No plans to raise $7,000 income ceiling for Parent Provisional Housing Scheme, says MND

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The $7,000 household income ceiling for the Parent Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) will stay, said Second Minister for National Development Indranee Rajah in Parliament on Tuesday (April 2).

Second Minister for National Development Indranee Rajah addressing the House on Tuesday.The $7,000 household income ceiling for the Parent Provisional Housing Scheme will stay, said Second Minister for National Development Indranee Rajah in Parliament on Tuesday .

But, Indranee added: "Households with incomes above $7,000 but have additional expenses due to exceptional circumstances such as medical expenses may approach the Housing Development Board for help.The PPHS, launched in 2013, provides interim rental housing for families with an unfinished flat from HDB’s sale exercises.

A $300 monthly voucher will be provided to eligible families to support them in renting a HDB flat or room while they wait for their Build-To-Order flats to be completed. Indranee — who shared that the average year-on-year increase in open market rents for three, four and five-room HDB flats was 10 per cent in 2023 — explained that the voucher parameters "have been carefully calibrated" to provide some relief for eligible families, while mitigating the potential inflationary impact on the market.

 

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