Renting Out Your HDB Flat or a Room: 2026 Rules, Tenant Limits, Fees and Rents
Whole flat or spare bedroom: who can rent out and when, how many people can live there, who you can rent to, what HDB's approval costs, what flats rent for in each town, and what happens to your property tax.
Households with a Singapore Citizen owner can rent out a whole HDB flat once its minimum occupation period (MOP) is over, usually 5 years, but never a Plus or Prime flat; HDB must approve first and charges $18 per application. Citizen or PR owners of a 3-room or bigger flat can rent out one or two spare bedrooms for $9 each without waiting for the MOP (3Gen flats excepted), provided they keep living there. Tenancies run 6 months to 3 years (2 years if any tenant is a non-Malaysian non-citizen, PRs included), and a 4-room or bigger flat may house 8 people only on a rental period ending by 31 December 2028; 6 if it runs longer.
Renting out an HDB flat is allowed only on HDB's terms, and the terms for a whole flat and for a spare bedroom are close to opposite. A whole flat needs a citizen owner and a finished minimum occupation period (MOP), and a Plus or Prime flat can never be let whole. A bedroom needs you to keep living in the flat but, except in a 3Gen flat, no wait for the MOP.
This guide sets the two routes side by side: who qualifies, how many people can live in the flat, who you can rent to, how to apply and what it costs, what flats are renting for in each town, and what happens to your property tax. Rules are HDB's, IRAS's and MND's as at 18 September 2026. Rents are PropKaki's analysis of 37,352 HDB whole-flat rental approvals from September 2025 to August 2026.
What are the rules for renting out an HDB flat or a room?
You need HDB's approval before any tenant moves in. A whole flat: households with a Singapore Citizen owner, after the MOP, and never a Plus or Prime flat. Bedrooms: citizen or PR owners of a 3-room or bigger flat, no wait for the MOP except in a 3Gen flat, and you must keep living there. Every tenancy runs at least 6 months.
HDB runs two different sets of rules, and most mistakes come from applying one set to the other:
| Renting out the whole flat | Renting out bedrooms | |
|---|---|---|
| Who can | Households with a Singapore Citizen owner (not all-PR households) | Singapore Citizen or PR owners |
| Which flats | Any flat type, except Plus and Prime flats, a short-lease 2-room Flexi or a Community Care Apartment | 3-room or bigger: 1 bedroom in a 3-room, 2 in a 4-room or bigger |
| Wait for the MOP? | Yes: 5 years (20 for a Fresh Start flat), or 3 for a non-subsidised resale flat bought before 30 August 2010 | No, except in a 3Gen flat |
| Must you live there? | No | Yes: you and your occupiers, for the whole tenancy |
| Most people in the flat | 4, 6 or 8 tenants, by flat type | 6 or 8, counting you |
| Non-citizen quota | Applies | Does not apply |
| HDB's fee | $18 per application | $9 per bedroom |
| Tenancy length | 6 months to 3 years; at most 2 years if any tenant is a non-Malaysian non-citizen | The same |
| Property tax | Owner-occupier rates stop | Owner-occupier rates stay while you live there; stamp the agreement "partially let" |
Sources: HDB's renting-out pages, Conditions After Buying a New Flat and Standard, Plus and Prime framework; IRAS. Read 18 September 2026. The limit of 8 in a 4-room or bigger flat drops to 6 after 2028 (see below).
Three consequences catch people out:
- If every owner is a PR, you can let rooms but never the whole flat.
- A 1- or 2-room flat can only be let whole, because HDB allows no bedroom rental below a 3-room. So a Plus or Prime 2-room Flexi, which can never be let whole, cannot earn rent at all.
- A short-lease 2-room Flexi or a Community Care Apartment can never be rented out, bedroom or whole flat (HDB). Our 2-room Flexi guide sets out what else that lease rules out.
Decide whole flat or rooms first. Everything else follows from that choice.
How many HDB flats are rented out, and who rents them?
MND's two counts add up to about 176,000 flats with a tenant: some 117,000 letting bedrooms and 59,000 let whole, as of August 2026. That is about one in six of the 1.1 million sold HDB flats. Four in five whole-flat rentals include a non-Malaysian foreign tenant; room rentals split roughly evenly.
