ACCOUNT CONTRIBUTIONS USED TO SERVICE HOUSING LOANS
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower what is the current percentage of monthly CPF Ordinary Account contributions being used to service (i) HDB housing loans obtained through HDB Loan Eligibility (HLE) Letters and (ii) property loans from financial institutions for HDB flats and private property, broken down by income quintile. Dr Tan SeeContinue reading “PERCENTAGE OF MONTHLY CPF ORDINARY ACCOUNT CONTRIBUTIONS USED TO SERVICE HOUSING LOANS”
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