Single Unwed Parents Applying for Interim Housing under Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme in 2023

15 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for National Development (a) how many single unwed parents applied for interim housing under Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme in 2023; and (b) what are the outcomes of the applications.

Mr Desmond Lee: In 2023, eight single unwed parents applied for the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS). HDB assisted four of them with Interim Rental Housing. Of the remaining four, one was invited to select a PPHS flat but did not do so and three were not successful in the ballot.