MND's written answer of 9 September 2026 counts, as of August 2026, "approximately 59,000 whole flat rentals" and "approximately 117,000 flats with bedroom rentals" (MND). Set against the 1,104,421 sold flats in HDB's block records:
| Flats (MND, August 2026) | Share of sold HDB flats | |
|---|---|---|
| Letting bedrooms | 117,000 | 10.6% |
| Let whole | 59,000 | 5.3% |
| Either | 176,000 | 16% |
Shares are PropKaki's arithmetic: MND's rounded counts over the sold flats in HDB's block records.
Who rents. About 80% of whole-flat rentals had at least one non-Malaysian foreign tenant, and the rest went to Singaporeans and Malaysians. For bedroom rentals it was about 48%, with 52% let to Singaporeans and Malaysians. That is why the non-citizen quota, which covers whole flats only, matters to most whole-flat landlords, even though only about 2% of neighbourhoods had reached it by August 2026.
The long run. HDB's count of flats rented out whole has more than quadrupled since its series began: from 13,210 in FY2006 to 59,567 in FY2024, after a peak of 60,573 in FY2019.
Two in three HDB flats with a tenant are letting rooms, with the owner still living there.
Who can rent out a whole HDB flat?
Households with a Singapore Citizen owner, once the flat has met its minimum occupation period: 5 years for most flats, 3 years for a non-subsidised resale flat bought before 30 August 2010. A household where every owner is a PR cannot, and a Plus or Prime flat never can, not even after its 10-year MOP.
- Citizen households only. HDB allows only Singapore Citizens to rent out the whole flat, and the Council for Estate Agencies spells out that households where every owner is a PR cannot (HDB, CEA).
- The MOP clock. It runs from the legal completion of your purchase, not from when you booked the flat, and any time you did not live in the flat does not count. If ownership has changed, it runs from the date the transfer took effect, or from when the owner was added as an authorised occupier, and a resale of part of the flat's share starts a fresh MOP. HDB's MOP rules also allow for a whole-flat rental it has approved during the MOP, with that time not counted, so exceptions exist, but only with HDB's prior approval.
- Plus and Prime: never. Whole-flat rental is banned for Plus and Prime flats even after their 10-year MOP, and the ban passes to anyone who buys one on resale. Prime Location Public Housing flats sold before October 2024 count as Prime; any other flat launched before the October 2024 exercise is unclassified and, for renting, follows the same rules as a Standard flat (HDB).
- Short-lease 2-room Flexi and Community Care Apartments: never, whole flat or bedroom.
- Check before you advertise. HDB lets you print a confirmation that you are eligible to rent out the whole flat before you apply. Do it before you promise the flat to anyone.
Can you rent out a 3-room flat? Yes: the whole flat to up to 6 tenants once the MOP is over, or one bedroom while you live there, with no wait for the MOP.
HDB's rule: a citizen household, the MOP done, and not a Plus, Prime or short-lease flat. All three must hold.
Can you rent out a room in your HDB flat during the MOP?
Yes. If your flat is 3-room or bigger, HDB lets you rent out spare bedrooms once it approves, with no wait for the MOP, as long as you keep living there. The exception is a 3Gen flat, which cannot let any bedroom during its MOP. Citizen and PR owners both qualify.
HDB's conditions for flat buyers draw the line in two sentences: the whole flat only after the MOP, spare bedrooms once HDB approves. The one exception is a 3Gen flat, whose owner "cannot rent out any bedrooms within the MOP" (HDB). HDB's bedroom rules themselves set no MOP condition at all.
- How many rooms. One bedroom in a 3-room flat; two in a 4-room or bigger. A 1- or 2-room flat cannot let a bedroom at all.
- Only rooms HDB built as bedrooms. Every other part of the flat, partitioned rooms included, cannot be used as a tenant's bedroom (HDB). So a utility room, storeroom or household shelter cannot be let as one. Our news analysis of the pocket-sized room market explains why partitioned rooms, storerooms and shelters fall outside it.
- You must live there. You and your authorised occupiers must keep living in the flat for the whole tenancy. Locking up one room and letting the rest while you live elsewhere is not allowed: HDB revokes the bedroom approval automatically and treats the rental as renting out the whole flat without approval (HDB).
