Eligibility

You must meet the following conditions to buy DBSS:

Eligibility Conditions

• Citizenship
• Age
• Family Nucleus
• Income Ceiling
• Ownership in Private Property
• Owners/Ex-owners of HDB flats / DBSS flats / EC units
  

Household Status

• First-timer Applicants
• Second-timer Applicants
  

Time Bar

• Existing Owner or Ex-Owner of an HDB Flat
• Ex-Owner of an EC
• Essential Occupier
• Divorcees
• Bought an EC/DBSS Flat with CPF Housing Grant
  

Conditions after Purchase

• Conditions after Purchase

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Citizenship

• You must be a Singapore Citizen
• Your family nucleus must comprise at least another Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident.

Read more about Promoting Citizenship in HDB Households

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Age

• You must be at least 21 years old at the time of application
• If you are buying an Design, Build and sell Scheme (DBSS) under the Joint Singles Scheme, you must be at least 35 years old

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