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Written Answer to PQ on eligibility of property renters for SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support

Employment practices Skills, training and development

NOTICE PAPER 3137 FOR A SITTING ON OR AFTER 15 OCTOBER 2024
QUESTION NO. 6192 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim

To ask the Minister for Manpower whether the criterion that an applicant to the SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support not live in a property with an annual value of more than $25,000 also applies to applicants who are renting the property in which they reside.

 

Answer:

The annual value criterion is based on the residential address of the applicant. This would include applicants who own the property and also those who are renting the property that they are residing in. This approach is in line with the intent behind using the annual value criterion as a proxy to determine households’ means or wealth, and is also aligned with the approach undertaken by other means-tested schemes like the GST Voucher scheme and the Workfare Income Supplement scheme.