People walk on the boardwalk in front of commercial high rise buildings at Marina Bay in Singapore on Sept. 26, 2024. Photo by AFP
More than one million eligible Singaporean households will receive rebates on utility and conservancy charges in April under a government scheme aimed at easing the cost of living.
Eligible households living in public Housing & Development Board flats will receive S$110–190 (US$86–148) in U-Save utility rebates and up to one month of service and conservancy charges (S&CC) rebates, depending on their flat type, according to the Ministry of Finance.
For instance, residents of executive flats will get rebates of S$110 and half a month of S&CC while those in one- and two-room flats qualify for the highest amounts. About 80% of Singapore’s resident population lives in HDB flats.
To qualify for U-Save rebates, a household must have at least one Singaporean owner or occupier, or at least one Singaporean tenant if the entire flat is rented out. Households are not eligible if any member owns more than one property.
For S&CC rebates, households without a Singaporean owner or occupier, those whose owners or essential occupiers own private property, and flats that are fully rented out are excluded.
The rebates will be disbursed automatically, with utility support credited to accounts with grid operator SP Services and S&CC through accounts with respective town councils.
They are part of a government scheme to help lower- and middle-income households manage rising living costs and higher goods and services tax. They are paid out in April, July, October and January each year.
Over the financial year from April 2026 to March 2027, eligible households can receive up to S$570 in U-Save rebates and as much as 3.5 months of S&CC rebates, according to Mothership.
The latest rebates come as Singaporean households are set to pay more for electricity from April to June amid a hike in tariffs.
Grid operator SP Group said on Tuesday that the electricity tariffs for homes in the city-state will rise to 27.27 cents per kilowatt-hour before goods and services tax during the period, up 2.1% from the previous quarter.
As a result, the average monthly electricity bill for residents in HDB flats is expected to increase by S$0.66–2.60 before tax, The Straits Times reported.
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