Two Tiong Bahru HDB blocks to proceed with HIP upgrading after successful re-poll

Block 34 Kim Cheng Street garnered 75% of votes in favour of the HIP, while Block 35 Lim Liak Street garnered 87%.

Published Oct 28, 2026, 11:10 AM

Updated Oct 28, 2026, 11:10 AM

SINGAPORE – Two HDB blocks in Tiong Bahru that narrowly missed the voting threshold for the Home Improvement Programme (HIP) in 2025 will undergo upgrading after a successful re-poll.

Tanjong Pagar GRC MP Foo Ce­xiang said in a Facebook post on Oct 28 that a re-poll was conducted on Oct 25 and both blocks – Block 34 Kim Cheng Street and Block 35 Lim Liak Street – met the 75% threshold.

Block 34 garnered 75% of votes in favour of the HIP, while Block 35 garnered 87%.

The two blocks had fallen short of the threshold in November 2025 by two votes (67%) and one vote (73%), respectively. Block 34 comprises 24 units, while Block 35 has 15 units.

They were among 29 blocks in the neighbourhood where residents voted on whether to proceed with HIP. Voting was successful in the other 27 blocks.

All the blocks are four-storey, walk-up flats built in 1949 by the Singapore Improvement Trust, HDB’s predecessor.

HIP was launched in 2007 to spruce up older housing estates and address common maintenance problems, such as spalling concrete. It is carried out only if at least 75% of a block’s eligible Singaporean households vote in favour. Permanent resident households are not eligible to vote.

Foo said that after the unsuccessful poll, HDB and the Seng Poh Residents’ Network continued to reach out to uncontactable residents of the two blocks, as well as owners of tenanted units who had not responded to the voting.

HIP proceeded in the other 27 blocks so “they can serve as an example and provide greater assurance to those still on the fence”.

“We had residents whose units had completed HIP volunteer to open their homes to residents in the two blocks – to show them the good work and give them greater assurance. We were able to get in touch with a couple of residents whom we had not been able to (reach) previously,” he added.

In July, a straw poll showed the two blocks could meet the 75% threshold, and HDB agreed to a re-poll, said Foo.

HIP works for Blocks 34 and 35 will begin in November and are expected to be completed by the end of January 2027.

National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat said in January that the authorities were studying whether to group HDB blocks with fewer units together for HIP voting, so that enough households would participate in the voting process.

Six HDB blocks had failed to garner the 75% of votes needed to undergo HIP over the last 10 years, he said in a written parliamentary reply. These were one block in Serangoon Avenue 2 in 2017, three blocks in Lengkong Tiga in 2023, as well as the two Tiong Bahru blocks.

For the Serangoon and Lengkong Tiga blocks, HDB received appeals from flat owners and the MP to conduct a re-poll. The re-polls were conducted about one year from the first polls, and all four blocks received enough votes to proceed with HIP.

Isabelle Liew is a journalist at The Straits Times. She covers housing issues in Singapore, with a focus on public housing.

金城街第 34 座组屋获得了 75% 的支持 HIP，而林立街第 35 座组屋获得了 87% 的支持。

发布于2026年10月28日上午11:10

更新于2026年10月28日上午11:10

新加坡——中峇鲁的两座组屋在2025年居家改善计划（HIP）的投票门槛上以微弱劣势落败，但在重新投票成功后，这两座组屋将进行升级改造。

丹戎巴葛集选区议员符策祥在10月28日的Facebook帖子中表示，10月25日进行了重新投票，金城街第34座组屋和林立街第35座组屋均达到了75%的门槛。

第 34 区获得了 75% 的赞成票，而第 35 区获得了 87% 的赞成票。

这两个地块在2025年11月分别以两票（67%）和一票（73%）的差距未能达到门槛。34号地块包含24个单元，而35号地块包含15个单元。

他们是该社区29个街区居民投票决定是否推进HIP项目的街区之一。其他27个街区的投票均获得通过。

所有这些楼房都是四层楼高的步梯组屋，由新加坡改良信托局（建屋发展局的前身）于 1949 年建造。

房屋整治计划（HIP）于2007年启动，旨在改善老旧组屋区，解决常见的维护问题，例如混凝土剥落。该计划只有在至少75%的符合资格的新加坡籍住户投票赞成的情况下才会实施。永久居民住户没有投票权。

Foo表示，在投票失败后，建屋发展局和成宝居民网络继续联系这两个组屋中无法联系的居民，以及没有回应投票的出租单位的业主。

HIP 在其他 27 个街区继续推进，以便“它们可以起到示范作用，并为那些仍在犹豫不决的人提供更大的信心”。

“我们有一些已经完成居家改造项目的居民自愿开放自己的家，接待这两栋楼的居民——向他们展示改造后的效果，让他们更加安心。我们也因此联系上了几位之前一直联系不上的居民，”他补充道。

Foo表示，7月份的一次非正式民意调查显示，这两个组屋区的支持率可能达到75%的门槛，建屋发展局同意重新进行民意调查。

34 号和 35 号地块的 HIP 工程将于 11 月开始，预计将于 2027 年 1 月底完成。

国家发展部长徐芳达在1月份表示，当局正在研究是否将单位较少的组屋楼宇集中在一起进行居家投资计划（HIP）投票，以便有足够的家庭参与投票过程。

他在一份书面国会答复中指出，过去十年间，有六座组屋未能获得75%的选票，因此无法进行房屋整改。这六座组屋分别是2017年实龙岗2道的一座、2023年冷光迪加的三座，以及中峇鲁的两座。

对于实龙岗和冷光迪加组屋，建屋发展局收到组屋业主和国会议员的请求，要求重新投票。重新投票在首次投票约一年后举行，所有四个组屋都获得了足够的票数，得以继续推进居家隔离计划。

Isabelle Liew是《海峡时报》的记者，主要报道新加坡的住房问题，尤其关注公共住房。