Woman Applied For BTO 13 Times Over 3 Years & “Still Didn’t Get A Unit”; Ends Up Purchasing A Resale Flat

She then shared data from the article, which detailed the percentage of unsold flats in several projects, including Ulu Pandan Vista and Ghim Moh Ascent. Chua had applied for the Bukit Merah Ridge project, which listed 28 per cent of three-room flats and 16 per cent of four-room flats as “balance units”.

However, according to Chua, the stats did not line up with her experience.

She applied for a four-room flat but was assigned a queue number of 3,120, well above the 1,226 available units. She was told she would be notified if any flats became available during the selection process, but ultimately, she never received any such notification.

“If you look at the graph, it showed there were leftover units. I understand that sometimes people might select a unit and give it up, but for over 200 units being given up, I don’t think it makes sense,” she said.

Chua included screenshots in her post, with some dating from 2021, explaining that she had been trying to get a unit for quite some time. She’s balloted for units several times, but often met with the notice that her application was “not successful”. 

“You might be thinking ‘Oh because you keep balloting central and key locations everyone wants, it’s impossible’. But let me tell you, all we get is exceeded flat supply, we were never asked to go down to select a unit,” she said. 

“Then who exactly is being called up and who is getting these units we balloted for?” she asked.

In 2023, she even met her MP but was only told to wait for the ballot results.