Closer Families, Stronger Ties: Enhanced Proximity Housing Grant to Help More Families Live Closer Together
The take-up signals meaningful demand for family proximity and could influence resale-flat choices, including moves and right-sizing near parents or married children.
By 31 December 2017, nearly 11,000 households had received about $211 million through the Proximity Housing Grant for buying resale flats.
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11,000 Households have Benefitted from PHG since August 2015
The PHG was introduced in August 2015 to help extended families live closer together for mutual care and support. All Singaporeans are eligible for the PHG once, regardless of a) whether they have enjoyed housing subsidies before; b) their household income; or c) ownership of private property, when they buy a resale flat to live with or near their parents or married child. Private property owners will need to dispose of their private properties within six months of the resale flat purchase. The grant recipients must live with/near each other for at least 5 years.
The PHG has benefitted a wide spectrum of Singaporeans, who want to live with or near their parents or children, including a) young couples who wish to live with or near their parents; b) married couples who bought their first flat further away from their parents and now wish to move back closer to their parents; and c) parents who wish to right-size and move closer to their children.
As at 31 Dec 2017, close to 11,000 households have benefitted from the PHG, or a total grant amount of about $211 million.
Enquiries
For enquiries, the public can call the HDB Sales/Resale Customer Service Line at 1800-866-3066 between 8.00am and 5.00pm from Mondays to Fridays.