Priority Schemes

Higher proportion of flat supply

In sales launches, more flats are set aside for first-timers.

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BTO and SBF flat distribution for first-timers

From the November 2015 sales launch, 40% of the 2-room Flexi flats will be set aside for elderly applicants.  Any unused elderly quota will be distributed amongst the other households.

BTO distribution for non-elderly in non-mature estates
Flat type	Families (PPS)	Families (MCPS)	Other families	Singles
2-room Flexi	5%	5%	10%	50%
3-room	30%	30%	10%	N/A
4- and 5-room	30%	30%	25%	N/A

BTO distribution for non-elderly in mature estates
Flat type	Families (PPS)	Families (MCPS)	Other families
2-room Flexi to 5-room	30%	30%	35%

SBF distribution for non-elderly in non-mature estates
Flat type	Families (PPS)	Families (MCPS)	Other families	Singles
2-room Flexi	50%	30%	10%	5%

SBF distribution for non-elderly in mature estates
Flat type	Families (PPS)	Families (MCPS)	Other families
2-room Flexi and bigger	50%	30%	15%

BTO distribution for projects with shorter waiting time
Flat type	Families (PPS)	Families (MCPS)	Other families	Singles
3-room	30%	30%	10%	N/A
4-room & bigger flats	30%	30%	35%	N/A

For more information, you can read about PPS and MCPS further down this page.

ROF flat distribution for first-timers

Under the ROF exercise, at least 95% and up to 5% of the flat supply will be set aside for First-timer and Second-timer families respectively. Units not taken up by families will be offered to other applicants.

Flat type	First-timers	Second-timers
All flat types*	95%	5%

*2-room Flexi flats equipped with elderly-friendly fixtures/ fittings will be offered only to elderly buyers, aged 55 or above, on short lease of between 15 and 45 years

 

DBSS flat and EC distributions for first-timers

Mode of Sale	First-timers	Second-timers
DBSS	95%	5%
EC	70%	30%

 

More ballot chances and additional chances after unsuccessful attempts

You will get 2 ballot chances as compared to second-timer applicants, who get 1 ballot chance. In cases where there is an overwhelming demand for flats, we cannot guarantee a 100% success in the ballot. Should you be unsuccessful for 2 or more applications (as a first-timer family) for BTO sales launches in non-mature estates, you will get 1 additional chance per subsequent application.

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More ballot chances for first-timers

Type of Applicant	Number of Chances
		First-timer	Second-timer
	Public Applicant (PA)	2	1

Additional ballot chances after 2 unsuccessful applications

For BTO sales launches in non-mature estates, a first-timer family/ couple will get additional chances if the first 2 applications were unsuccessful.

No. of Previous Unsuccessful Applications (For BTO sales launches in non-mature estates)	Additional Chances (+1 per application after 2 unsuccessful applications)	Total (Additional chances + 2 first-timer chances)
0 to 1	0	2
2	1	3
3	2	4
4	3	5

An application is only considered unsuccessful if you are not invited to select a flat, i.e. not balloted.

Additional chances are not given for SBF and BTO sales launches in mature estates as the supply of those flats is limited.

Application restrictions for rejecting a BTO/ SBF flat

To manage repeated non-selection of flats by first-timers, please note that:

• Those who were invited to select a flat but did not do so, will have their previous unsuccessful applications set to 0
• Should an applicant reject 2 chances to select a flat, any and all first-timer privileges will be removed for a period of 1 year. Any flat applications made during this period will be placed together with second-timer applicants, and no additional ballot chances are given

Priority schemes 

Priority schemes enhance your chances in the computer ballot that we conduct for flat applications. You can apply for these if all the people listed in your flat application meet the eligibility conditions. 

Priority Scheme	Available For:
		HDB	DBSS*	EC
Parenthood Priority Scheme (PPS)	Yes	No	No
Multi-Generation Priority Scheme (MGPS)	Yes	No	No
Married Child Priority Scheme (MCPS)	Yes	Yes	No
Third Child Priority Scheme (TCPS)	Yes	Yes	No
Assistance Scheme for Second-Timers (Divorced/ Widowed Parents) (ASSIST)	Yes	No	No
Tenants’ Priority Scheme (TPS)	Yes	No	No
Senior Priority Scheme (SPS)	Yes	No	No
* The DBSS developer will only make known the flat quota during the initial project launch, and has flexibility in how it administers the priority schemes. Please check with the developer for more details.