A room needs you at home, not a finished MOP.
How many tenants can live in an HDB flat?
Renting out the whole flat: up to 4 tenants in a 1- or 2-room flat, 6 in a 3-room and 8 in a 4-room or bigger. Renting out rooms: at most 6 people in a 3-room and 8 in a 4-room or bigger, counting you and your family. The 8 is temporary: it drops to 6 for any rental period running past 31 December 2028.
| Flat type | Whole flat: most tenants | Rooms: bedrooms you can let | Rooms: most occupants, you included |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-room and 2-room | 4 | None | Not allowed |
| 3-room | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 4-room and bigger (5-room, Executive) | 8, then 6 after 31 Dec 2028 | 2 | 8, then 6 after 31 Dec 2028 |
Source: HDB eligibility pages for renting out a flat and bedrooms, read 18 September 2026.
- One family, no whole-flat cap. The tenant limit does not apply if every tenant of a whole flat is from the same family unit. The room limit applies even then.
- The room limit counts you. Owners and authorised occupiers count toward the 6 or 8, not just tenants.
- The 2028 cliff. HDB and URA raised the limit for 4-room and bigger flats from six to eight unrelated people in January 2024 and, in January 2026, extended it to 31 December 2028 as "a temporary measure". A rental period that runs past that date is held to 6, approval for 8 can be revoked if the flat causes serious dis-amenities, and HDB will review whether to extend it (HDB and URA).
A worked example. A family of four letting two rooms in a 5-room flat can take up to four tenants on a tenancy that ends by 31 December 2028, but only two on one that runs into 2029.
Count everyone who sleeps there, and check the tenancy's end date against 2028.
Who can you rent to, and how does the non-citizen quota work?
Singapore Citizens, PRs, and foreigners on an Employment Pass, S Pass, Work Permit, Student Pass, Dependant's Pass or Long-Term Social Visit Pass valid for at least 6 months; never tourists. If any tenant of a whole flat is a non-Malaysian non-citizen, a quota of 8% per neighbourhood and 11% per block applies. Bedroom rentals are exempt.
- Passes. Each pass must be valid for at least 6 months on the date you apply. Work Permit holders in the construction, marine and process sectors must be Malaysian, and for a whole flat so must those in manufacturing. Check a tenant's documents on ICA and MOM before you sign, as HDB suggests.
- Other homes. A tenant must not own another HDB flat or rent an HDB public rental flat, with two exceptions: a divorced or legally separated owner (one party only), and an owner who is eligible to let their own flat and does so within a month. A tenant also must not own an Executive Condominium still inside its 5-year MOP.
- The non-citizen quota (whole flats only). It is set at 8% at neighbourhood level and 11% at block level, and applies whenever any tenant of the whole flat is a non-Malaysian non-citizen, PRs included. Once it is reached, only Singaporeans and Malaysians can rent a whole flat in that neighbourhood or block. Check your flat on HDB's quota e-service before you market it to a foreign tenant; the result holds only for applications submitted in the same month, so check again in the month you apply (CEA).
- Tenancy length. At least 6 months per application. At most 3 years if every tenant is Singaporean or Malaysian, and 2 years if any tenant is a non-Malaysian non-citizen, PRs included; then you reapply. Short-term lets, tourists and non-residential use, such as filming or storing goods, are banned.
- No subletting by your tenant. Your tenants may not rent the flat out to anyone else, and you answer to HDB for any breach they commit.
- Family and friends. HDB lets you register only relatives as occupiers of your flat. A friend who moves in and pays you rent is a tenant, and needs HDB's approval like any other.
Before you accept anyone, run through our tenant screening checklist.
Check the pass, the quota and the tenancy length before you sign, not after.
How do you apply to rent out an HDB flat or a room?
Online, on MyHDB (web or app), before the tenancy starts. A whole flat costs $18 per application, paid after HDB's in-principle approval. Bedrooms cost $9 each, you give your tenants' details when you apply, and the outcome is immediate. Report any change within 7 days.
Renting out the whole flat (HDB)
- Print HDB's confirmation that you are eligible to rent out the whole flat.
- If any tenant is a non-Malaysian non-citizen, check the non-citizen quota for your flat.
