SINGAPORE — Over a period of about five years, enforcement action was taken against 25 property buyers who bought a flat directly from the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and violated the required minimum occupation period needed before they can sell the flat.
Of the 25 cases dealt with by the public housing authority between 2017 and November 2022, six had their flats compulsorily acquired, HDB said in response to TODAY’s queries on Friday .
The numbers were released weeks after HDB said that it will investigate cases of Build-to-Order flats that were left vacant during the minimum occupation period and listed for sale after that. Of these cases, 21 involved compulsory acquisition by HDB, while the rest were issued financial penalties or warnings.In its response on Friday, it said that it also handled 28 cases where it had to take enforcement action against buyers who had gotten their flats from the open market and had not lived in the units during the occupation period.
This eventually led National Development Minister Desmond Lee to state in December that the authorities would “investigate accordingly” if they discover that a homeowner has breached HDB's rules.
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