# Age eligibility for Community Care Apartments to be lowered from 65 to 55, fees to be reduced

- **Source:** Channel NewsAsia
- **Published:** 2026-07-13T07:21:00.000Z
- **Author:** Not listed by source
- **Original:** https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/community-care-apartments-age-eligibility-lowered-down-6250486
- **Topics:** HDB & Public Housing, Private Residential, New Launches

## Featured rationale

The measures could encourage earlier right-sizing and improve affordability, widening seniors’ choices between Community Care Apartments and short-lease two-room Flexi flats.

## AI summary

Community Care Apartment eligibility will fall from 65 to 55 from October 2026, with monthly service fees reduced 18% to 75% from 2Q2027.

## Original article

SINGAPORE: The eligibility age for Community Care Apartments (CCAs) will be lowered from 65 to 55, the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of National Development (MND) and Housing and Development Board (HDB) said on Monday (Jul 13). The monthly basic service package (BSP) fees for such apartments will also be lowered by between 18 per cent and 75 per cent, they said. "These enhancements to CCAs are part of the government's broader efforts to expand housing and care options for seniors, alongside the roll-out of Age Well Neighbourhoods and the mainstreaming of Shared Stay-In Caregiving Services," MOH, MND and HDB said. Introduced in 2021, CCAs integrate senior-friendly housing with care services, offering a housing option for seniors who wish to age independently within the community. HDB has launched five CCA projects so far, in Bukit Batok, Queenstown, Bedok, Geylang and Sengkang. The sixth CCA project will be launched in Toa Payoh in October as part of a new Build-to-Order project next to Caldecott MRT station. "With effect from the October 2026 Build-To-Order sales exercise, HDB will lower the age eligibility from 65 to 55 years old, so that seniors who wish to right-size their homes can consider both two-room Flexi flats on short lease and CCAs when they turn 55 years old," MOH, MND and HDB said. "This will give them more housing options to choose from, and more time to plan ahead. "The lowered age eligibility will also apply to available CCAs offered at future Sale of Balance Flats exercises." LOWER SERVICE FEES The reduction of BSP fees will follow the streamlining of services offered under the package, which will take into account feedback from seniors. "The BSP will be more affordable as cost of operations and administration of the BSP will be reduced," MOH, MND and HDB said. CCA residents are required to subscribe to the package, which provides a range of care and support services. The streamlining of the BSP will see social activities for CCA residents consolidated and provided via Active Ageing Centre (AAC) touchpoints located at or near the apartments. "This would reduce the need for standalone communal spaces in future CCAs. Similar to other AAC touchpoints across Singapore, these activities will be subsidised, with most provided free-of-charge," MOH, MND and HDB said. "With this, the costs for social programming, as well as the maintenance costs for standalone communal spaces in future CCAs, will be removed from the BSP fees." Additionally, emergency alert devices, which were originally provided under the BSP, will be made optional, giving CCA residents the option to lower their fees further. "Residents who decide not to have the emergency alert device will continue to have access to 24-hour emergency support through the CCA staff," MOH, MND and HDB said. NEW BSP SUBSIDY To further reduce the cost of the BSP, the Health Ministry will also subsidise components similar to those currently subsidised under national Long-Term Care (LTC) schemes, including support provided by CCA staff and 24/7 emergency responses. "The subsidy will be subjected to prevailing means-testing for non-residential LTC services," MOH, MND and HDB said. "CCA applicants assessed to be unable to perform at least one activity of daily living will be eligible for this subsidy."

With the streamlined BSP scope and after subsidies, residents of CCAs launched prior to 2026 will see reductions of 18 per cent to 75 per cent in their monthly BSP fees. CCAs launched this year and beyond will have lower BSP fees with the most streamlined scope of services. "The BSP fees will be reviewed periodically to account for seniors' care needs, inflation and changes to operational costs," MOH, MND and HDB said. "Vanguard Healthcare, the CCA operator, will also reach out to CCA residents to provide more details when ready," they added. The revised BSP fees and subsidies will be implemented from the second quarter of 2027. More details on the BSP and the upcoming reductions to BSP fees are available at https://go.gov.sg/basicservicepackage .

