Ans: A person who owns an HDB flat is not allowed to take over the ownership of an inherited HDB flat as he is unable to hold 2 HDB flats at the same time.
Qn: If a man already owns/co-owns a private property, will he be forced to sell one of his houses if his parents wills their HDB property to them upon their deaths?
Ans: Generally, for a Singapore Citizen household, as a private residential property owner, they can take over an HDB flat which has already fulfilled its minimum occupation period without disposing the private property. However, they are required to physically occupy the HDB flat.