- Going overseas during the tenancy? Lodge a certified true copy of your Power of Attorney with the High Court, to submit with the application, and appoint an attorney to manage the flat who is not one of your tenants.
- Apply on MyHDB Page or the MyHDB app before anyone moves in.
- Pay the $18 fee once HDB gives in-principle approval, online or at an AXS station.
Renting out bedrooms
- Apply on MyHDB Page or the MyHDB app before the tenancy starts, with your tenants' particulars.
- The outcome comes immediately, and the fee is $9 for each bedroom, payable on approval.
While the tenancy runs (both routes)
- Report a change in your tenants' details, or a tenant moving out, within 7 days. For bedrooms, report a termination or renewal within 7 days too.
- Get HDB's approval before any new tenant moves in.
- Renewing? For a whole flat, HDB treats a renewal as a new application and assesses it under its rules at the time; a bedroom renewal needs HDB's approval too.
You do not need a property agent for any of this: it is the owner's own online application. The tenancy agreement comes next: our tenancy agreement checklist covers what to check, and our guide to tenancy stamp duty covers the duty on it.
Approval comes before the tenant, every time: first tenant, new tenant, renewal.
How much rent does an HDB flat get in 2026?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the median rent for a whole flat was $2,800 a month for a 3-room, $3,300 for a 4-room and $3,500 for a 5-room. Town matters as much as size: a 4-room's median ran from $3,000 in Bukit Panjang to $4,400 in the Central Area, and a 3-room in Queenstown or Clementi rented for as much as a 4-room in Bukit Panjang.
PropKaki analysed all 37,352 whole-flat rental approvals in HDB's published data from September 2025 to August 2026:
| Flat type | Approvals | Median monthly rent | Middle half of rents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-room | 1,119 | $2,350 | $2,200 to $2,500 |
| 3-room | 12,282 | $2,800 | $2,600 to $3,000 |
| 4-room | 13,525 | $3,300 | $3,000 to $3,600 |
| 5-room | 8,536 | $3,500 | $3,200 to $3,900 |
| Executive | 1,881 | $3,750 | $3,400 to $4,100 |
By town, sorted by the 4-room median:
| Town | 3-room | 4-room | 5-room | Approvals, all flat types |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Area | $3,200 | $4,400 | $5,025 | 610 |
| Queenstown | $3,000 | $4,100 | $4,400 | 1,563 |
| Clementi | $3,000 | $4,000 | $4,200 | 1,366 |
| Bukit Merah | $3,000 | $3,900 | $4,225 | 2,102 |
| Kallang/Whampoa | $3,000 | $3,800 | $4,025 | 1,388 |
| Toa Payoh | $2,900 | $3,700 | $4,000 | 1,553 |
| Bishan | $3,000 | $3,675 | $4,000 | 752 |
| Bukit Timah | $3,150 | $3,650 | $4,300 | 122 |
| Geylang | $2,800 | $3,600 | $4,000 | 1,068 |
| Jurong East | $2,800 | $3,500 | $3,800 | 1,014 |
| Jurong West | $2,700 | $3,500 | $3,700 | 2,708 |
| Marine Parade | $3,000 | $3,500 | $4,200 | 369 |
| Ang Mo Kio | $2,800 | $3,400 | $3,800 | 1,985 |
| Serangoon | $2,800 | $3,400 | $3,600 | 828 |
| Tampines | $2,850 | $3,400 | $3,700 | 2,413 |
| Bedok | $2,800 | $3,300 | $3,700 | 2,116 |
| Bukit Batok | $2,700 | $3,300 | $3,600 | 1,551 |
| Pasir Ris | $2,750 | $3,300 | $3,600 | 1,006 |
| Punggol | $2,850 | $3,250 | $3,300 | 1,780 |
| Hougang | $2,700 | $3,200 | $3,500 | 1,748 |
| Sengkang | $2,855 | $3,200 | $3,300 | 2,426 |
| Choa Chu Kang | $2,600 | $3,100 | $3,225 | 1,286 |
| Sembawang | $2,800 | $3,100 | $3,300 | 958 |
| Woodlands | $2,500 | $3,100 | $3,300 | 1,742 |
| Yishun | $2,700 | $3,100 | $3,400 | 1,940 |
| Bukit Panjang | $2,600 | $3,000 | $3,265 | 944 |
Median monthly rent for a whole flat, by the month HDB approved the rental, September 2025 to August 2026. Tengah, with 14 approvals in all, is left out: HDB itself shows no median below 20 approvals. Rents are declared by owners, and HDB does not verify them.
