Bill to amend Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967 seeks to change collective sale regime to support renewal of ageing developments and strengthen owner safeguards

27 August 2026

On 4 August 2026, the Land Titles (Strata) (Amendment) Bill (“Bill”) was tabled in Parliament. In a press release issued on 4 August 2026, the Ministry of Law (“MinLaw”) explained that the Bill seeks to update the collective sale regime to better support the renewal of ageing developments and optimise land use in Singapore. At the same time, safeguards for non-consenting owners will be strengthened.

Supporting renewal of ageing developments

MinLaw notes that the current consent thresholds for collective sales by majority consent were first introduced in 1999. Since then, many developments in Singapore have become significantly older, requiring substantial investment for maintenance, repairs, or upgrading works to remain safe and liveable.

The Bill proposes to recalibrate the consent thresholds for collective sales as follows:

Age of Development

Less than 10 years

10 - 39 years

40 - 59 years

60 years and older

Consent threshold

90%

80%

(New) 70%

(New) 65%


The existing 90% and 80% thresholds will continue to apply to newer developments below 10 years old, and those from 10 to 39 years old, respectively.

The Bill also seeks to expand the collective sale regime to cover non-strata-titled private residential developments where the flat owners own long leases in their units, but do not own the underlying land. Such developments are presently not covered by the collective sale regime under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967, and a sale is only possible if there is unanimous agreement among flat and landowners. The Bill will allow such developments to undergo a collective sale by majority consent, with safeguards to protect the interest of the landowner.

Stronger safeguards for non-consenting owners

The Bill seeks to strengthen safeguards for non-consenting owners in collective sales with the following changes:

  • Raising threshold to initiate a collective sale attempt: To ensure that collective sale exercises are only initiated where there is sufficient support, at least 35% of owners by share value or number of units in the development will be required to sign the requisition to convene a general meeting of the management corporation for the purposes of constituting a collective sale committee (“CSC”). This is an increase from the current 20% or 25% of owners by share value or number of units in the development respectively.
  • Reducing time period for obtaining signatures to collective sale agreement: To address concerns about prolonged pressure faced by non-consenting owners, the time period for CSCs to obtain signatures to the collective sale agreement will be reduced from 12 to six months.
  • Extending restriction period after failed collective sale attempt: To restrict repeated collective sale attempts where support remains insufficient, the restriction period after a failed attempt will be extended from two years to three years, during which any attempt to convene a general meeting to form a CSC will be subject to heightened requisition thresholds.

Reference materials

The following materials are available on the MinLaw website www.mlaw.gov.sg and from the Government Gazette www.egazette.gov.sg: