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<p>The MOP starts from the day your flat purchase is legally completed and excludes any period when you do not physically reside in the flat, e.g. when the whole flat is rented out with HDB's prior approval or when there has been an infringement of the flat lease.</p>
<p>You can log in to <a href="https://www.hdb.gov.sg/myhdb-page" target="_self">MyHDB Page</a> to check if you have met the MOP to sell your flat, under My Flat &gt; Purchased Flat &gt; Flat Details and Minimum Occupation Period (MOP).</p>
<p>The MOP duration depends on the purchase mode, flat classification, and date of flat application:</p>
<table style="width: 100%;">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th style="width: 30%;">Mode of Purchase</th>
            <th style="width: 70%;">MOP</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Flat bought from HDB</td>
            <td>
            <p>Unclassified<sup>[1]</sup>/ Standard flats: 5 years</p>
            <p>Plus and Prime<sup>[2]</sup> flats: 10 years</p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Flat bought under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) from property developer</td>
            <td>5 years</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Flat bought under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS)</td>
            <td>
            <p><strong>For SERS sites announced before 7 April 2022</strong></p>
            <ul>
                <li>If you had purchased a flat at the designated replacement site, you may sell the replacement flat only after meeting one of the following MOP, whichever is earlier:</li>
                <ul>
                    <li>7 years from the date of selection of the replacement flat</li>
                    <li>5 years from the date of collecting the keys</li>
                </ul>
                <li>If you had purchased a flat elsewhere with portable rehousing benefits, you may sell the replacement flat only after 5 years from the date of collecting the keys.</li>
            </ul>
            <p><strong>For SERS sites announced on or after 7 April 2022</strong></p>
            <ul>
                <li>You may sell the replacement flat only after 5 years from the date of collecting the keys.</li>
            </ul>
            <p>You may need to pay the Seller's Stamp Duty (SSD) if you sell your replacement flat within a certain holding period. For more information on the SSD, please visit <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/Other-Taxes/Stamp-Duty-for-Property/Working-out-your-Stamp-Duty/Selling-or-Disposing-Property/Seller-s-Stamp-Duty--SSD--for-Residential-Property/" target="_blank">Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS)'s</a> website.</p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Resale flat bought on the open market</td>
            <td>
            <p>Unclassified<sup>[1]</sup>/ Standard flats: 5 years</p>
            <p>Plus and Prime<sup>[2]</sup> flats: 10 years</p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Flat bought under the Fresh Start Housing Scheme</td>
            <td>20 years</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
<p class="Footnote">[1] Unclassified flats refer to flats sold before October 2024 sales exercise and not classified as Standard, Plus or Prime.<br />
[2] Prime flats include Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) flats sold before October 2024 sales exercise.</p>

Minimum occupation period (MOP)

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<h5>How the EIP and SPR quota work</h5>
<p>The EIP quota applies for the sale of an HDB flat. In addition, SPR households who are not Malaysians must also meet the SPR quota.</p>
<p>You may be eligible to sell a flat if:</p>
<ul>
    <li>After the sale of your flat, the number of households of your ethnic group remains within the block and neighbourhood limits. In addition, for non-Malaysian SPR households, the number of SPR households remains within the SPR quota</li>
    <li>You and the flat buyer are of the same ethnic group and household citizenship</li>
</ul>
<p>Flat owners who face genuine difficulties selling their flats at a reasonable price when the EIP quotas have been reached may <a href="https://www.hdb.gov.sg/write-to-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">write to us</a> for assistance. We will review each case carefully and offer assistance where possible, taking into account the individual circumstances. Read more about <a href="/hdb-pulse/news/2022/more-support-for-flat-owners-constrained-by-the-ethnic-inegration-policy">buyback assistance</a>.</p>
<h5>Check your eligibility</h5>
<p>Upon registering an <a href="/managing-my-home/selling-a-flat/process-for-selling-a-flat/intent-to-sell">Intent to Sell</a> in <a href="https://services2.hdb.gov.sg/web/bp28/TimeLine/my-flat-dashboard">My Flat Dashboard</a>, you will be informed of the prevailing EIP/ SPR quota of your flat. <a href="https://services2.hdb.gov.sg/webapp/BB29ETHN/BB29STREET" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Check the monthly EIP/ SPR quota updates</a> or monitor the updates using your Intent to Sell on My Flat Dashboard.</p>
<p>The EIP/ SPR quota is updated on the 1st of each month, and will apply to completed resale applications<sup>*</sup> submitted to us in the same month.</p>
<p class="Footnote">* A resale application is completed only when HDB receives both the buyers&rsquo; and sellers&rsquo; portions of the resale application and the necessary supporting documents.</p>
<h5>About the EIP</h5>
<p>The EIP is put in place to preserve Singapore&rsquo;s multi-cultural identity and promote racial integration and harmony. It ensures that there is a balanced mix of the various ethnic communities in HDB towns. The EIP limits are set at block and neighbourhood levels based on the ethnic make-up of Singapore.</p>
<p>For the purchase of an HDB flat, a household with members of different ethnic groups may choose to classify their household ethnicity under the ethnicity of any buyer(s) or spouse, according to the race shown on their NRIC.</p>
<p>Once an ethnicity is chosen for the household, it will remain the same when the flat owners subsequently sell their flat on the open market.</p>
<h5>About the SPR quota</h5>
<p>The SPR quota ensures that SPR families can better integrate into the local community. Malaysians are excluded from this quota because of their close cultural and historical similarities with Singaporeans. Non-Malaysian SPR households applying to buy an HDB resale flat need to be within the SPR quota for the block (8%) and neighbourhood (5%).</p>
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Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) and Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) quota 

<h5>Bankruptcy</h5>
<p>Under the Housing and Development Act, as long as one of the HDB flat owners is a Singapore Citizen, the consent of the Official Assignee is not required in the event that the flat owners wish to sell the flat.</p>
<p>In cases where none of the flat owners are Singapore Citizen, they have to obtain the consent of the Official Assignee before they sell their flat.</p>
<h5>Divorce</h5>
<p>If you go through a divorce after meeting the MOP, you can sell the flat if all eligibility conditions are met.</p>
<p>You need to produce an Order of Court (if any), as well as one of the following documents:</p>
<ul>
    <li>Writ for Judicial Separation (previously known as Deed of Separation); </li>
    <li>Interim Judgment (previously known as Decree Nisi) and Certificate of Making Interim Judgment Final (previously known as Decree Nisi Absolute); or</li>
    <li>Divorce Certificate (for Muslims); and</li>
</ul>
<p>An official English translation of these documents by an interpreter of the Supreme Court or Family Justice Courts is required if the documents are not in any of the 4 official languages. The translation should be:</p>
<ul>
    <li>Notarised by a local Notary Public; or</li>
    <li>A certified true copy by a local commissioner; or</li>
    <li>Endorsed or processed by the high commission in Singapore or your country&rsquo;s embassy.</li>
</ul>
<p>If the MOP has not been met, please <a href="https://www.hdb.gov.sg/write-to-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">write to us</a> with your divorce documents. We will assess your situation and contact you.</p>

Eligibility for Selling a Flat