Lowering en Bloc Consent Threshold a 'Logical Step' for Continued Urban Renewal: Edwin Tong

Lower en bloc thresholds address costs of maintaining old properties, facilitate renewal: Edwin Tong

The threshold will be lowered to 70 per cent for projects between 40 years and 59 years old. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MPs raise concerns over shorter timeline for signature collection as law passed to lower en bloc thresholds

Replacement costs and support for elderly residents were also mentioned by MPs during the debate. 

Lowering en bloc consent threshold a 'logical step' for continued urban renewal: Edwin Tong

Singapore's land scarcity makes urban renewal not merely desirable, but imperative, said Minister for Law Edwin Tong on Tuesday (Sept 8). "The consent threshold should reflect the age and circumstances of the development — because older developments are more likely to need renewal," he said at the Second Reading of the Land Titles (Strata)(Amendment) Bill in Parliament. The law minister...

En bloc sale framework recalibrated as urban renewal ‘not merely desirable, but imperative’: Edwin Tong

Developments aged 40 to 59 years will need 70% consent for collective sale; those aged 60 and up will need 65% Read more at The Business Times.