SINGAPORE - About 370 families living in public rental flats have requested rent assistance each month from January to July this year, said National Development Minister Desmond Lee on Friday .This reduced rent will apply for the rest of the household's current tenancy term, which goes up to three years.
"Rents are never raised within a tenancy term, but can be lowered at any time if the household income falls. Rents are reviewed only at tenancy renewal, which happens every two to three years," he said. In May, it was reported that around 5,200 - or one in 10 - public rental households did not pay their rent on time.
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