Over 950,000 Singaporean households living in public Housing & Development Board flats will receive utility bill rebates of S$110-190 (US$86-150) this month to help ease living costs.a
Eligible households will also benefit from service and conservancy charges (S&CC) rebates of up to one month, the finance ministry said in a Tuesday press release.
Some 80% of Singapore’s resident population live in HDB flats. S&CC are fees that households in these units pay to town councils, which go towards cleaning, landscaping, waste collection, pest control and maintaining electrical and mechanical systems.
Both rebates vary based on the type of HDB flat. For example, those in one- and two-room flats will get S$190 in utility rebates along with a full month of S&CC rebates. In contrast, those living in executive or multi-generation units will receive S$110 and half a month’s rebate.
Households will not qualify if any member owns more than one property or if there is no Singaporean owner or occupier. The rebates will be automatically credited into eligible recipients’ accounts with town councils and the national grid operator.
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People walk along the promenade at Marina Bay in Singapore on Jan. 27, 2025. Photo by AFP |
The U-Save utility and S&CC rebates fall under the permanent GST Voucher scheme, which was designed to aid lower- and middle-income households with rising cost of living and higher goods and services tax. They are disbursed quarterly in April, July, October and January, according to The Straits Times.
Over the 2025 financial year, which runs from April 2025 to March 2026, eligible households can receive as much as S$760 in utility rebates and three-and-a-half months of S&CC rebates.
The latest rebates come as Singaporean households are set to pay more for electricity in the last quarter of this year, as reported by Channel News Asia.
National grid operator SP Group announced on Tuesday that electricity tariffs for the period will rise by 0.3%, or 0.08 Singapore cents per kWh on average before tax, following an increase in energy costs.
For a typical family living in a four-room HDB flat, the adjustment will add about S$0.31 before tax to the average monthly electricity bill
