Adding on HDB's Website that Single Parents Not Eligible for Interim Housing Can Approach HDB for Assistance

9 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether the Ministry will consider including in the section in HDB's website dedicated to addressing common queries from single parents to state that single unwed parents who are not eligible for interim housing under the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) can approach HDB for assistance; (b) how many single unwed parents have applied for interim housing under PPHS since 2021; and (c) what are the outcomes of the applications.

Mr Desmond Lee: On the Housing and Development Board (HDB) webpage on housing support for single parents, we already state that single unwed parents who require housing assistance can approach HDB, and we will assess each request holistically, based on their individual circumstances.

Since January 2021, eight single unwed parents have applied for the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS). HDB assisted two of them with Interim Rental Housing. Of the remaining six, one was invited to select a PPHS flat but did not do so, three were not successful in the balloting, one is awaiting the ballot results, and one withdrew the application to take up alternative housing arrangements.