Town matters as much as size. A 3-room in Queenstown or Clementi ($3,000) rents for as much as a 4-room in Bukit Panjang ($3,000), and the 4-room median spans $1,400 a month from the cheapest town to the dearest. Inside a single town, a fourth bedroom adds a median $600 and a fifth only $300 (from $50 to $700).
For your own street, HDB's Market Rental Rates e-service shows what whole flats rented for in the past year (HDB), and our HDB town pages show each town's median rent and gross yield by flat type. HDB publishes no bedroom rents, so price a room from current room listings near you.
Price the town first, then the bedrooms: a fifth bedroom adds little.
Are HDB rents still going up?
Only slightly. Median whole-flat rents jumped between 2021 and 2023: the 4-room from $2,200 a month in 2021 to $3,200 in 2023 and $3,300 in 2024. Since 2024, comparing each town with itself, the 4-room median has risen 2.3%, up in 20 of 25 towns with 50 or more approvals and down in none. 3-room and 5-room rents have slowed just as much.
| Year | 2-room | 3-room | 4-room | 5-room | Executive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $1,500 | $1,850 | $2,200 | $2,250 | $2,350 |
| 2022 | $1,750 | $2,200 | $2,500 | $2,700 | $2,800 |
| 2023 | $2,300 | $2,700 | $3,200 | $3,450 | $3,500 |
| 2024 | $2,300 | $2,800 | $3,300 | $3,500 | $3,600 |
| 2025 | $2,300 | $2,800 | $3,300 | $3,500 | $3,700 |
| 2026 (Jan to Aug) | $2,350 | $2,850 | $3,350 | $3,500 | $3,800 |
Median monthly rent for a whole flat, by the year HDB approved the rental. Declared rents cluster on round numbers, so a small rise can leave a median unchanged; the town-by-town comparison below is the fairer test.
| Flat type | Towns compared | Median rose | No change | Median fell | Change, weighted by approvals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-room | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | +2.2% |
| 4-room | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0 | +2.3% |
| 5-room | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | +1.4% |
Each town is compared with itself, using towns with at least 50 approvals of that flat type in 2024 and in September 2025 to August 2026, so a shift in which towns are renting cannot fake a rise.
Quarter by quarter, the 4-room median shows the same slow climb:
| Quarter | Approvals | Median monthly rent |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 3,513 | $3,300 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,313 | $3,300 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,188 | $3,300 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,478 | $3,300 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,575 | $3,300 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,630 | $3,300 |
| 2025 Q4 | 3,430 | $3,300 |
| 2026 Q1 | 3,387 | $3,300 |
| 2026 Q2 | 3,432 | $3,400 |
| 2026 Q3 (Jul-Aug) | 2,212 | $3,400 |
The 4-room median held at $3,300 for eight quarters in a row, from April 2024 to March 2026, then stepped up to $3,400 from April 2026.
From 2021 to 2024 the median rose 51% for a 3-room, 50% for a 4-room and 56% for a 5-room. Since then the largest rise in any town's 4-room median has been 6.7%. HDB and URA read the market the same way: when they extended the occupancy relaxation in January 2026, they said new supply had "contributed to the moderation in the increase of residential rents" while "overall rental demand remains strong" (HDB and URA).
The 2021–2023 surge is over; rents are now edging up by about 2%. Price your flat from the last 12 months in your own town.
What happens to your property tax when you rent out your HDB flat?
Rent out the whole flat and it moves to non-owner-occupier rates, starting at 12% of its annual value: in IRAS's own example, a 4-room with an annual value of $16,020 pays $1,922.40 a year instead of $160.80. Rent out rooms while you live there and the owner-occupier rates stay; stamp the tenancy agreement as partially let so IRAS does not withdraw them.
| IRAS's example: 4-room HDB flat, annual value $16,020 | Property tax a year |
|---|---|
| You live in it (owner-occupier rates: 0% on the first $12,000, 4% on the next $4,020) | $160.80 |
| You rent it out whole (non-owner-occupier rates: 12% on the first $30,000) | $1,922.40 |
Source: IRAS, Essential Property Tax Information for HDB Flat Owners, rates effective from 1 January 2025 (IRAS).
