{"id":34083,"date":"2020-05-29T19:10:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T11:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/blog\/singapore\/?p=34083"},"modified":"2022-06-13T17:25:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:25:24","slug":"hdb-may-2020-bto-update-construction-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/hdb-may-2020-bto-update-construction-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"HDB merges May BTO with August launch, reveals length of construction delays"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Due to Covid-19 restrictions, HDB has officially announced that the sales exercise for Build-to-Order (BTO) flats originally slated for May will be held together with the August 2020 exercise.<\/p>\n

The announcement came in a press release on 29 May, in which HDB also stated that it will be gradually resuming its customer-facing services and operations. Construction activities, which had been delayed by inter-border lockdowns and circuit breaker period restrictions, is also set to resume.<\/p>\n

In total, 7,820 units across eight HDB towns will be launched, making this the largest ever BTO sales exercise ever.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Of the 7,820 units to be released in the August 2020 BTO sales exercise, more than half (4,100) will be located in mature estates.<\/strong> Geylang, where 420 units of 3- and 4-room flats will be built, is expected to be the priciest of the lot.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the BTO flats to be launched in Choa Chu Kang are expected to be the most affordable out of all eight towns.<\/p>\n

In November 2020, HDB will launch another 5,700 flats in Bishan, Sembawang, Tampines, Tengah and Toa Payoh.<\/strong> Of the flats to be launched in August and November, HDB indicated that the projects in Choa Chu Kang and Tampines North (Aug 2020) and Tengah (Nov 2020) will have shorter waiting times.<\/p>\n

And if you noticed something missing from the May 2020 sales launch, you’re spot on. The May launch originally included a pilot “assisted living project” at Bukit Batok for seniors aged 65 and above.<\/p>\n

The Bukit Batok project has been deferred. “As senior-centric activities will continue to be suspended, HDB will defer the launch of the pilot project until a later date, when we are better able to reach out to seniors to share the details of the flat offerings with them,” stated the press release.<\/p>\n

[Read Part 1<\/a> of our HDB Aug 2020 BTO review here.]
\n[Read Part 2<\/a> of our HDB Aug 2020 BTO review here.]<\/p>\n

HDB August 2020 BTO: Location Map and Overview<\/h2>\n