# Disbursement of One-Off Adjustment to the Service and Conservancy Charges Operating Grant for 18 Town Councils

- **Source:** Ministry of National Development
- **Published:** 2025-12-29T04:00:00.000Z
- **Author:** Ministry of National Development
- **Original:** https://www.mnd.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/view/disbursement-of-one-off-adjustment-to-the-service-and-conservancy-charges-operating-grant-for-18-town-councils
- **Topics:** HDB & Public Housing

## Featured rationale

Correcting the 0.09% shortfall may modestly support estate-maintenance funding while improved controls could reinforce confidence in the administration of public housing grants.

## AI summary

MND will pay 18 Town Councils a $1.8 million adjustment plus interest by 31 January 2026 for grant underpayments spanning FY2011 to FY2024.

## Original article

1. The Ministry of National Development (MND) currently disburses over $280 million annually in grants1 to support Town Councils’ operations such as the management and maintenance of the common areas in HDB housing estates. MND will be providing a one-off grant adjustment of $1.8 million to the Service and Conservancy Charges (S&CC) Operating Grant2 (“the grant”), spread across 18 Town Councils3.

2. The $1.8 million grant adjustment arose from a discrepancy in each year’s disbursement computation from Financial Year (FY) 2011 to FY2024, which resulted in a shortfall in the amounts disbursed to the affected Town Councils over that period.

3. The amounts vary across Town Councils, ranging from $22,000 to $383,000. In total, this shortfall constitutes about 0.09% of the grant that was disbursed by MND to the Town Councils over the 14-year period and would have had minimal impact on their operations.

4. The shortfall was discovered by the Housing & Development Board (HDB) during an internal review of the grant computation process. The grant amount for a given FY is computed using household data before the start of the FY. The grant quantum for each disbursement is then adjusted to account for changes in the number of households in the preceding year (e.g. newly-completed flats handed over to Town Councils). However, due to a system error from FY2011 to FY2024, a small number of HDB flats handed over to Town Councils in the month of March of the affected years were omitted from the computation. The discrepancy in a particular year is not carried over to the following year as the omitted flats are subsequently accounted for when the grant is next computed.

5. The discrepancy has since been rectified. To prevent recurrence, HDB has implemented more robust system checks, as well as validation and reconciliation controls as part of the grant computation process.

6. MND and HDB will complete the disbursement of the underpayments to the affected Town Councils, together with interest, by 31 January 2026.

Issued by: Ministry of National Development 
Date: 29 December 2025

1 Grants given to Town Councils include the GST Subvention Grant, Lift Replacement Fund Matching Grant, S&CC Operating Grant and Lift Maintenance Grant.
2 The S&CC Operating Grant is an annual grant provided by MND to Town Councils to help with the costs of estate maintenance, meet their operating needs and reduce residents’ cost burden. The grant is disbursed annually for 4-room and smaller flats, with higher grants given for the smaller flat types. 
3 The grant for Pasir Ris-Changi Town Council was not affected.

## Chinese translation

> Translation model: grok_cli

### 向18个市镇理事会发放服务与节约管理费营运津贴的一次性调整款项

1. 国家发展部（MND）目前每年发放逾2.8亿元津贴1，以支持市镇理事会的营运，例如组屋（HDB）住宅区公共区域的管理与维修。国家发展部将向服务与节约管理费（S&CC）营运津贴2（“该津贴”）提供一次性1.8百万元的津贴调整，分摊予18个市镇理事会3。

2. 该1.8百万元津贴调整源于2011财政年度（FY）至2024财政年度每年发放计算中的差异，导致受影响市镇理事会在该期间获发金额出现短缺。

3. 各市镇理事会的金额不一，介于22,000元至383,000元。总体而言，该短缺约占国家发展部在14年间向市镇理事会发放津贴总额的0.09%，对其营运影响微乎其微。

4. 该短缺由建屋发展局（HDB）在内部检讨津贴计算流程时发现。某一财政年度的津贴金额，会在该财政年度开始前使用住户数据计算。其后，每次发放的津贴数额会按前一年住户数目变化作出调整（例如新落成组屋移交予市镇理事会）。然而，由于2011财政年度至2024财政年度的系统错误，受影响年份3月份移交予市镇理事会的少数组屋未被纳入计算。某一年的差异不会结转至下一年，因为漏计的组屋会在下一次计算津贴时被纳入。

5. 该差异现已纠正。为防止再次发生，建屋发展局已在津贴计算流程中实施更严谨的系统检查，以及验证与对账管控措施。

6. 国家发展部与建屋发展局将于2026年1月31日前，连同利息，完成向受影响市镇理事会发放少付款项。

发布机构：国家发展部
日期：2025年12月29日

1 发放予市镇理事会的津贴包括消费税津贴、电梯重置基金配对津贴、服务与节约管理费营运津贴及电梯维修津贴。
2 服务与节约管理费营运津贴是国家发展部每年向市镇理事会发放的津贴，以协助支付住宅区维修费用、满足营运需要并减轻居民负担。该津贴每年就四房式及更小单位发放，较小单位类型获较高津贴。
3 巴西立—樟宜市镇理事会的津贴未受影响。