To support young couples and families who are renting from the open market while awaiting the completion of their new flats, HDB will extend the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) Voucher by six months till 31 December 2025.

2 This extension will sustain interim support for eligible families until HDB fully ramps up the supply of PPHS flats to 4,000 units by the end of this year. Eligible families will receive $300 per month on a reimbursement basis to defray rental costs during the support period. About 200 households are expected to benefit from this extension. To qualify, families must meet the PPHS eligibility criteria, including having booked an uncompleted flat from HDB’s sales exercises and having a household income of $7,000 and below. More details on the application procedure are in the Annex.

3 With the ramp up in PPHS supply – from 800 units in 2021 to about 4,000 units by end-2025 – the application rate for PPHS flats has come down significantly, from over 20 in 2021, to around three currently. Since June 2023, all eligible applicants who are married with children aged 18 and below, including expectant parents, have been invited to select a PPHS flat.

4 HDB has ramped up the supply of new flats and is on track to launch over 130,000 Build-to-Order (BTO) flats from 2021 to 2027, including Shorter Waiting Time flats. Therefore, BTO application rates for first-timer families have fallen from 3.7 times in 2019 to 1.5 times in the February 2025 sales exercise. Median waiting times have also been reduced to less than four years, comparable to pre-COVID levels. All BTO projects undergoing construction are on track to be delivered on time.

HDB to Extend Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) Voucher till 31 December 2025