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OPERATING REVIEW
Eligible Applications
1st round 2nd round Total
OBB 2.0
600
800 1,400
FSW Scheme
2,500 900 3,400
LIMS Scheme
1,200 850 2,050
IBRAS
1,070
cases in progress
Highlights of Building Rehabilitation Subsidy Schemes
Operation Building Bright 2.0, Fire Safety Improvement Works Subsidy Scheme and Lift Modernisation Subsidy Scheme
The first round application for Operation Building Bright 2.0 (OBB 2.0) and Fire Safety Improvement Works Subsidy Scheme (FSW Scheme) ended on 31 October 2018 with about 600 and 2,500 eligible applications respectively. Eligible applicants were approached in phases and assisted to carry out the works under the schemes.
With an additional funding of $3 billion for OBB 2.0 and $3.5 billion for FSW Scheme, the second round application for the two schemes were launched in July 2020 with an application deadline on 30 October 2020. An online briefing was arranged with about 1,000 viewers and the briefing videos were uploaded to the Building Rehabilitation Platform (BRP) website for public reference. For owners of ‘three-nil’ (no management, no owners’ corporations and no maintenance) buildings, the URA has provided assistance in reviewing the provisions of the Deeds of Mutual Covenant (DMC) to verify if the owners may agree on the various schemes at owners’
meetings. Around 800 and 900 eligible applications were received in the second round application for OBB 2.0 (Category 1 buildings) and FSW Scheme respectively. Approval-in-principles (AIPs) are being issued to eligible applicants in batches so that the relevant works can be organised and commenced.
For Lift Modernisation Subsidy Scheme (LIMS Scheme), following the first round application closed in August 2019 with around 1,200 eligible applications (involving around 5,000 lifts), the second round application was launched in January 2020 with an additional funding of $2 billion. An online briefing was conducted in August 2020 with around 600 viewers before the application closed at the end of September 2020. A video capturing the briefing session was also uploaded to the BRP for public viewing. A total of around 850 eligible applications involving around 3,300 lifts were received. AIPs are being issued to eligible applicants in batches so that the relevant works can be organised and commenced.
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Integrated Building Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme (IBRAS)
IBRAS was launched in 2018 as an all-in-one platform to integrate multiple building rehabilitation assistance schemes and services in order to facilitate owners in need of joining various schemes.
Since 2004 and up to May 2021, about 1,770 building blocks (involving around 78,900 units) have been rehabilitated under various assistance schemes. Among them, about 20 building blocks (involving around 3,400 units) were rehabilitated in 2020/21. Currently, a total of 1,070 IBRAS cases for common area repair works are in progress.