{"id":102355,"date":"2018-12-18T10:12:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/foreigners-can-rent-hdb-flats-for-up-to-two-years-by-2019\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T11:04:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:04:38","slug":"foreigners-can-rent-hdb-flats-for-up-to-two-years-by-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/foreigners-can-rent-hdb-flats-for-up-to-two-years-by-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreigners can rent HDB flats for up to two years by 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nExcluding Malaysians, foreigners were previously only allowed to rent HDB flats for a period of 18 months.\u00a0
\nThe Housing and Development Board (HDB) announced on Tuesday (18 Dec) that starting next year, foreigners, excluding Malaysian citizens, will be able to rent HDB flats or bedrooms for as long as two years, up from the current 18 months.
\n\u201cThis revision will give flat owners greater flexibility to secure a longer tenancy period with non-citizen tenants who may have work\/ immigration passes that are valid for a longer period of two years.\u201d
\nFind\u00a0HDB flats for rent or read our\u00a0HDB guides\u00a0and\u00a0BTO guides
\nThe higher maximum tenancy period for foreigners and non-Malaysians will apply to rental applications received by HDB on or after 1 January 2019. \u00a0
\nFor situations where all tenants of an HDB flat are Singapore and\/or Malaysian citizens, the maximum tenancy period remains unchanged at three years.
\nHDB added that landlords who are currently leasing their flat or bedroom(s) to foreigners, excluding Malaysian citizens, may continue to do so for the remaining duration approved by HDB.
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\nRomesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact him about this or other stories, email\u00a0romesh@propertyguru.com.sg
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\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market
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