- Whole flat. The owner-occupier rates apply only while you live in the flat, so letting it whole means the higher rates: in IRAS's example, about 12 times the tax. HDB says the same thing more briefly: your property tax is revised when you rent out. Our guide to property tax when you rent out covers what to update with IRAS.
- Rooms. If you let rooms while still living in the flat, IRAS keeps the owner-occupier rates, but asks you to make sure the tenancy agreement is stamped "partially let", not "wholly let". If the rates are withdrawn because of a stamping mistake, write to IRAS confirming you live in the flat, with the tenancy agreement and HDB's approval for the rooms.
- Income tax is separate. IRAS taxes rent as income, and says so explicitly for a spare room let while you live at home (IRAS). See how rental income is taxed and how to declare it.
Letting the whole flat costs you the owner-occupier rates. Letting rooms keeps them, if the agreement is stamped right.
What is the biggest mistake you can make when renting out your HDB flat?
Treating HDB's approval as a one-off form. It covers named tenants, a set number of people and a fixed period. Move out while letting rooms, swap a tenant without telling HDB, or run past the 2028 limit, and the rental becomes unauthorised: HDB can impose a financial penalty of up to $50,000 or compulsorily acquire the flat.
HDB's approval describes one arrangement. Change the arrangement without HDB and the approval stops covering it:
- Moving out while letting rooms. The bedroom approval is revoked automatically, and HDB treats the rental as renting out the whole flat without approval.
- A new tenant, unannounced. New tenants need approval before they move in, and other changes must be reported within 7 days.
- Renewing on a handshake. A renewal needs HDB's approval, like the first tenancy.
- Miscounting heads. A room rental's limit counts you and your family, and a 4-room's 8 drops to 6 for any rental period past 31 December 2028.
- Stamping a room rental as "wholly let". It costs you the owner-occupier tax rates until IRAS reinstates them.
HDB may issue a written warning, impose a financial penalty of up to $50,000, or compulsorily acquire the flat. Between 2010 and 2021 it acted against 730 cases of unauthorised renting out, about 70 of which ended in compulsory acquisition (MND).
Keep HDB's approval matching who actually lives in the flat.
Official sources
Check HDB, IRAS and MND directly before you sign a tenancy.
Methodology and sources
Where every figure comes from, and what we deliberately did not claim.
Rules. Eligibility, occupancy limits, the non-citizen quota, fees, tenancy periods, penalties and the MOP conditions are from HDB's pages on renting out a flat and bedrooms (eligibility, application process and regulations), its Conditions After Buying a New Flat and Standard, Plus and Prime pages, its occupier-eligibility page its guide for estate agents on renting out, and the HDB–URA release of 16 January 2026 on the occupancy cap, all read on 18 September 2026. Property tax and income tax treatment, and the property-tax example, are IRAS's. The counts of rented flats and the tenant mix are from MND's written answer of 9 September 2026, and the penalties and case count from its answer of 12 September 2022. The rule for all-PR households and the same-month quota check are from the Council for Estate Agencies (21 October 2022).
Proprietary figures. Rents are PropKaki's analysis of HDB's whole-flat rental approvals published on data.gov.sg ("Renting Out of Flats from Jan 2021", data to August 2026): 37,352 approvals from September 2025 to August 2026, grouped by approval month. The file holds 99.5% of the approvals HDB counted for 2024 and 91% to 94% for 2021 to 2023. Rents are what owners declared; HDB does not verify them. We show a median only with 20 or more approvals, HDB's own floor. The town-by-town change compares each town with itself (at least 50 approvals in both periods), weighted by approvals. HDB's count of flats rented out whole is its "active cases of renting out of flat" series, FY2006 to FY2024. The one-in-six share divides MND's rounded counts by the 1,104,421 sold flats in HDB's block records. How we work: PropKaki methodology.
What we have not claimed: a rent for any particular flat or room; that any flat or tenant qualifies; or any rule on friends staying without paying rent, on which HDB publishes none. This is a practical explainer, not legal or financial advice. Check hdb.gov.sg and iras.gov.sg before you rely on it.
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