National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said one third of applicants for the category of five-room and three-generation (3Gen) flats in Yishun in the recent Build-To-Order (BTO) exercise were from multi-generation families. 378 applicants were from multi-generation families, out of a total of 1,152 applicants for flats in the category. In the past year, only 3 per cent of five-room flat...
3Gen HDB Flats
The Housing and Development Board's 84 units of 3Gen flats have attracted some 300 applications. National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan revealed this in a blog post on Wednesday evening, saying it is a good start to the new scheme. His comment comes ahead of the closing of the September Build-To-Order (BTO) exercise at midnight. He added that the authorities have deliberately bundled 3Gen...
The new Three-Generation (3Gen) flats provide a good option for multi-generation families to live together but living as an extended family may give rise to conflict, experts said. Aris Lee is a potential 3Gen homebuyer who currently lives in a four-room flat with her husband, four children, her mother and a domestic helper. Ms Lee and her family are looking forward to more living space as they hope...