## Chinese translation

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### 社区护理公寓申请年龄从65岁降至55岁，费用也将下调

社区护理公寓的月度服务费将下调18%至75%。

新加坡：卫生部（MOH）、国家发展部（MND）与建屋发展局（HDB）于周一（7月13日）表示，社区护理公寓（Community Care Apartments，CCA）的申请资格年龄将从65岁降至55岁。此类公寓的月度基本服务配套（Basic Service Package，BSP）费用也将下调18%至75%。

卫生部、国家发展部与建屋发展局表示：“对社区护理公寓的这些优化，是政府扩大乐龄人士住房与护理选项的更广泛努力的一部分，并与‘安老邻里’（Age Well Neighbourhoods）的推行，以及共享住家护理服务（Shared Stay-In Caregiving Services）的主流化同步推进。”

社区护理公寓于2021年推出，将乐龄友好型住房与护理服务整合，为希望在社区内独立安老的乐龄人士提供住房选择。建屋发展局迄今已推出五个社区护理公寓项目，分别位于武吉巴督、女皇镇、勿洛、芽笼与盛港。第六个项目将于10月在大巴窑推出，作为加冷哥打地铁站旁新预购组屋（BTO）项目的一部分。

卫生部、国家发展部与建屋发展局表示：“自2026年10月预购组屋销售活动起，建屋发展局将把年龄资格从65岁降至55岁，让希望缩小住房规模的乐龄人士在年满55岁时，可同时考虑短租约两房式灵活组屋（two-room Flexi）与社区护理公寓。”

“这将为他们提供更多住房选项，并有更充裕的时间提前规划。调降后的年龄资格也将适用于未来余屋销售（Sale of Balance Flats）中可供认购的社区护理公寓。”

服务费下调

基本服务配套费用下调将配合配套内服务项目的精简，并将考虑乐龄人士的反馈。卫生部、国家发展部与建屋发展局表示：“由于基本服务配套的运营与行政成本将降低，费用会更实惠。”

社区护理公寓住户须订阅该配套，以获得一系列护理与支持服务。精简后的基本服务配套将把住户的社交活动整合，并通过位于公寓内或附近的活跃乐龄中心（Active Ageing Centre，AAC）接触点提供。

“这将减少未来社区护理公寓对独立共用空间的需求。与新加坡其他活跃乐龄中心接触点类似，这些活动将获得补贴，大多数免费提供，”卫生部、国家发展部与建屋发展局表示。“因此，社交活动项目成本，以及未来社区护理公寓独立共用空间的维护成本，将从基本服务配套费用中剔除。”

此外，原先在基本服务配套中提供的紧急警报装置将改为可选，让住户可进一步降低费用。“决定不配备紧急警报装置的住户，仍可通过社区护理公寓员工获得24小时紧急支持，”三方表示。

新增基本服务配套补贴

为进一步降低基本服务配套成本，卫生部还将补贴与国家长期护理（Long-Term Care，LTC）计划中目前已获补贴的类似项目，包括社区护理公寓员工提供的支持以及全天候紧急响应。

“该补贴将受制于非住宅长期护理服务现行的经济状况审查（means-testing），”卫生部、国家发展部与建屋发展局表示。“经评估至少有一项日常生活活动无法独立完成的社区护理公寓申请者，将有资格获得此补贴。”

在精简基本服务配套范围并计入补贴后，2026年以前推出的社区护理公寓住户，月度基本服务配套费用将下调18%至75%。今年及之后推出的社区护理公寓将采用最精简的服务范围，基本服务配套费用更低。

“基本服务配套费用将定期检讨，以反映乐龄人士的护理需求、通胀以及运营成本变化，”三方表示。“社区护理公寓运营商 Vanguard Healthcare 也将在准备就绪后联系住户，提供更多详情。”

修订后的基本服务配套费用与补贴将自2027年第二季度起实施。有关基本服务配套及即将下调费用的更多详情，请参阅 https://go.gov.sg/basicservicepackage 。