Update on HDB Blocks with Flats without Same Floor Lift Access and Projected Number of HDB Blocks to be Offered Lift Upgrading Programme

24 Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for National Development (a) since the last update on 4 July 2023, whether the number of HDB blocks with flats which still do not have same floor lift access have decreased; and (b) in each of the next three years, what is the projected number of HDB blocks which will be offered the Lift Upgrading Programme.

Mr Desmond Lee: The Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) was introduced in 2001. Since then, HDB has successfully implemented LUP in more than 5,000 blocks which were originally built without direct lift access. Today, around 99% of all HDB blocks were either built with direct lift access or have benefitted from the LUP.

Amongst the blocks that qualify for LUP, two of them have completed LUP works since 4 July 2023. Works are currently in progress for another 31 blocks and are scheduled for completion progressively over the next three years.