Eligibility

These are the various eligibility conditions that you and your tenants have to meet, including the Non-Citizen Quota for Renting Out of Flat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Eligibility conditions for flat owners

Singapore Citizens who have fulfilled the Minimum Occupation Period can rent out their flats.

Citizenship

Only Singapore Citizens are allowed to rent out the HDB flat. Singapore Permanent Resident flat owners are not allowed to do so.

Minimum Occupation Period (MOP)

You can rent out your flat after fulfilling the 5-year MOP. If your flat is non-subsidised (purchased from the open market without a housing grant) and purchased before 30 August 2010, the MOP is 3 years.

  • If you are the original purchaser, the MOP is computed from the date of purchase of the flat
  • If there has been a transfer of flat ownership, the MOP is computed from the effective date of the transfer of flat ownership, or the date the owner was included as an authorised occupier of the flat
  • After a resale of part-share, the owners have to meet a fresh MOP computed from the effective date of resale

You can print the confirmation of your eligibility to rent out the whole flat through My HDBPage. (Log in with your Singpass and go to: My Flat > Purchased Flat – Renting Out of Flat)

Power of Attorney, Donees named in the Lasting Power of Attorney or Court-appointed Deputy may write to us through our e-Feedback form to confirm the owners' eligibility to rent out the whole flat.

Non-Citizen Quota for Renting Out of Flat

If the quota is reached, you can only rent out your flat to Singaporeans and Malaysians.

You will have to consider the Non-Citizen Quota for Renting Out of Flat if any tenant renting your flat is a non-Malaysian non-citizen (Singapore Permanent Resident or foreigner). The quota is to help maintain a good ethnic mix in HDB estates. Malaysians are not subject to this quota in view of their close cultural and historical similarities with Singaporeans.

The quota is set at 8% at the neighbourhood level and 11% at the block level, and applicable if any tenant renting the whole flat is a non-Malaysian non-citizen (Singapore Permanent Resident or foreigner) . If the quota is reached, only Singaporeans and Malaysians can rent a flat in that neighbourhood/ block. Note that this quota does not apply to the rental of bedrooms.

You may use our e-Service to check if your flat can be rented out to non-Malaysian non-citizens. The e-Service can also be accessed via the HDB Map Services.

Eligibility conditions for persons who wish to rent HDB flats

Check to see if your prospective tenants meet the eligibility criteria before you proceed with the rental.

Citizenship

Persons who wish to rent HDB flats must be any of the following:

  • Singapore Citizens
  • Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Non-citizens legally residing in Singapore who are holders of Employment Passes, S Passes, Work Permits, Student Passes, Dependant Passes, or Long-Term Social Visit Passes. These passes must have a validity period of at least 6 months as at the date of your application
    • Work Permit holders from the construction, manufacturing, marine, and process sectors must be Malaysians
    • Tourists are not allowed as tenants of HDB flats

You can check online if your tenant's documents are valid:

If you are renting out the flat to a company to house its employees, the employees must also meet the above eligibility conditions for tenants.

Maximum number of tenants

These are the maximum number of tenants allowed in each flat:

Flat Type

Total Number of tenants

1-room and 2-room

4

3-room and bigger

6

Tenancy and property ownership status

Tenants must not be tenants of public rental HDB flats or owners of other HDB flats unless they are:

  • Divorced/ legally separated. In this case, only 1 party can rent a HDB flat from another flat owner
  • Owners who are eligible to rent out their whole flat. However, they must rent out their own flat within a month after they have rented an HDB flat from another flat owner

Tenants must not be owners of Executive Condominium units where the 5-year MOP has not been met.