Oral answer by Ministry of National Development on the success rate of those eligible for the Family Care Scheme in the recent HDB Build-To-Order (BTO) and Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) launch

Oct 15, 2025

Question No. 467

Question by: Ms Jessica Tan Soon Neo

Question  

To ask the Minister for National Development in the recent HDB Build-To-Order (BTO) and Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) launch in July 2025, (a) what is the success rate for first-time applicants who are eligible for the Family Care Scheme (Proximity); and (b) what is the breakdown of successful applicants based on their number of prior unsuccessful attempts.

Answer

The Family Care Scheme (Proximity), or FCS (Proximity), was introduced in July 2025. Under FCS (Proximity), married and single children who choose to live with or near their parents, or the other way round, can enjoy priority access to flats launched in HDB’s BTO and SBF exercises.

The flat selection process for the July 2025 BTO and SBF exercises will commence from November 2025. For the BTO exercise, about six in ten first-timer families and two in ten first-timer singles who applied under FCS (Proximity) received a queue number.

 For the SBF exercise, about seven in ten first-timer families who applied under FCS (Proximity) received a queue number.

Among first-timer family FCS (Proximity) applicants who received a queue number in the July 2025 sales exercise, about 8 in 10 were on their first attempt, and 1 in 10 were on their second attempt.