"Studio HDBs" are actually replaced from the 2-home Flexi flat scheme, which serves an identical intent, especially for seniors. These flats are available in two sizes, about 36 sqm and forty five sqm, offering just one bedroom, a living location, a kitchen, plus a lavatory. The scheme supplies overall flexibility in lease options, with seniors aged fifty five and higher than equipped to choose a lease of fifteen to 45 many years in 5-12 months increments, furnished it addresses them to at the very least age ninety five. This feature lowers the flat's acquire price tag, allowing for for monetization of present larger flats. To start with-time singles and households might here also submit an application for these flats, but on an ordinary ninety nine-yr lease. Eligibility for any 2-room Flexi flat is subject to the domestic cash flow ceiling of S$7,000 for singles and S£14,000 for partners and households, with stricter guidelines for brief-lease flats. Earlier HDB Studio Apartments ended up situated in estates like Tampines, Bedok, and Yishun.