You can get priority for up to 2 schemes. So long as you meet all of the applicable eligibility conditions, you can apply for 1 priority scheme with the exception of PPS, where PPS applicants can also apply for TCPS or MCPS, and vice versa.

Parenthood Priority Scheme (PPS)

This scheme helps first-timer married couples with children get their flat more easily.

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Flat allocation

Up to 30% of BTO units and 50% of SBF units are allocated to applicants under this scheme.

Eligibility conditions

You must be a first-timer applying as a married couple. In addition, you must either be expecting your first Singapore Citizen child at the time of your application, or have at least 1 Singapore Citizen child aged below 16 years old^# (natural offspring from the lawful marriage or legally adopted).

^#Age limit of child will be increased to 18 years old for flat applications received from May 2019 sales exercise onwards.

Balloting process if you also applied for TCPS and/ or MGPS

The balloting is conducted for each priority scheme. For example, a married couple with 3 children is eligible for the TCPS and PPS. Their application will first be balloted with other TCPS applicants. If that ballot is unsuccessful, their application is then balloted again under the PPS.

Multi-Generation Priority Scheme (MGPS)

This scheme helps married children and their parents get new flats in the same precinct. Parents and their married child can make a joint application for 2 flats in a BTO project where 2-room Flexi or 3-room flats are integrated in the flat mix.

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Flat allocation

• Flat allocation (parents): Up to 15% of the 2-room Flexi or 3-room flats (minimum of 20 units)
• Flat allocation (married child’s household): Corresponding number of 2-room Flexi or larger flats 

Eligibility conditions

• Parents must submit a joint application with their married child
• Parents can only apply for a 2-room Flexi or 3-room flat
• The married child’s household can apply for a 2-room Flexi or larger flat

How it works

• If balloted, both households (parents and married child) will have the opportunity to choose flats on the same floor or elsewhere in the BTO project, from a pool of pre-identified flats
• 3 queue numbers will be given for MGPS cases. 1 will be under MGPS, and 2 will be under the Public Scheme
• The 1 MGPS queue number lets both MGPS households choose their flats together
  • The 2 Public Scheme queue numbers will be given to each household to choose a flat as a public applicant
  • Depending on the ballot results, you can choose whether to book the flats jointly under the MGPS, or as public applicants

Married Child Priority Scheme (MCPS)

This scheme helps a married child and the parents to live with or close to each other for mutual care and support, by improving the flat applicants’ chances when they ballot for a new flat. Fiancé/Fiancée applicants may also apply for the MCPS.

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Flat allocation

• First-timer families: Up to 30% of BTO/ SBF units
• Second-timer families: Up to 15% of BTO units, up to 3% of SBF units

Eligibility conditions: MCPS (near parents/ married child)

• At least 1 of your parents/ married child is a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident
• You must be applying for a flat in a building project where the nearest block is within 4 km from an HDB flat or a private residential property that your parents/ married child reside in.

Do note that:

• if your parents/ married child own more than one property, the property which they reside in will be used for the proximity reference.
• if your parents/ married child do not own the private residential property, it must be owned by their immediate family members (defined as child or adopted child, parent(s) or parent(s)-in-law, or siblings).

Eligibility conditions: MCPS (with parents/ married child)

• At least 1 of your parents/ married child is a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident
• Your parents/ married child must be included in your flat application to live together with you

Quota of flats given priority under MCPS

Household Status	BTO Sales Launch				SBF Sales Launch
	Non-mature estate*			Mature estate
	2-room	3-room	4-/ 5-room	2-room and bigger^
First-timer family	5%	30%	30%	30%	30%
Second-timer family	15%	15%	10%	3%	3%

* Within the quota, first priority is given to these cases:

• Applicants who apply for a flat to live together with their parents/ married child, i.e. applying for priority under MCPS (with parents/ married child)
• Parents who own a flat in a mature estate and are applying for a flat in a non-mature estate to live closer to their married child

^ Within the quota, first priority is given to:

• Applicants who apply for a flat to live together with their parents/ married child, i.e. applying for priority under MCPS (with parents/ married child)

First priority

The available quota is first given to MCPS applicants that are eligible for first priority. Any remaining quota then goes to the other MCPS applicants.

