New housing policies are showing results: Khaw

SINGAPORE — New housing policies such as the Build-To-Order flats and the Parenthood Priority Scheme (PPS) and Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) are showing results, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan in his ministry’s blog post today (Dec 26).

Mr Khaw said ramping up the construction of BTO flats and introducing the PPS and PPHS are meant to help the young meet their aspirations as soon as they are ready to do so. The minister said that the backlog of first-timer applicants has largely been cleared.

He also noted that almost 10,000 couples would have benefited from the PPS by next month, and that among these couples, about half or nearly 5,000 couples are either expecting, or already have young children below two years old.

There is also good response to the PPHS, with nearly 800 flats being taken up since its launch.

Mr Khaw said as vacancies are still available, eligible families can now apply for PPHS at any time, and move into their PPHS flats soon after applying.

PPHS offers families the option of temporarily renting a HDB flat at affordable rates, while they wait for their new flats to be ready. CHANNEL NEWSASIA