5-year Minimum Occupation Period (MOP): MCPS (near parents/ married child)

After collecting the keys to your new flat, your parents/ married child who helped you qualify for the MCPS must continue to live within 4 km* of your new flat.

*For flat applications received for Feb 2018 sales launches or earlier, your parents/ married child who helped you qualify for the MCPS must continue to live in the same town or within 2 km of your new flat.

5-year Minimum Occupation Period (MOP): MCPS (with parents/ married child)

After collecting the keys to your new flat, your parents/ married child who helped you to qualify for the MCPS must continue to live with you in the new flat. 

Third Child Priority Scheme (TCPS)

This scheme helps families with more than 2 children and encourages the formation of larger families. Your application will be included in the first ballot round; if unsuccessful, your application is then included in the second ballot round, together with other public applicants.

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Flat allocation

Flat allocation is up to 5% of BTO/ SBF units.

Eligibility conditions

• You and/ or your spouse is a Singapore Citizen.
• If you are divorced or widowed, you must be a Singapore Citizen to qualify.
• Your family must consist of at least 3 children (natural offspring from the lawful marriage or legally adopted). For divorcees, you must have the legal custody, care and control of your children.
• Third child must be a Singapore Citizen born on or after 1 January 1987
• Other children must be either Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
• You have not previously bought a flat under the TCPS

Assistance Scheme for Second-Timers (Divorced/ Widowed Parents) (ASSIST)

This scheme provides assistance to divorced or widowed persons with children.

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Flat allocation

The flat allocation is up to 5% of BTO 2-room Flexi and 3-room flats in non-mature estates. This quota is shared with the 30% quota set aside for second-timers.

Eligibility conditions

• You must have at least 1 child aged below 16 years old^# (natural offspring from the lawful marriage or legally adopted)
• You must not have acquired any interest in an HDB flat or private residential property (except for your matrimonial flat/ property) after the date of divorce/ separation or demise of your spouse.

^#Age limit of child will be increased to 18 years old for flat applications received from May 2019 sales exercise onwards.

Tenants’ Priority Scheme (TPS)

This scheme helps tenants of HDB rental flats to purchase their own home. The TPS quota is also for those applying under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS), Relocation and Resettlement.

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Flat allocation

The flat allocation is up to 10% of 2-room Flexi and 3-room BTO/ SBF units.

Eligibility conditions

• You and your family must be first-timers (second-timers can apply from the May 2016 sales exercise onwards)
• You and your family must have been living in an HDB public rental flat for at least 2 years

Senior Priority Scheme (SPS)

This scheme helps elderly residents who wish to buy a 2-room Flexi flat to age-in-place in a familiar environment or live near their parents/ married child, by improving the elderly applicants’ chances when they ballot for a flat.

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Flat allocation

At least 40% of the 2-room Flexi flats offered during our sales launches will be set aside for elderly applicants. Within this, half (20%) will be set aside for eligible elderly under the SPS.

Eligibility conditions: SPS (near existing flat)

The new 2-room Flexi flat must be located within 4 km of your current flat or owner-occupied private property

Eligibility conditions: SPS (near or with parents/ married child)

• At least 1 of your parents/ married child is a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident
• You must be applying to live with your parents/ married child (you need to include their names in your flat application), or
• You must be applying for a flat in a building project where the nearest block is within 4 km from an HDB flat or a private residential property that your parents/ married child reside in.

Do note that:

• if your parents/ married child own more than one property, the property which they reside in will be used for the proximity reference.
• if your parents/ married child do not own the private residential property, it must be owned by their immediate family members (defined as child or adopted child, parent(s) or parent(s)-in-law, or siblings).

5-year Minimum Occupation Period (MOP): SPS (near parents/ married child)

After collecting the keys to your new flat, your parents/ married child who helped you qualify for the SPS must continue to live within 4 km* of your new flat.

*For flat applications received for Feb 2018 sales launches or earlier, your parents/ married child who helped you qualify for the SPS must continue to live in the same town or within 2 km of your new flat.